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GENEALOGY 


COLLECTION 


ERNESTUS  W.  AINLEY-WALKER 
Soc.Mag.Aul.  Univ.  Oxon. 


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A 


Genealogical  History 

OF    THE 

Noble  and  Illustrious 

FAMILY 


O  F 


COURTENAL 

,     In  THREE    PARTS 

The  Fir  st  giveth  an  Account, 

Of  the   COUNTS  of  EDESSA, 
Of  that  FAMILY. 

The  Second, 
Of  that  Branch  that  is  in  France. 

The  Third, 
Of  that  Branch  that  is  in  England, 


Paulumfepulta  diftat  inertia 
Celata  Virtus.  H  o  r. 

By  E.  Cleaveland,  B.  D. 

Sometime  Fellow  of  Exeter-CoMczp  in  Oxford,  and  Re&or  of  Honiton  in  Devon. 

EXON:  Printed  by  Edw.  Farley,  at  Shah- 
/pears  Head  near  Eaft-gate.     1735. 


Ill 


To  the  Honourable 

Sir  William  Court  amy,  Bt. 


SIR 


1145945 


IWSfeHEN  I  had  the  Honour  to  affift 

You  in  your  Studies  in  Oxford, 

Curiofity  put  me  upon  enquiring 

into  the  Antiquity  and  Greatnefs 

of  your  Family  :  I  had  heard  be- 

§  fore  (as  all  that  have  heard  any  Thing  of  the 

j  Family  muft)  that  it  is  truly  Great  and  Noble; 

and  I  had  feen  fome  fhort  Account  of  it  in 

%  Camden,  Dugdale,  and  other  modern  Authors; 

^  but  when  I  made  a  particular  Search  into  the 

Hiftories  of  our  Nation,  and  other  Hiftories,  I 

found  a  great  deal  which  did  tend  to  {hew  forth 

the  Greatnefs  and  Luftre  of  it ;   and  having 

made  a  Collection  of  all  that  I  found  relating  to 

the  Family,  I  have  put  it  in  the  beft  Method  I 

could,  and  do  here  preferit  it  to  You. 

I  had  for  my  Patron,  by  your  Recommen- 
dation, that  generous  and  noble-fpirited  Gen- 
tleman your  Grandfather,  and  I  have  fince  re- 
ceived many  Favours  from  you  ;  and  I  was  glad 
of  an  Opportunity  of  fhewing  my  Gratitude, 
and  of  doing  what  Service  I  could  for  the  Fa- 
mily: And  I  hope  by  laying  before  your  Chil- 
dren 


w  DEDICATION. 


dren  the  Lives  of  their  Noble  Anceftors,  and 
fhewing  of  them  the  Pictures  of  their  Minds, 
they  will  be  as  well  pleafed,  as  to  fee  the  Pic- 
tures of  their  Bodies  placed  up  in  their  Houfes; 
and  that  by  reading  an  Account  of  their  Noble 
Aclions,  they  and  their  Pofterity  will  be  indu- 
ced to  praclife  thofe  Virtues  for  which  their  An- 
ceftors were  famous,  by  which  they  got  great 
Renown,  and  raifed  themfelves  high  in  the 
World.  And  feeing  your  Children  by  your 
Noble  and  Virtuous  Lady  (whofe  Death  was  an 
uhfpeakable  Lofs  to  the  Family,  and  of  whom 
to  give  a  juft  Character  it  would  require  the  Pen 
of  that  famous  Poet,  that  made  an  E  l.  e  g  y  up- 
on that  Excellent  Lady  her  Mother)  have  the 
Blood  of  the  Berties  and  Norris's  mixed 
with  that  of  the  Co urtekats,  we  have  great 
Reafon  to  hope  that  they  will  (hew  themfelves 
Nobly  Defcended  by  their  Noble  and  Gene- 
rous Aftions. 

Of  the  Firft  of  thefe  Families,  tfizi  the  Ber- 
ties,  was  Leopold  de  Bertie,  who  was  Conftable 
of  Dover  Caftle  in  the  Time  of  King  Etheldred> 
and  from  whom  was  defcended  Richard  Bertie, 
who  in  Queen  Mary's  Reign  was  forced  with 
his  Lady,  the  Dutchefs  of  Suffolk,  to  fly  from 
his  Native  Country  for  the  Sake  of  his  Reli- 
gion ;  nnd  when  he  was  in  Exile,  having  a  Son 
torn,  he  named  him  Peregrine,  which  Name 
does  continue  in  the  Family  to  this  Day, 
to  put  thofe  that  are  of  it  in  Mind  what 
their  Anceftors  did  and  fuftered  for  the  Pro- 
teftant  Religion  ;  which  Peregrine  was  Lord 
fVilloitgWy  of  Eresly,  by  Defcent  from  his  Mo- 
ther 


DEDICATION. 


ther  Catherine  Willoughhy,  Heirefs  of  that  Fami- 
ly and  Dutchefs  of  Suffolk,  Widow  of  Charles 
Brandon  Duke  of  Suffolk.    This  Lord  WiU 
loughly  was,  as  Mr.  Gamden  faith,  made  Go- 
vernour  of  Berwick  by  Qu.  Elizabeth,  and  in 
France  and  the  Low  Countries  went  through 
all  the  Offices  of  a  Commander  with  great 
Commendation ;  and  there  goes  this  Story  of 
him,  that  having  a  Challenge  lent  him  when  he 
was  ill  of  the  Gout,  he  returned  this  Anfwer, 
That  he  was  lame  in  his  Hands  and  Feet,  yet  he 
would  meet  his  Challenger  with  a  Piece  of  Rapier 
in  his  Mouth.    Rolert  his  Son  fucceeded  him, 
and  by  the  Lady  Vere  his  Mother,  Sifter  and 
Heirefs   to  Edward  Earl  of  Oxford,   became 
Hereditary  Lord  Great  Chamberlain  of *  England, 
and  was  created  Earl  of  Lindfcy  by  Charles  I. 
and  was  General  of  his  Army  in  the  Fight  at 
Edgehill,  and  being  there  mortally  wounded,  and 
taken  Prifoner  by  the  Rebels,  did  with  his  Lift 
Breath  exhort  them  to  return  to  their  Duty  and 
Allegiance.     And  as  in  this  Rolert  the  Family 
received  an  additional  Honour  in  his  becom- 
ing Lord  Great  Chamberlain  of  England,  and 
in  his  being  made  an  Earl,  fo  it  has  received  a 
greater  Luftre  in  being  honoured  with  the  Title 
of  Duke,  which  Title  was  conferred  by  King 
George  I.  upon  Rolert  late  Duke  of  Ancafler 
and  Kejlevan. 

Of  the  other  Family,  viz.  that  of  N orris, 
there  were  Six  Brethren,  Sons  of  James  Lord 
Norris  o£Ricot,  who  by  their  warlike  Adtions 
in  Ireland,  France,  and  the  Low  Countries,  ren- 
dered themfelves  famous,  and  raifed  thetnfelves 

to 


D  EDICATIO  K 


to  great  Honours  and  Preferments  in  the  Reign 
of  Queen  Elizabeth ;  And  from  the  Heirefs  of 
this  Family,  married  to  Moiintaguc  Earl  of 
Lindfey,  Son  of  the  firft  Robert,  came  James 
Bertie,  who  was  Lord  N orris  of  Ricot,  as  de- 
scended from  his  Mother,  and  was  made  Earl 
of  Abingdon  by  King  Charles  II.  the  Father  of 
your  Right  Honourable  Lady. 

And  feeing,  as  I  faid,  your  Children  have 
fuch  Noble  Anceftors,  we  may  very  well  hope, 
that  they  and  their  Pofterity  will  imitate  them 
in  their  Courage,  Generofity,  Love  for  their 
Country,  Zeal  for  their  Religion,  and  all  other 
good  and  noble  Qualities :  And  as  the  Family 
has  continued  in  Splendour,  and  flourifhed  for 
many  Generations  back,  fo  that  it  may  ftill 
profper,  and  continue  to  all  fucceeding  Gene- 
rations, is  the  Prayer  of, 

Honoured  SIR, 

Tour  moft  Obedient , 
Andmojl  obliged  Humble  Servant, 

Exra  Cleaveland. 


VJ1 


To  the  Reader. 

Thought  it  convenient  to  fay  fomething  concerning  the  Au- 
thors from  which  the  following  Hijtory  is  taken:  The  Firft 
Part  of  it  is  taken  from  the  Writers  of  the  Hiftory  of  the 
Wars  of  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land,  efpecially  from 
William  Arch- Bijhop  of  Tyre,  who  wrote  the  be  ft  and 
largest  of  any  of  them.     He  lived  in  the  Time  when  the 
Weflern  Chriftians  did pojfefs  the  Holy  Land,  and  was  upon  the? lace 
and  was  intimately  acquainted  with  the  Affairs  of  the  Kingdom  for  he  had 
a  Share  in  the  Government  of  it;  and  when  the  Tower  of  the  Chriftians 
did  decline  in  thefe  Tarts,  he  went  into  France  to  follicit  the  French  King 
to  fend  them  Aid:  And  Henry  II.  King  ./England,  and  Ph.hp  ^French 
King,  with  a  great  many  Nobles  of  both  Kingdoms   aid  by  his  Jerfua- 
fm,and  in  his  Trefence,  agree  to  go  all  to  the  Holy  Land,  to  fight agaanft 
Sultan  Saladine,  who  was  then  too  hard  for  the  Chriftians  5  but  by  Rea- 
fon  of  the  Difference  that  in  a  little  Time  after  happened  between  the  two 
KinL  thisDeJlgn  did  not  take  EtfecJ.    And  from  this  Arch-Bifiop  of 
Tyre  it  is  that  I  have  taken  the  great  eft  Tart  of  the  Account  that  I  have 
aiven  of  the  Counts  */Edeflk  :  And  in  fteaking  of  them,  1  have  alfo  given 
a  (hort  Hiftory  of  the  War  in  the  Holy  Land,  particularly  of  that  Tart 
4  it  h  which  the  Counts  0/ EdeiTa  were  more  immediately  concerned,  that 
it  mhht  not  be  a  bare  Catalogue  of  Names  only,  but  that  it  might  divert 
and  entertain  the  Reader.    Doctor  Fuller  has  written  in  Enghfh  an  Hi- 
ttory  of  the  Holy  War,  and  Monfteur  Maimbourg  one  in  French,  which 
was  tranfiatedinto  Englilh  by  Dotfor  Nalfon:  B^nf^^?e' 
ral  Things  material,  effecially  relating  to  the  Family  of  COURT.  EIN  AY, 
which  are  not  in  either  of  them. 

The  Second  Part  of  this  Book  is  a  Compendium  of  Monfieur  Bouchet'j 
Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Family  of  COURT  EN  AT,  which  wai 
Dedicated  to  the  French  King  Lewis  XIV.  and  was  writ  onpurpoje  to 
prove  that  the  Family  of  CO  URT  EN  AY  in  France  is  of  the  Royal 
Blood,  and  is  defcended  from  Lewis  VI.  King   of  France,  firnamed  £ 


viii  To  the  R  E  A  D  E  R. 

GrofiTe.  In  the  Beginning  of  it,  feeing  fever al  of  that  Family  were  Em* 
perours  of  Conftantinople,  there  is  a  Jhort  Account  given  of  that  Empire, 
whilft  it  was  in  the  Hands  of  the  We  fern  Chrifiians,  which  I  have  tranf- 
lated  to  make  the  Book  more  pleafant  and  diverting ;  but  the  latter  End 
0/Bouchet's  Hiftory  is  moftly  Genealogical,  and  little  elfe  than  the  Names 
of  thofe  of  the  Family,  which  yet  I  have  tranfcribed  that  this  Second  Part 
may  be  com^leat. 

And  as  for  the  Third  Part  of  our  Book,  that  which  gives  an  Account 
t>f  the  Family  of  COURT  EN  AY  in  England,  I  have  taken  it  from 
the  General  Hifories  of  our  Nation,  and  from  fame  particular  Hiftories 
of  the  County  of  Devon,  in  Manufcript,  in  which  County  the  Family  did 
chiefly  reflde.  Sir  Peter  Ball,  who  was  an  eminent  Lawyer  in  the  Reign 
of  King  Charles  I.  and  King  Charles  II.  of  whom  the  Earl  of  Clarendon 
in  his  Hiftory  does  make  mention,  and  who  for  his  Service  to  the  Royal 
Caufc  in  the  Civil  Wars  was  made  Attorney  to  the  £>iteen-  Mother  in 
King  Charles  the  Second's  Reign,  has  writ  a  Book  of  the  Family  of 
COURTENAY  here  in  England,  which  Book  in  Manufcript  is  in  the 
Hands  of  the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenay  :  And  he  took  a  great  deal 
of  'Pains  in  fe arching  into  all  the  Records  in  all  the  Offices  in  London 
where  they  are  kep,  to  fee  what  he  could  find  relating  to  that  Family  : 
From  Him  I  had  great  Affiance,  and  have  taken  the  Copies  of  the  Re- 
cords that  are  in  the  Appendix.  Mr.  Rowe,  another  learned  Lawyer, 
who  flourifloed  in  the  lime  of  King  Charles  II.  and  was  the  Father  of 
Mr.  Rowe  the  late  Poet-Laureat,  tranfcribed  Sir  Peter  BallV  Book,  and 
put  down  in  the  Margin  of  his  own  all  that  did  occur  to  him  in  his 
Reading  relating  to  the  Family.  Sir  William  Pole,  who  lived  in  the  Time 
of  King  James  I.  and  King  Charles  I.  and  who  was  with  King  Charles  I.  in 
his  'Parliament  at  Oxford,  has  writ  a  Book  which  he  calls  A  Defcription 
of  Devonfhire,  in  which  there  are  many  'Things  concerning  the  Family  of 
COURTENAY:  -So  likewife  Mr.  Rifden,  in  his  Survey  of  Devon, 
Mr.  Weftcot,  Mr.  Hooker,  Mr.  Prince,  and  all  that  have  written  of  the 
County  of  Devon,  do  often  make  mention  of  this  Family,  and  do  relate 
many  things  concerning  it',  for  the  C O U R T E N A Y S  having  been 
Govemours  of  this  County  for  above  Five  Hundred  Tears,  as  Vi founts 
and  Earls  of  Devonfhire,  {which  were  not  empty  Titles  then,  but  great 
Eftates  and  great  Power  and  Authority  did  go  along  with  them)  the  chief 
Affairs  of  the  County  did  go  through  their  Hands ;  and  therefore  it  is, 
that  thofe  who  have  wrote  particularly  of  the  County  of  Devon  have  faid 
fo  much  of  this  Family  j  fo  that  an  Hiftory  of  the  Family  of  COURTE- 
NAY, may,  in  efecJ,  be  faid  to  be  an  Hiflory  of  the  County  of  Devon. 


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Part  I. 


Book  I.     i 


The  Genealogical 

HISTORY 

OF    THE 

NOBLE   FAMILY 

O    F 

COURTENAT. 


Part  I. 

Treateth  of  the  Counts  of  Edcffa  of  that  Family. 
Book  I. 

Chap.  I. 

H  E  Noble  and  Uluftrious  Family  of  the  Cottrtenays 
took  its  Name  from  the  Town  Conrtenay  in  Gaftnois, 
which  is  Part  of  the  Ifle  of  France ;  which  Town 
ftands  on  a  Hill  on  the  Banks  of  the  River  Clairy, 
between  Sens  on  the  Eaft,  and  Montargis  on  the  Welt, 
about  fifty  fix  Miles  from  Tarts  to  the  South.  The 
Continuator  of  Jimon's  Hiftory  of  France,  an  ancient 
Hiftorian  that  lived  in  the  Yqar  1 200,  faith,  that  Athon, 
a  Son  of  a  Chaplain  or  Governor  of  Cape-Reynard,  in  the  Reign  of 
King  Robert,  about  the  Year  1000,  fortified  Courtenay;  and  to  him  by 
his  Wife,  who  was  of  a  noble  Family,  was  born  a  Son  named  Jofcelme 
de  Courtenay,  the  Fifft  of  that  Name,  from  whom  have  defcended  three 

A  noble 


Chap.  I. 


Continuator 
Aimoini  Mo- 
nacbi    Fhri.\~ 
cenjis,  Lib.  4, 
Cap.  46. 

DuTillet-fc- 
cuilde  Roys  de 
France,  Page 
85. 


2     Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I, 

Chap.  I.     noble  Branches :    The  Firft,  that  feated  itfelf  in  the  Eaft,  and  flourilhed 

V/V\j  there  for  fome  Time  under  the  Name  of  Count  of  Edejfa :   The  Second, 

ff°v  °  Genrdfo-  's  t^E  W^'cn  continues  to  this  Day  in  France,  which  is  deicended  from  'Peter 

gique,  Page  7.  the  youngeft  Son  of  Lewis  de  Grojje  King  of  France  ;  and  which  claims 

to  have  its  Rank  amongft  the  Princes  of  the  Blood  next  to  the  Houfe  of 

Bourbon ;  and  which  fupplied  Confantinoj/le  with  three  Emperors  fuccef- 

fively :  The  Third,  is  that  which  from  the  Time  of  Henry  II.  to  Queen 

Mary's  Days  was  in  great  Grandeur  here  in  England,  under  the  Titles  of 

Barons,  Earls  and  Marquefles.;  was  feveral  Times  married  into  the  Royal 

Family^  and  does  ltill  flourifh  in  the  Family  of  Powder  ham,   and  other 

Branches. 

Jofceline  de  Courtenay,  Firft  of  that  Name,  had  two  Wives :  By  the 
Firft,  named  Hildegarde,  Daughter  of  Gaitfride  de  Ferrole,  Count  de 
Gajiinois,  he  had  one  Daughter  named  Hod/erne,  married  to  Geofrey,  Se- 
cond of  that  Name,  Count  de  Joiguy,  by  whom  he  had  two  Sons,  Guy, 
and  Reynard  Count  de  Joigny.  His  fecond  Wife  was  Ifabel  Daughter 
ol  Milo  de  Montleherry,  by  whom  he  had  three  Sons,  Milo  de  Courtenay, 
Jofceline  de  Courtenay,  (the  Firft  of  that  Family  that  was  feated  in  the 
Holy  Land,  of  whom  we  fliall  fpeak  more  largely  hereafter,)  and  Jeoffry  de 
Courtenay.  Milo  de  Courtenay  married  a  Sifter  of  the  Count  de  Nevers, 
by  whom  he  had  three  Sons,  William,  Jofceline,  and  Reymond  or  Regi- 
nald, and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  of  Fontain-jean,  founded  by  himfelf. 
Reginald  de  Courtenay  had  two  Daughters,  the  Eldeft  Ifabel  or  Elizabeth, 
Lady  of  Courtenay  and  Moniargis,  whom  Peter  de  France,  the  Son  of 
King  Lewis  le  Grojfe,  married,  upon  which  Marriage  he  took  the  Name 
and  Arms  of  Courtenay.  The  fecond  Daughter  was  Wife  of  Avalon  de 
Suilly. 

The  Firft  Branch  of  the  Houfe  of  Courtenay  that  we  fhall  fpeak  of,  is 
that  which  feated  itfelf  in  the  Holy  Land,  and  was  begun  in  Jofceline  de 
Courtenay,  firft  Count  of  Edejfa :  And  to  underftand  the  Hiftory  of  this 
great  Man  and  his  Family,  it  is  ncceflary  that  we  fay  fomething  of  the 
Occafion  and  Beginning  of  the  Holy  War,  in  which  he  had  a  great  Share, 
and  in  which  he  very  much  fignalized  himfelf. 
Eufebius's  Ec-  In  the  eighteenth  Year  of  ALlius  Adrianm,  about  fixty  Years  after  the 
defiaftkaJHi-  Qty  Qf  jerufaiem  had  been  taken  by  Titus  Vefpajian,  the  Jews  rofe 
Cap.  6.  '  4'  up  in  open  Rebellion  under  a  Leader  called  Barchochebas,  which  Word 
fignifies  a  Star ;  and  he  faid  he  was  come  down  from  Heaven  to  mine  upon 
the  Faces  of  the  Jews,  to  comfort  them  in  their  Diftrefs,  and  to  free  them 
from  the  Oppreffions  they  laboured  under.  The  Emperor  enraged  at  this 
fent  a  great  Army  againft  them,  defeated  them,  and  deftroyed  great  Num- 
bers of  them,  and  razed  the  City  Jerufaiem  to  the  Ground,  and  banifhcd  all 
the  Jews  from  that  Place  and  the  Country  round  about,  and  commanded 
that  no  Jew  mould  look  towards  the  Place  where  the  City  flood,  no 
not  fo  much  as  through  the  Chink  of  a  Door:  And  the  Emperor  built  a 
new  City,  not  altogether  in  the  fame  Place  where  Jerufaiem  flood,  and 
called  it  after  his  own  Name,  yEUa ;  and  upon  one  of  the  Gates  he  caufed 
a  Swine  to  be  engraven,  becaufe  that  Creature  was  an  Abomination  to  the 
Jews,  and  forbidden  to  be  eaten  by  their  Law ;  and  out  of  Hatred  to 
the  Chriflians  he  built  a  Temple  over  our  Saviour's  Sepulchre  with  the 
Images  of  Jupiter  and  Venus  in  it ;  and  another  at  Bethlehem,  dedicated 
to  Adonis.  Adrian's  Profanation  of  Jerufaiem  lafted  one  hundred  and 
eighty  Years,  during  which  Time  the  Chrifians  were  often  under  Per- 
fection, and  had  fcarce  any  Quiet  'till  Conjiantine's  Time;  when  Helena 
his  Mother  being  about  eighty  Years  old  travelled  to  Jerufaiem,  and  there 

(lie 


Part  I.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.       Book  I.     3 

fhe  purged  Mount  Calvary  and  Bethlehem  of  Idolatry,   and  built  in  the    Chap.  I. 
Place  where  fhe  was  born  and  buried,  and  in  feveral  other  Places  of  Tale-    *-^~V"V. 
fine,  ftately  and  fumptuous  Churches;  and  to  her  is  afcribed  the  finding 
out  the  Holy  Crofs.     But  in  the  Year  610,  the  Time  of  Heraclius  the       o'io, 
Emperor,  Chofroes  the  Terfian,  knowing  the  ill  Condition  the  Empire  was 
in,  by  the  Careleffnefs  and  Sloth  of  ¥  hoc  as  the  former  Emperor,  invaded 
it  with  a  great  Army,  conquered  Syria  and  Jerufalem,  and  carried  away 
the  Holy  Crofs  in  Triumph :  But  the  Chriffian  Emperor  entering  cPer(ia 
with  a  great  Army  overcame  Chofroes.,  who  was  afterwards  (lain  by  Siroes 
his  own  Son ;  and  Heraclius  returning  took  Jerufalem  in  his  Way,  and  refto- 
red  the  Crofs,  which  was  reckoned  a  precious  Jewel,  to  the  Temple  of  the 
Holy  Sepulchre.     But  altho'  Chofroes  had  no  long-fettled  Government  in 
Talefiine,  yet  the  Saracens,  a  little  while  after   in  the  Year  636,  under       636'. 
Hamar  Prince  of  Arabia,  took  jerufalem,  conquered  Syria,  and  propa- 
gated the  Do&rine  of  Mahomet  in  all  that  Country. 

The  Saracens  were  the  Inhabitants  of  Arabia,  and  were  ib  called,  as 
fbme  lay,  from  Saraca,  which  is  part  of  Arabia ;  or,  as  others  fay,  that 
being  descended  from  Hagar  the  Bond-woman,  and  looking  upon  it  as  a 
Diigrace  to  be  called  after  her  Name,  they  called  themfelves  Saracens, 
from  Sarah  the  Free- woman  :  But  the  moft  probable  Opinion  is,  that  they 
were  called  Saracens  from  Sarak  or  Saraka,  which  fignifies  to  fteal,  bc- 
caufe  they  were  much  given  to  Theft  and  Robbery ;  and  by  the  lews 
they  were  called  Arabs  or  Arabians,  which  fignifies  much  the  fame 
Thing. 

The  Condition  of  the  Chriftians  under  thefe  Saracens  was  very  un- 
certain ;  fometimes  they  enjoyed  the  Liberty  and  publick  Exercife  of 
their  Religion,  and  fometimes  they  were  under  very  fevere  Perfecution. 
But  their  next  Matters  the  Turks  were  worfe,  who  about  the  Year  844  844. 
came  out  of  their  own  Country  Scythia,  and  feated  themfelves  in  Tur- 
tomania,  a  Northern  Part  of  Armenia  conquered  by  them,  and  called 
after  their  Name  ;  afterwards  they  went  into  Ter/ia,  where  they  were 
called  to  aflift  Mahomet  the  Saracen  Sultan  againft  his  Enemies,  where 
taking  Notice  of  their  own  Strength,  the  Saracens  Cowardice,  and  the 
Pleafantnefs  of  the  Country,  they  did,  under  Tangrolopx  their  firft 
King,  overcome  that  large  Dominion,  1030,  and  at  the  fame  Time  took  1030. 
upon  them  the  Mahometan  Religion.  Their  next  Step  was  into  Baby- 
lon, the  Capital  whereof  they  overcame  ;  and  fhortly  after,  under  Cut- 
lumufes  their  fecond  King,  they  conquered  Mefofotamia,  the  greateft  Part 
of  Syria,  and  the  City  of  Jerufalem  in  the  Year  106c.  1060, 

The  Chriftians  then  in  Talefiine  fuffering  much  under  their  new  Mafters, 
it  happened  that  there  came  a  Pilgrim  to  Jerufalem,  called  Teter  the  Her- 
mite,  born  at  Amiens  in  France;  with  him  Simon  the  Patriarch  of  Jerufalem 
often  difcourfed  concerning  the  prefent  Miferies  of  the  Chriftians  under  the 
Turks,  and  they  confulted  together  how  the  Princes  of  Europe  might  be 
induced  to  aifift  and  relieve  them.  Teter,  moved  with  the  Patriarch's  Per- 
flations, the  Equity  and  Honourablenefs  of  the  Caufe,  took  the  whole 
Bufinefs  upon  him,  and  travelled  to  Rome  to  confult  Pope  Urban  II.  about 
advancing  fb  pious  a  Defign.  The  Pope  was  zealous  in  the  Caufe,  and  called 
a  Council  at  Cleremont  in  France  in  the  Year  1005,  publifhed  the  Crufade  1005. 
againft  the  Infidels,  and  fummoned  there  all  Chriftian  Princes,  who  were  to 
be  quickly  in  the  Field  from  France,  England,  Germany,  Italy,  only  Spain 
was  excepted,  being  fufficiently  employed  at  Home  by  the  Moors.  It  was 
called  the  Crufade,  becaufe  fuch  as  were  enrolled  therein  took  from  the 
Hands  of  the  Bifhops  a  Crofs  of  Jerufalem  made  of  Cloth  or  Silk,  which 

was 


4     Part  I.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  L , 

Chap.  I.  was  fewed  on  their  Garments  on  the  left  Side  of  their  Breafts :  The  French 
n^W^w  wore  it  Red,  the  Engiiflo  White,  the  Flemmings  and  thofe  of  the  Low  Coun- 
tries Green,  the  Germans  Black,  and  the  Italians  Yellow. 
1006.  The  fir  ft  Crnfade  was  publifhed  in  the  Year  iop6,  Hugh  ok  France, 
Brother  to  King  Thilip,  Godfrey  of  Bouillon,  Son  to  Euftace  Count  of  Bo- 
logne  on  the  Sea-Side,  ( Duke  of  Lorrain  and  Bouillon  by  Adoption  of 
Godfrey  Duke  of  Lorrain  his  Uncle,  deceafed  without  Ilfue,)  Euftace 
of  Bologne,  ( who  bore  the  ancient  Arms  of  Bologne,  viz.  Three  Torteaux's 
Or,  in  a  Field  Gules,  the  fame  with  thofe  of  the  Family  of  Court Lenay,) 
Baldwin  of  Bologne,  Robert,  Son  to  William  the  Conqueror,  Baldwin  of 
Bruges,  Son  to  the  Count  of  Retal,  and  many  other  Nobles.  The  Num- 
ber of  the  Army  is  varioufly  reported,  fome  making  them  fix  hundred 
Thoufand ;  it  is  generally  believed  they  were  at  leaft  three  hundred  Thou- 
fand.  To  accommodate  and  furniih  themfelves  for  fo  long  a  Voyage,  one 
fold  his  Dukedom,  another  his  County,  another  his  Barony,  others  their 
Lands,  Meadows,  Mills,  Houfes,  Forefts,  &c.  Godfrey  of  Bouillon  Ibid  his 
Dukedom  of  Bouillon  to  the  Bifliop  of  Liege ;  Robert  engaged  his  Duke- 
dom of  Normandy  to  his  Brother  William  King  of  England.  At  their 
Departure  Pope  Urban  gave  them  his  Bleffing,  Remiffion  of  Sins,  and  for 
the  Watch- Word,  Dens  vult.  They  that  ftaid  at  Home  were  accounted 
Sluggards  and  Cowards,  and  had  Diftaffs  fent  them  by  thofe  that  crofted 
themfelves  for  the  Voyage.  By  univerfal  Confent  of  all  the  Princes  and 
Lords,  Godfrey  of  Bouillon  was  chofen  General  of  the  whole  Army  for 
his  Experience  and  good  Conduct.  Under  this  experienced  General  they 
marched  through  Hungary  towards  Conjiantinofle.  Boemund  alio,  a  Prince 
of  Apulia  in  Italy,  Raimond  Count  of  Tholoufe,  and  Robert  of  Normandy, 
marched  out  much  about  the  fame  Time,  but  took  different  Ways.  They 
all  met  at  the  general  Rendevous  in  Conftantiuople ;  from  thence  they 
marched  on  to  the  Lejfer  Afia,  befieged  and  took  Nicomedia,  and  after- 
wards Nice  of  Bit  hint  a,  which  endured  a  Siege  of  twenty  two  Days ;  then 
they  furprifed  Heraclea,  Lycaonia,  Cilicia,  Cappadocia,  Syria,  Mefopo- 
tamia,  Comagena,  and  other  famous  Towns  and  Countries,  which  took 
in  three  Years  Space.  From  Sultan  Solyman,  the  Son  of  Sultan  Cutlumufes, 
they  alfo  took  Antioch,  Tripoly,  with  the  neighbouring  Cities  and  Towns; 
and  this  made  their  Way  plain  to  Judea,  and  therein  to  the  City  of  Jeru- 
falem,  which  they  invefted ;  the  Siege  continued  thirty  eight  Days,  at  the 
io^p.  End  whereof  the  City  was  taken,  on  Friday  the  Fifteenth  of  July,  iopp : 
And  as  Godfrey  was  by  common  Confent  of  the  Chriftian  Princes  made 
General  of  the  Army,  fo  eight  Days  after  the  taking  of  the  City  he  was 
elected  King,  and  cloathed  with  the  Royal  Ornaments,  the  Crown  of  Gold 
excepted,  which  he  refufed  to  wear  in  that  Place  where  the  Saviour  of  the 
World  was  crowned  with  a  Crown  of  Thorns.  A  little  while  after  he  was 
crowned,  the  Saracens  coming  out  of  Egypt,  under  Ammiraviffits  their 
General,  and,  joining  with  the  Turks,  gave  the  Chriftians  Battle  at  Askelon, 
Auguft  the  Twelfth,  io_op;  in  which  Fight  there  was  a  vaft  Slaughter 
made  of  the  Turks,  near  one  hundred  Thoufand  being  flain,  and  all  their 
Tents  were  taken,  in  which  were  Riches  of  ineftimable  Value.  This 
Victory  being  obtained,  thofe  Chriftians  that  had  a  Mind  to  return  to  their 
own  Country  departed ;  thofe  that  remained  had  Lordfhips  and  Lands  con- 
ferred upon  them,  according  to  their  Quality  and  Deferts.  But  not  long 
after,  Godfrey  befieging  the  City  of  Antipatris,  then  called  Ajfur,  although 
hitherto  he  had  always  been  a  Conqueror,  was  forced  to  raife  the  Siege, 
and  to  depart  with  Difgracc.  His  Kingdom  he  enjoyed  not  long,  for  he 
1 100.  died  the  Eighteenth  of  Jul\,  1 100,  after  he  had  reigned  one  Year  wanting 
five  Days.  "  C  H  A  P 


Part  I.       Nolle  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  I.     5 


Chap.  II.  chap.ii. 

ALDWIN  fuccecded  his  Brother  Godfrey  in  the  Kingdom  Bouchet,P<g« 
of  Jerufalem,  and  was  crowned  December  the  twenty  Third 
that  Year ;  and  to  Baldwin  fucceeded  his  Kinfman  Baldwin 
of  Bruges  in  the  Earldom  of  Edeffa.     In  the  Beginning  of 
this  King's  Reign,  in  the  Year  1 1 o i ,  carne  Jofceline  de Cour-     nor. 
tenay  into  the  Holy  Land,  together  with  Stephen  Count  de 
Blots,  and  other  Nobles :  And  Baldwin  of  Bruges,  Count  of  Edeffa  being 
his  near  Kinfman;  for  their  Mothers  were  Sifters,    and  he  being  in  great 
Proiperity,  and  enjoying  large  Territories,  like  a  kind  Kinfman,  conferred 
on  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  all  that  Part  of  his  Country  that  laid  on  this 
Side  the  Euphrates,  in  which  were  the  Cities  of  Coritium  and  Tulupa,  and 
the  large  and  fortified  Towns  of  Turbeffel,  Hamtab,  Ravendel,  and  lome 
others ;  but  referred  to  himfelf  all  the  Country  beyond  Euphrates  which 
bordered  upon  the  Enemy,  and  one  Town  on  this  Side,  viz.  Samofatum.  This 
Jofceline  de  Courtenay  (as  William  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre  in  his  Hiftory  fays)  William  of 
was  a  Man  of  great  Wiiclom,  careful  and  provident  in  his  Affairs ;  when  Ne-  §Tf'  L,i' ,0- 
ceffity  required  it  very  liberal,  at  other  Times  fparing ;  very  moderate  in  his 
Diet,  and  not  very  careful  or  ibllicitous  about  his  Habit ;  and  by  that  Means 
grew  very  Rich,  and  governed  the  Country  his  Coufin  Baldwin  had  given 
him  with  a  great  deal  of  Induftry.     Baldwin  the  King,  in  the  mean  Time, 
with  the  Affiftance  of  the  Fleet  of  the  Genoefe,  (who  for  their  Pains  were  to 
have  a  third  Part  of  the  Spoil,  and  a  whole  Street  to  themfelves  of  every 
City  that  they  took)  won  moft  confiderable  Havens  along  the  Mediterra- 
nean Sea.     He  began  with  Antipatris,  to  gain  the  Credit  which  the  Chri- 
ftians  had  loft  at  that  Place  under  Godfrey  :  But  no  Wonder  Godfrey  fuc- 
ceeded no  better,  having  no  Shipping  to  aflift  him.     Next  he  took  Cafarea 
Stratonis;  after  that  he  defeated  the  Turks  at  Ramula-,  but  a  few  Days 
after  he  received  a  great  Overthrow  at  the  fame  Place,  wherein,  befides     1102; 
others,  the  Counts  of  Burgundy  and  Blois  were  flain :    But  he  quickly 
recovered  that  Blow  ;  for  the  Enemy  not  fufpefting  to  be  attacked  again, 
gave  themfelves   over  to  Mirth  and  Jollity,    and  Baldwin   coming  on 
them  with  frefh  Soldiers,  put  them  to  Flight.    This  Victory  coming  10 
fbon  after  the  Overthrow,  fome  Authors  mention  not  the  Overthrow,  but 
the  Victory  only.     While  the  King  was  bulled  in  that    Part,   Tancred 
Prince  of   Galilee  enlarged  the  Chriftian  Dominions  by   the  taking  of 
Apamea  and  Laodkea,  Cities  in  Coslojyria.    Ttolemais  next  was  taken 
by  the  Chriftians,  a  City  of  the  Mediterranean,  of  a  triangular  Form, 
having  two  Sides  wafhed  by  the  Sea,  the  Third  looking  towards  the  Land : 
The  Genoefe  Gallies,  being  Seventy  in  Number,  did  the  main  Service  in 
conquering  this  Place ;  and  they  had  granted  them  for  their  Reward,  large 
Profits  from  the  Harbour,  a  Church  to  themfelves,  and  Jurifdi&ion  over  a 
fourth  Part  of  the  City.     Much  about  the  fame  Time,  Baldwin  Count  of    rro.4. 
Edeffa,  with   Jofceline  de  Courtenay  his  Coufin,  joining  with  Boemund  se(t.  jo, 
Prince  of  Antioch,  and  Tancred  his  Nephew,  gathered  all  the  Forces  they 
could,  and  agreed  to  march  over  the  River  Euphrates,  and  befiege  Char  ran, 
a  City  pretty  near  to  Edeffa ',  there  were  alio  in  this  Expedition  Bernard 
Patriarch  of  Antioch,  and  Daimbert  Patriarch  of  Jerufalem,  which  lat- 
ter being  baniihed  from  Jerufalem  came  and  lived  at  Antioch ;    thefe  all 
marched  out  with  their  Armies  to  the  Siege  of  Charran :    [This  is  that 
Charran  to  which  Terah  the  Father  of  Abraham  went  from  Ur  of  the 
B  Chaldeans, 


6   Part  I      The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  II.   Chaldeans,  and  carried  with  him  his  Son  Abraham,  and  his  Grandfon  Lot 
S^-v^  and  here  they  dwelt,  and  here  Terah  died;  and  here  it  was  that  Abraham 
received  a  Command  from  GODto  leave  his  own  Country,  and  his  own 
Kindred,  and  to  go  into  the  Land  that  GOD  mould  tell  him  of-  and  here 
it  was  alfo  that  Crajj'us  the  rich  Roman  General  was  overthrown  by  the 
Tarthians.']     As  loon  as  they  came  before  the  Town  they  inverted  it* 
there  was  no  great  Need  of  aflaulting  the  Town,  for  if  they  could  but 
block  it  up  fo  as  to  keep  any  from  going  in  or  out,  they  knew  they  mould 
get  the  Town,  for  there  was  little  or  no  Provifion  laid  up  for  a  Siege-  The 
Caufe  of  their  great  Want  was  this-  Baldwin  Count  of  Edeffat  having 
for  fome  Time  before  a  Mind  to  get  that  Town  into  his  Hands,  contrived 
a  Way  how  he  might  ftraighten  them  in  Provifions,  and  fo  force  them  to 
yield  up  the  Town  j  his  Way  was  this  :   In  the  Midft  between  EdefTa  and 
the  City  Chart  an,  which  are  about  fourteen  Miles  diftant,  there  is  a  River 
which  by  its  Water  let  out  in  Chanels  waters  the  adjacent  Plains    and  fo 
makes  the  Country  fertile  •  that  Part  of  the  Country  that  did  lie  on  this 
Side  the  River  was  reckoned  to  belong  to  Edefa,  that  which  did  lie  on 
the  other  Side  did  belong  to  Char  ran.    Count  Baldwin  feeing  that  the 
City  Charran  had  all  its  Supply  of  Provifions  from  this  Plain,  and  know- 
ing that  Edejfa  might  be  fuppiied  with  Provifions  from  this  Side  of  the 
River  Euphrates,   ordered  his  Soldiers  to  make  frequent  Incurfions  into 
this  Country,  to  hinder  the  Countrymen  from  tilling  the  Ground    and  to 
ravage  the  Country  •  the  People  of  Charran  by  thefe  Means  were  'brought 
to  great  Want:    But  the  Befieged  having  Intelligence  fome  confiderable 
Time  beforehand  of  the  Chriftians  coming,  fent  Meffengers  to  the  Princes 
of  the  Eaft,  telling  them,  that  unlcfs  they  came  fuddenly  to  their  Help 
.      they  fhould  be  forced  to  yield  up  the  Town  •  and  expecting  for  fome  Time 
and  finding  no  Help  came,  and  thinking  with  themfelves  it  was  better  to 
yield  up  the  Town  than  to  die  by  Famine,  they  called  a  Council,  anda°reed 
to  furrender  up  the  Town,  and  there  were  fome  deputed  to  go  out  and*  fur- 
render  up  the  Town  to  the  Chriftians  without  any  Conditions :  But  there  did 
-  ?  M     moft  unhappily  arife  a  Difpute  between  the  Count  of  Edeffa  and  Boemund 
Prince  of  Anttoch,  to  which  of  the  Two  the  Town  mould  be  delivered 
up,  and  who  mould  firft  ereft  his  Standard  in  the  Town,  and  they  defer- 
red to  take  PoiTeffion  of  the  Town  'till  next  Morning,  thinking  by  that 
Time  they  might  come  to  fome  Agreement  in  the  Thing.     But  now  they 
found,  by  woful  Experience,  how  dangerous  it  is  to  neglect  the  prefent 
Opportunity,  for  by  next  Morning  there  appeared  a  great  and  formidable 
Army  of  the  Turks  coming  towards  them ;  fo  that  the  Chriftians,  feeing 
fuch  a  vaft  Number,  did  defpair  of  faving  their  Lives.    This  Army  brought 
with  them  great  Quantities  of  Provifions  •  and  when  they  came  up  they 
divided  themfelves  into  two  Parties,  with  the  One  they  defigned  to  engage 
the  Chriftian  Army,  with  the  Other  to  put  Provifions  into  the  Town.  The 
Day  coming  on,   they  that  were  defigned  to  engage  the  Chriftian  Army 
drew  up  in  Order  Of  Battle,  not  thinking  of  getting  the  Victory,  or  that 
they  mould  be  able  to  ftand  long,  but  only  to  keep  the  Chriftian  Army 
employed,  whilft  the  other  Party  put  the  Provifions  into  the  Town  •  on  the 
other  Side,   the  Chriftians    prepared  themfelves  for  the  Fight,   and  the 
two  Patriarchs  encouraged  the  Men  all  that  they  could:  But  a  little  Time 
after  the  Fight  began  the  Chriftians  gave  Way,  which  the  Enemy  per- 
ceiving, they  threw  away  their  Bows,   and  came  upon  them  with  their 
Swords  drawn,  and  made  a  very  great  Slaughter  of  them.     There  were 
taken  in  the  Fight  the  Count  of  Edejfa  and  Jofceline  de  Courtenav,  who 
being  put  in  Chains  were  carried  Captive  into  the  Enemies  Country  afar 


Part  L       Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  L     7 

off}  Boemtmd  Prince  of  Antioch,  Tancred  his  Nephew,  and  the  two  Pa-  Chap.  II 
triarchs,  fled  away  and  got  fafe  to  Edejfa;  but  the  Bifhop  of  that  Place  v^w«<» 
was  taken  Captive  and  put  in  Chains,  and  being  committed  to  a  Chriftian 
to  keep,  the  Chriftian,  underftanding  him  to  be  a  Bilhop,  ventured  his  Life, 
and  let  him  go,  and  within  a  Few  Days  after  he  came  Fafe  to  Edejfa,  and 
was  received  of  the  City  with  great  Joy.  Prince  Boemtmd,  whilft  he  was 
at  Antioch,  finding  that  the  Count  of  Edejfa  and  Prince  Jofceline  were 
taken  PriFoners,  with  the  ConFent  oF  the  People,  committed  the  Govern- 
ment oF  the  City  Edejfa  and  the  whole  Country  to  Prince  Tancred,  upon 
Condition,  that  when  Count  Baldwin  returned  he  ihould  have  it  all 
refigned  to  him  j  and  he  himFelF  took  into  his  own  Protection  Prince  Jofce- 
line's  Country,  as  lying  next  to  his.  There  was  never  (as  William  Arch- 
Bilhop  oF  Tyre  Fays)  all  the  Time  that  the  Latines  poffeffed  the  Eaft, 
Fought  a  Battle  Fo  Fatal  to  the  Chriftians,  nor  were  there  ever  lb  many 
brave  Men  Flain,  nor  was  there  Fuch  an  ignominious  Flight.  Whilft  the 
Count  oF  Edejfa  and  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  were  Prisoners,  Boemtmd, 
leaving  the  Government  oF  all  to  Tancred,  went  into  Apulia,  and  returning 
to  Tale  [line  with  a  great  Navy,  by  the  Way  he  Fpoiled  the  Harbours  oF 
Greece,  to  be  revenged  on  the  treacherous  Alexius  Emperor  oF  Conflanti- 
nople,  who  had  not  dealt  Fairly  with  the  Latines  in  their  March ;  and  King 
Baldwin  took  the  Town  By  bias,  ■a.  good  Haven,  as  alfo  Tripoli,  and  Bery- 
tws  fince  called Barutus;  and  the  King  created  one  Bertram,  a  well-defer- 
ving  Nobleman,  Count  oF  Tripoli ;  which  County  is  one  oF  the  Four  Te* 
trarchies  oF  the  Kingdom  oF  Jerusalem. 

Chap*  III*  chap. in, 

N  the  Year  i  iop,  Baldwin  Count  oF  Edejfa,  and  Jofceline  nog. 
de  Courtenay  his  KinFman,  aFter  they  had  been  PriFoners  five  William  of 
Years,  giving  Hoftages  that  they  would  pay  a  certain  Sum  ¥%'JH*' Ifi 
of  Money  For  their  RanFom,  were  releaFed;  and  the  Ho- 
ftages aFterwards  killing  thoFe  that  had  the  Cuftody  oFthem, 
eFcaped  and  got  FaFe  into  their  own  Country.  When  the  Count 
oF  Edejfa  and  Prince  Jofceline  came  to  Edejfa,  Tattered  at  firft  reFuFed  them 
Entrance ;  but  confidering  the  Oath  that  he  had  made,  that  he  would  re- 
fign  the  City  and  the  whole  Country  to  the  Count,  as  Foon  as  he  mould  be 
releaFed,  he  at  laft  delivered  all  up  to  him,  and  Prince  Jofceline's  Country 
to  him.  But  they  bearing  in  Mind  the  Affront  that  Tancred  had  put  upon 
them,  in  refilling  them  Admittance  into  their  own  Country,  made  War 
upon  him ;  but  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  did  inFeft  him  raoft,  becauFe  his 
GarriFons  did  lie  all  oF  them  on  this  Side  the  Euphrates,  and  his  Country 
bordered  upon  the  Principality  oF  Antioch.  It  happened  one  Day,  that 
Prince  Jofceline  taking  to  his  Afiiftance  Fome  Turks  that  lived  near  him, 
(For  the  Turks  had  many  Caftles  and  Towns  up  and  down  the  Country  ftill) 
marched  into  Tancred's  Country,  Fpoiling  and  wafting  the  Country,  which 
Tancred  hearing  oF,  went  out  to  meet  him,  and  they  engaging  in  Battle, 
Prince  Tancred  at  firft  was  worfted,  and  five  Hundred  of  his  Men  were 
killed ;  but  his  Army  taking  Courage,  made  a  great  Slaughter  oF  the  Turks, 
and  put  Prince  Jofceline^  Army  to  Flight.  But  the  other  Princes  oF  the 
Country,  confidering  that  a  Quarrel  between  thefe  great  Men  was  very 

pernicious 


8    Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 


Chap.  III.   pernicious  to  the  common  Caufe,  ufed  their  beft  Endeavours  to  reconcile 
^-V*^  them,  and  at  laft  did  effect  it. 

King  Baldwin  in  the  mean  while  befieged  Sidon,  and  by  the  Help  of 
the  Danifh  and  Norwegian  Fleets  took  it  December  the  Nineteenth, 
1 1 1  a.     ma;  after  that  he  befieged  Tyre,  but  did  not  fucceed  fo  well ;  for  after 
fome  Time  fpent  therein,  he  was  forced  to  raife   the  Siege  •  and,  in  the 
Year  1113,  he  received  a  great  Overthrow  from  the  'Perfians,  wherein  he 
loft  many  Men,  and  efcaped  himfelf  with  great  Difficulty. 
1 1 1 3.         In  the  fame  Year,  vi&  1 1 1 3,  it  happened,  that  in  the  County  of  Edefa 
William  of       there  was  a  great  Famine,  partly  by  reafon  of  the  Unfeafonablenefs  of  the 
7>t»,  Lib.  11,  leather,  and  partly   becaufe  that  Country  bordering  upon  the  Enemies 
Country,  the  Countrymen  were  hindered  from  tilling  their  Ground ;  fo 
that  the  Inhabitants  of  Edejja  and  the  Country  round  were  forced  to  live 
upon  Bread  made  of  Barley  and  Acorns  mixed  together :  But  Prince  Jofce- 
line's  Country,  both  by  his  great  Care  in  Management,  and  becaufe  it  did 
lie  on  this  Side  Euphrates,  and  fo  more  remote  from  the  Enemy,  did  abound 
in  all  Sorts  of  Pro  virions.    But,  as  it  is  faid,  Prince  Jofceline  was  too  fparing 
in  fupplying  Count  Baldwin  and  his  Country  with  Provifions  out  of  his 
Abundance :    And  it  happened  alfo,  that  Baldwin  Count  of  Edefa  fent 
Meffengers  upon  fome  Bufinefs  to  Roger  Prince  of  Antioch,  (whofe  Sifter 
VtinceRoger  had  married,  and  Jofceline  de  Court enay  married  his  Sifter)  and,  in 
their  going  and  returning,  palling  through  Prince  Jofceline's  Country,  they 
were  very  well  received  and  entertained  by  him ;   but  whilft  they  were 
there,  fome  of  Jofceline  de  Courtenay's  Family  difcourfing  with  thefe  Met 
fengers  which  the  Count  had  fent ;  after  fome  Time  they  grew  pretty  warm 
in  Difcourfe,  and  Prince  Jofceline's  Servants  began  to  upbraid  them  with 
the  Poverty  of  the  Count  their  Mafter,  and  to  extol  the  great  Riches  of  their 
own  Mafter,  the  extraordinary  Plenty  of  Corn,  Wine  and  Oil,  of  Gold  and 
Silver  that  he  had,  as  alfo  the  great  Number  of  Soldiers  both  Horfe  and 
Foot  that  he  maintained ;   adding  moreover,  that  the  Count  their  Mafter 
was  unfit  to  govern  his  Country,  and  that  it  would  be  advifable  for  him  to 
fell  his  Country  for  a  Sum  of  Money  to  Prince  Jofceline,  and  to  return 
to  France  :  Which  Words,  although  the  Meffengers  did  not  feem  to  take 
much  Notice  of,  yet  it  ftuck  deep   in  their   Minds ;  and  although  they 
were  fpoken  by  Men  of  inferior  Quality,  yet  they  thought  they  did  exprefs 
the  Meaning  of  their  Mafter  ;  and  taking  their  Leave  of  Prince  Jofceline 
they  returned  to  the  Count  their  Mafter,  where  being  come,  they  told  him 
all  that  had  happened  by  the  Way,  and  what  Words  they  had  heard  in  Prince 
Jofceline's  Court,  which  when  the  Count  their  Mafter  had  heard,  he  was 
very  angry ;  and  confidering  with  himfelf  the  Words  which  he  had  heard,  he 
thought  they  muft  proceed  from  Prince  Jofceline  himfelf,  and  was  very 
much  incenfed,  that  he  upon  whom  he  had  conferred  fuch  large  Territories, 
and  who  in  Point  of  Gratitude  out  of  his  Abundance  ought  to  have  fupplied 
his  Neceflities,  upbraided  him  with  his  Poverty,  which  yet  did  happen  to 
him  not  from  his  own  Fault,  but  out  of  inevitable  Neceffity,  whereas  the 
Plenty  Prince  Jofceline  gloried  in  was  all  owing  to  his  Bounty.  Being  there- 
fore much  enraged,  he  lies  himfelf  down  upon  his  Bed,  feigning  himfelf  fick, 
and  fends  to  Prince  Jofceline  to  come  fpeedily  unto  him.    Prince  Jofceline 
fufpecting  nothing  at  all,  made  haft  to  come  unto  him,  and  coming  to  Edefa, 
he  finds  the  Count  in  the  Caftle  lying  upon  his  Bed  in  an  inner  Room ;  when 
he  came  into  the  Room,  having  faluted  the  Count,  he  asked  him  how  he 
did?  To  whom  the  Count  made  Anfwer,  Much  better.  Thanks  be  to  GO  Z>, 
than  you  would  have  me  be.    And  going  on  with  his  Speech  faid  to  him, 
Jofceline,  Have  you  any  Thing  which  I  did  not  give  you  ?    To  which  he 

anfwered, 


Part  I.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay,      Book  I.     9 

Anfwer,  Nothing.  What  is  the  Reafon  then,  laid  he,  that  you  are  fo  wi~  Chap.  III. 
grateful  and  forgetful  of  Kindneffes,  that  you  do  not  only  not  help  me  in  my  ss~v~^* 
Neceffhies,  {which  came  upon  me  not  through  my  own  Fault,  but  from  an 
Accident  which  no  Man  could  avoid)  but  alfo  the  "Poverty  which  GOD 
hath  been  £  leafed  to  fend  upon  me,  you  upbraid  me  with,  and  do  object  it  to 
me  as  a  pault,  as  if  it  came  through  my  own  Neglecl  ?  Am  I  fuch  a  bad 
Husband  that  J  fhould  fell  all  that  GOD  has  blejfed  me  with,  and  fly  to 
tnx  own  Country,  as  thou  fay  eft  ?  Refign  what  I  gave  you,  and  deliver  up 
all,  becaufe  thou  haft  made  thy  felf 'unworthy  of  it.  And  having  faid  this, 
he  commanded  him  to  be  feized,  and  to  be  put  in  Chains,  and  put  him  to 
great  Torment,  until  he  had  made  him  to  abjure  the  Country,  and  refign 
ud  all  his  Territories  into  the  Count's  Hands. 

Prince  Jofceline  being  thus  deprived  of  all,  and  leaving  his  Country,  he 
went  immediately  to  Baldwin  King  of  Jerufalem,  declares  to  him  all  that 
had  happened  unto  him,  and  withal  tells  him,  that  he  had  a  Mind  to 
go  into  France  his  native  Country  again.  The  King  hearing  this,  and 
knowing  him  to  be  a  very  necefTary  Man  for  the  Kingdom,  gave  him  the 
City  Tiberias,  with  the  Country  belonging  to  it,  for  a  perpetual  Inheritance, 
that  he  might  have  the  Affiftance  of  lb  great  a  Man  ;  which  City  and  the 
Country  round,  as  long  as  he  was  there,  (which  was  'till  the  Death  of  King 
Baldwin)  he  governed  prudently  and  ftoutly,  and  by  his  good  Conduft 
enlarged  his  Territories  very  much.  And  whereas  Tyre  was  yet  in  the  Infi- 
dels Hands,  after  the  Example  of  his  Predeceflor  in  that  Government,  he  in- 
fefted  the  Inhabitants  very  much ;  and  although  Tiberias  is  a  pretty  Way 
from  Tyre,  and  there  are  confiderable  Mountains  which  feparate  the  Coun- 
try, yet  he  often  made  Incurfions  into  the  Enemies.  Country,  and  did  them 
a  great  deal  of  Damage. 

Whilft  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  was  Prince  of  Tiberias,  which  was  the 
five  laft  Years  of  King  Baldwin's  Reign,  (it  being  a  Time  in  which  there 
was  not  much  War)  King  Baldwin  took  feveral  Journies  of  Pleafure  :  In  ^ 

the  Year  1 1 16  he  took  a  Journey  to  the  Red  Sea,  when  he  viewed  the      ll1  • 
Country,  the  Strength  and  Situation  of  the  Places  thereabout :  The  next 
Year  he  went  into  Egypt ;  and,  conceiving  himfelf  engaged  in  Honour  to 
make  one  Inroad  into  that  Country,  in  part  of  Payment  of  thofe  many 
Excurfions  the  Egyptians  had  made  into  his  Kingdom,  in  this  Expedition 
he  took  the  City  Pharamia,  now  called  Rameffes :   Then  he  went  and 
viewed  the  River  Nile ;  and  whilft  he  was  there  he  took  a  Surfeit  in  eating 
of  Fifh,  which  renewed  the  Grief  of  an  old  Wound  which  he  many  Years 
before  received  at  the  Siege  of  Ptolemais,  and  died  at  Laris,  a  City  in 
the  Way  from  Egypt,  on  the  twenty  Sixth  of  March,  1 1 18,  in  the  eigh-      1 1 18. 
teenth  Year  of  his  Reign-  and  was  brought  to  Jerufalem,  and  buried  on  j5*'"£-?f 
'Palm-Sunday  in  the  Temple  of  the  Sepulchre.  $£?.*!,  *,  j. 

It  happened,  that  the  fame  Day  King  Baldwin  was  buried,  Baldwin  de 
Bruges,  his  Kinfman  and  Count  of  Edejfa,  came  accidentally  into  the  City, 
intending  only  there  to  keep  his  Eafter.  Baldwin  the  King  being  dead, 
the  Nobles  of  the  Kingdom,  the  Arch-Bifhops  and  Bifhops,  together  with 
ArnulpJms  the  Patriarch  of  Conftantinople,  and  a  great  many  of  the  Lay- 
Nobles,  (amongft  whom  was  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  Prince  of  Tiberias)  be- 
ing met  together,  they  deliberated  what  was  to  be  done  in  the  prefent 
Juncture  of  Affairs,  and  feveral  of  them  gave  their  Opinions :  Some  faid 
it  was  beft  for  them  to  ftay  'till  Count  Euftace,  the  Brother  of  the  two 
former  Kings,  who  was  then  in  Europe,  did  arrive,  for  that  the  Succef- 
fion  was  not  to  be  broken;  efpecially  feeing  his  Brother  of  blefied  Me- 
mory had  governed  the  Kingdom  fo  well,  and  to  the  general  Satisfaction : 
Others  faid,  that  the  urgent  Neceffities  of  the  Kingdom  would  not  admit  of  lb 

C  long 


i  o    Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I, 

Chap.  III.  long  Delay,  as  to  ftay  'till  the  Arrival  of  Count  Eujface  from  Europe,  but 
WV"V>  that  they  muft  make  hafte  to  the  Election  of  a  King,  who,  in  cafe  of  Necef- 
fity,  might  lead  forth  their  Armies,  and  take  care  of  the  other  Concerns  of 
the  Kingdom.     This  Diverfity  of  Opinions  Prince  Jofceline,  being  at  pre- 
fent  a  Man  of  the  greateft  Authority  in  the  Kingdom,  and  being,  as  Wil- 
liam Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre  lays,  powerful  both  in   Deed  and  Word,  took 
away  j  for  having  firft  tried  the  Patriarch,  and  finding  him  inclined  to  his 
Mind,  he  fays  to  them,  that  there  was  prefent  in  the  City  Baldwin  Count 
of  Edejfa,  one  that  was  jutt  and  couragious,  and  in  all  Things  worthy  of 
Commendation,  than  whom,  no  Country  or  Nation  could  find  a  Man  fitter 
to  take  upon  him  the  Adminiftration  of  the  Government.     Some  thought 
that  Prince  Jofceline  faid  this,  not  out  of  any  Love  to  Count  Baldwin,  fee- 
ing he  had  ufed  him  fo  barbaroufly  a  little  before ;  but  only  out  of  Defign, 
by  getting  him  made  King,  that  he  might  fucceed  him  in  the  Earldom  of 
Edejfa  :  But  the  Generality  not  thinking  of  any  fuch  Thing,  but  confider- 
ing  that  that  Charafter  of  Count  Baldwin,  feeing  it  came  from  an  Enemy, 
muft  be  true,  inclined  to  the  Opinion  of  the  Patriarch  and  Prince  Jofce- 
line ^   and  Count  Baldwin  was  unanimously  chofen  King,  and  Solemnly 
1 1 1 8.     crowned  on  Eafler-Day,  1 1 1 8. 

Baldwin  being  now  made  King,  and  being  fbllicitous  for  his  County  of 
Edejfa,  which  he  had  left  without  a  Governour,calls  unto  him  Prince  Jofceline 
his  Kinfman ;  and,  that  he  might  make  him  full  Satisfa&ion  for  the  Injury 
he  had  done  him,  in  turning  him  out  of  his  Country,  he  gave  unto  him  the 
County  of  Edejfa ;  and  the  rather,  becaufe  he  knew  that  Prince  Jofceline 
was  beft  acquainted  with  the  Country  •  and  having  taken  an  Oath  of  Fide- 
lity from  him,  he  puts  him  in  Pofleflion  of  the  County ;  and  fending  for 
his  Wife,  Children,  and  the  reft  of  his  Family,  by  the  Help  of  Prince 
Jofceline,  they  all  arrived  iafe  at  Jerusalem. 

chap. iv.  Chap.  IV. 

1 1 1 p.      M£0£M$M H E  next  Year>  being  mo,  Gazzi,  a  potent  Prince  among 
"the  Turks,  being  joined  by  Doldequine  King  of  Damascus, 
and  Dabeis  a  Prince  of  Arabia,  with  great  Forces  invaded 
the  Country  of  Antioch,  and  came  and  pitched  their  Camp 
near  Alejtyo ;  which,  when  Roger  Prince  of  Antioch  heard  of, 
he  fent  MefTengers  to  the  Princes  round  about ;  to  Jofceline 
Count  of  Edejfa,  to  Tontw  Count  of  Tripoli,  and  to  the  King  oljerufa- 
lem,  telling  them  what  Danger  he  was  in,  and  defiring  their  fpeedy  Affift- 
ance.     The  King  therefore,  and  the  other  Princes,  made  all  the  hafte  they 
could  to  aflift  him :   But  he  being  impatient  of  Delay,  marched  out  from 
Antioch  and  gave  them  Battle,  in  which  Battle  the  Chriftians  were  worfted; 
and  Prince  Roger  himfelf,  endeavouring  to  rally  his  fcattered  Forces,  but  in 
vain,  and  fighting  ftoutly  in  the  midft  of  his  Enemies,  was  flain.    But  King 
Baldwin,  on  the  Fourteenth  of  Auguft  following,  forced  the  Turks  to  a  Re- 
stitution of  their  Vidory,  and  with  a  fmall  Army  gave  them  a  great  Over- 
throw. 

But  in  the  Year  nai,  Baldwin  the  King,  and  Germund  the  Patriarch 
of  Jerufalem,  with  the  Lords  both  Spiritual  and  Temporal,  being  met  at 
a  General  Affembly  in  Neapolis,  a  Town  of  Samaria,  Gazzi,  taking  the 

Oppor- 


Part  I.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.       Book  I.     1 1 

Opportunity  of  the  King's  Abfence,  draws  out  his  Forces  and  befieges  one  Chap.  IV. 
of  the  King's  Caftles ;  which  when  the  King  heard  of,  taking  with  him  ^-^W, 
Count  Jojceline  and  the  Nobles  of  Antioch,  he  marches  towards  the  Ene- 
my j  and  as  they  were  expecting  to  come  to  a  Battle,  Gazzi  was  feized 
with  a  Fit  of  an  Apoplexy :  Whereupon  his  Generals  and  chief  Comman- 
ders, thinking  it  beft  to  decline  a  Battle,  carrying  their  Lord  in  a  Chariot, 
haftened  to  Aleffo  j  but  before  they  could  arrive  there  Gazzi  died. 

In  the  Year  uaa,  Count  Jofceline,  with  a  Kinfman  of  his  called  Ga-     rllll\ 
leran,  was  moft  unhappily  furprifed  by  Balac  a  Prince  of  the  Turks,  and  Twe^LU^n. 
carried  Captive  to  a  Caftle  of  the  Enemies  called  ^nartapert ;  and  after  Stsl^. 
that,  the  Country  being  deprived  of  their  Governour,  Balac  made  feveral 
Incurfions  into  the  Country,  and  wafted  it  very  much :  But  hearing  that  the 
King  was  coming  into    that  Country  to  defend  it,    he  deiifted  for  lome 
Time  from  his  Ravages.     The  King  then  marching  with  his  Army  into 
-the  County  of  Edejfa,  that  he  might  be  affifting  to  the  People  who  had 
loft  their  Governour,  and,  going  thro'  the  Country,  made  diligent  Enquiry, 
whether  the  Caftles  were  well  fortified,  and  whether  every  Garrilbn  had  a 
fufficient  Number  of  Horfe  and  Foot,  as  alfo  Arms  and  Provifions ;  and 
where  there  was  any  Want  of  either,  he  fupplied  it.     It  happened,  that 
the  King  being  follicitous  to  fee  all  Things  in  good  Condition,  and  going 
from  Turbejfel  to  Edejfa,  to  fee  what  Condition  the  Places  were  in  beyond 
Euphrates,  as  well  as  on  this  Side,  as  he  was  journeying  in  the  Night  with 
a  Imall  Retinue,  lome  of  them  fleeping,  and  others  riding  carelefsly  on  the 
Road,  Balac,  who  knew  of  the  King's  Journey  before,  lying  in  Ambulh, 
ruftied  out  upon  the  King,  and,  finding  his  Guards  unprovided,  feizes  upon 
him,  and  carries  him  away  Captive  to  the  fame  Caftle  where  Prince  Jofce- 
line was  kept  Prilbner  :  The  News  of  which  coming  to  Jerusalem,  all  the 
Chriftians  were  in  a  great  Confternation,  and  very  much  concerned  for  the 
Lois  of  their  King ;  and  the  Patriarch,  with  all  the  Bifhops  and  Temporal 
Lords,  meeting  all  together  at  Aeon,  unanimoufly  chofe  Euftace  Greiner, 
Lord  ofSidon  and  dffarea,  Viceroy  of  the  Kingdom.     The  King  then  and 
the  Count  of  Edejfa  being  detained  in  Prifbn,  certain  Armenians  of  Count 
Jofceline's  Country,  being  very  much  concerned  that  fuch  great  Princes 
mould  be  kept  Prilbners,  entered  into  a  delperate  Defign,  not  valuing  their 
own  Lives  fo  they  might  refcue  thele  Prifoners.     Some  lay,  that  Count 
Jofceline  fent  to  them,  and  did  put  them  upon  this  Defign,  and  promiled 
them  a  very  great  Reward  if  they  did  fucceed :    However  it  was,  there 
were  fifty  ftout  couragious  Men  that  bound  themfelves  by  an  Oath,  that 
they  would  all  go,  although  to  the  extream  Hazard  of  their  Lives,  and 
endeavour  to  relcue  the  King  and  the  Count  out  of  Prifon  -,  and  taking  upon 
them  the  Habit  of  Monks,  and  carrying  under  their  Cloaths  fhort  Daggers, 
they  went  into  the  Town  where  the  King  and  the  Count  were  Prilbners,  as 
they  had  fome  Bufinefs  there  concerning  the  Affairs  of  their  Monaftery ; 
when  they  were  come  to  the  Town,  with  fad  Looks  and  mournful  Tone, 
they  complained  to  the  Governour  of  fome  Injuries  that  had  been  done  to 
their  Monaftery ;  the  Governour,  to  whom  it  did  belong  to  fee  that  no 
Injury  Ihould  be  done  to  any  that  lived  in  the  Country  thereabout,  pro- 
mifed them  that  he  would  fee  it  redrefled.     Others  fay,  that  they  feigned 
themlelves  Pedlars,  and  went  to  the  Town  under  Pretence  of  felling  fmall 
Wares ;  however  it  was,  they  were  let  into  the  Town,  and  as  foon  as  they 
came  in,  they  drew  out  their  Daggers,  and  killed  every  one  they  met,  and, 
having  got  Pofleffion  of  the  Caftle,  they  fet  t  he  King  and  Count  Jofceline  at 
Liberty.   The  King  defigned  to  fend  out  the  Count  to  fetch  Help  and  Afllft- 
ance,  while  he  with  the  Armenians  defended  the  Caftle  3srainft  the  Enemy; 

but 


1 2     Part  I.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  IV.  but  the  Turks  that  lived  in  the  Neighbourhood,  hearing  what  had  hap- 
C^"W;  pened,  took  up  Arms,  and  coming  to  the  Town,  they  took  care,  that' 'till 
Balac  their  Prince  came  to  them,  no  one  mould  go  in  or  out  of  the 
Town;  but  Prince  Jofceline,  taking  with  him  three  Men,  went  out  of 
the  Caftle,  and  pafled  through  the  Enemies  Camp,  as  they  did  lie  before 
the  Town  jj  and  being  got  out  beyond  their  Lines,  he  fends  back  one  of 
his  three  Companions  to  tell  the  King,  that  fie  was  got  fafe  beyond  the 
Enemies  Camp,  and  gives  him  his  Ring  to  fnew  to  the  King  for  his  Sa- 
tisfaction ;  with  the  other  two  he  goes  on  in  his  Journey.  The  King  with 
thofe  Armenians  that  did  fet  him  at  Liberty,  fortified  the  Caftle  as  well 
as  he  could,  endeavouring  to  defend  it,  if  poffible,  'till  the  Forces  that 
he  expected  came  to  his  Affiftance  J  but  Balac,  being  difturbed  in  a  Dream 
that  he  had  much  about  the  fame  Time,  wherein  he  dreamt,  that  Count 
Jofceline,  with  his  own  Hands,  had  pulled  out  his  Eyes  •  he  was  lb  much 
concerned,  that  the  next  Morning  he  lent  certain  Meffengers  to  the  Town, 
where  they  had  been  kept  Prifoners,  and  commanded  them  without  any 
Delay  to  behead  Count  Jojceline ;  who  coming  to  the  Town,  and  find- 
ing what  had  happened,  went  back  again  with  all  Speed,  and  told  their  Lord 
all  that  they  had  feen  and  heard.  Balac  getting  all  the  Forces  he  could 
together,  marches  with  all  Speed  to  befiege  the  Town;  and  having  begirt 
it  round,  he  fends  to  the  King,  that  if  he  would  immediately  deliver  up 
the  Caftle  to  him,  that  he  with  all  that  did  belong  to  him  fhould  have 
free  Liberty  to  go  out  of  the  Town,  and  he  would  conduct  them  Home 
to  the  City  of  Edejfa  :  But  the  King,  trufting  to  the  Strength  of  the 
Place,  and  hoping  by  the  Affiftance  of  thofe  that  were  in  it,  that  he 
fhould  be  abk  to  keep  it  'till  more  Forces  came  to  his  Help,  rejects  the 
Conditions  offered  by  Balac,  and  endeavours  to  defend  the  Town.  Balac, 
being  very  much  enraged  that  his  Conditions  were  flighted,  calls  for  his 
Engineers,  and  attacks  the  Town  all  the  Ways,  and  with  the  greateft 
Vehemence  he  could.  It  happened  there  was  an  Hill,  upon  which  Part 
of  the  Town  flood,  which  was  chalky,  and  eafily  to  be  undermined ;  Ba- 
l-ac  fireing  the  Town  could  be  moft  eafily  affaulted  that  Way,  he  orders 
the  Pioneers  to  dig  under  the  Hill,  and  great  Beams  and  other  Materials  to 
be  put  in  to  fupport  the  upper  Part,  and  then  orders  the  Beams  and  other 
combuftible  Matter  which  were  laid  in  to  be  fet  on  Fire,  fo  that  the  Hill 
and  a  Tower  that  was  built  upon  it  fell  down  with  a  great  Noife.  The 
King,  fearing  left  the  whole  Caftle  fhould  be  overturned  the  fame  Way, 
refigns  the  Caftle  to  Balac  at  Difcretion :  Balac  having  got  the  Caftle 
into  his  Poffeffion,  gives  the  King  and  his  Nephew  Galeran  their  Lives, 
and  fent  them  away  bound  to  Charran,  a  City  near  to  Edefa,  and  there 
orders  them  to  be  kept  with  a  ftrict  Guard ;  but  the  Armenians,  who 
had  ventured  their  Lives  fo  couragioufly  for  the  Sake  of  the  King  and  the 
Count,  he  put  to  moft  exquifite  Torment ;  fome  he  ordered  to  be  Head 
alive,  fbme  to  be  fawn  a-two,  others  to  be  buried  alive,  and  others  he  fet 
up  as  a  Mark  for  Boys  to  fhoot  at.  Count  Jofceline,  in  the  mean  Time, 
with  a  little  Provifion  and  two  Bladders,  which  by  chance  he  had  carried 
with  him,  came  to  the  River  Euphrates,  where  confulting  with  his  Com- 
panions how  he  fhould  get  over  the  River,  he  took  the  two  Bladders  and 
tied  them  under  his  Arms,  his  Companions,  who  were  skilled  in  fwim- 
ming,  on  both  Sides  directing  him ;  and  by  this  Way  he  got  fafe  over  the 
River,  and  then  by  tedious  Journeys,  often  fuffering  Hunger  and  Thirft, 
Sicunda  pars  he  came  at  laft  to  his  own  City  Turbcjfel.  The  Count  of  Edefa  teing 
m/lo/M  Hieio-  almoft  fpent  by  the  Tedionfnefs  of  his  journey,  and  by  Hunger,  fat  him- 
folmitam.        jyf  <jown  under  a  Tree  to  flccp,  and  covered  himfeil'  with  Bufhes  that 

he 


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he  might  rot  be  difcovered:  In  the  mean  Time,  one  of  his  Company  Chap.  IV. 
went  out  to  fee  whether  he  could  get  any  Provifions ;  and,  as  he  went,  v-*~v-"*~* 
he  met  with  a  Countryman,  an  Armenian,  with  a  little  Basket  of  Bread, 
and  he  defired  him  to  go  with  him  to  the  Count  lying  hid  under  the 
Tree.  As  foon  as  the  Countryman  faw  the  Count  he  knew  him,  and 
faid  to  him,  GOD  fave  you,  my  Lord  Joceline !  GOD  blefs  you,  mofi 
noble  Count,  and  moji  beloved  by  your  Teople!  The  Count,  deliring  to 
conceal  himfelf,  denied  that  he  was  the  Man  whom  the  Countryman  took 
him  to  be  5  but  the  Countryman  faid  to  him,  Be  not  afraid,  noble  Count, 
neither  cloyoufufyeffme,  who  do  know  you  very  well:  And  Ifwear  to  you, 
that  if  you  command  me,  I  will  do  all  that  I  can  to  fave  you  from  Harm. 
Then  the  Count  faid  to  him,  Take  Tity  upon  me,  hone  ft  Countryman ;  and  I 
adjure  you,  by  your  Faith  in  CHRIST  and  Love  to  him,  that  you  do  not 
dijcover  me  to  my  Enemies :  But  I  will  give  you  any  Thing  that  you  fhall 
ask  of  me,  if  you  will  carry  me  fafe  to  TurbefTel.  The  Countryman  faid, 
i"  have  a  Wife,  and  a  Daughter  an  Infant  \  I  will  commit  myfelf  and 
them  to  your  Faith  and  Generoflty,  and  will  go  wherefoever  you  will 
have  me :  And  then  he  goes  Home,  and  fetches  his  Wife  and  Child,  and 
all  that  he  had,  and  comes  again  to  the  Count.  The  Count  rides  upon 
the  Countryman's  Afs,  and  carries  his  little  Child  in  his  Lap,  that  he 
might  travel  on  the  better  undifcovercd,  and  fb  at  length  got  fafe  to  Tur- 
bcffel.  The  Count  being  come  into  his  own  Town,  rewarded  the  Arme- 
nian Countryman,  and  made  him  a  Captain  of  a  Company. 

From  Turbcffel  Prince  Joceline,  taking  a  greater  Retinue  with  him, 
went  to  Antioch,  to  follicit  the  Nobles  of  the  Country  to  go  and  affift 
the  King ;  and,  by  the  Advice  of  the  Patriarch  of  Antioch,  he  goes  from 
thence  to  Jerufalem,  and  declares  to  the  Patriarch  of  that  Place,  and  to 
all  the  Princes,  what  had  happened,  defires  of  them  fpeedy  Affiftance,  and 
tells  them  the  Bufinefs  would  not  admit  of  Delay.  At  his  Perfwafion,  they 
all  unanimoufly  agreed  to  go  and  fuccour  the  King;  and  taking  the  Holy 
Crofs  with  them,  they  marched  on,  and  took  from  the  Towns  through  which 
they  palled  what  Forces  they  could  get  to  their  Affiftance  ;  at  laft  they  came 
to  Antioch,  and  took  with  them  all  the  Soldiers  of  that  Country,  and 
from  thence  Count  Jofceline  led  them  to  Turbejfel:  When  they  came 
there,  they  heard  what  had  happened  to  the  King,  and  that  the  Caftle 
was  again  furrendered  to  the  Enemy,  and  the  King  carried  Prifbner  to 
Char  ran  \  whereupon  they  thought  it  would  not  fignify  any  Thing  to 
march  on  'any  farther,  and  therefore  they  agreed  that  every  one  fhould  go 
Home  to  his  own  Country :  But  that  they  might  not  be  thought  to  take 
fuch  a  long  March  to  no  Purpofe,  they  defigned,  as  they  paffed  by  A- 
lefjtOy  to  fee  whether  they  could  do  any  Damage  to  the  Enemy ;  but  as 
they  came  near  the  City,  the  Garrifon  came  out  againft  them ;  but  they 
foon  made  them  retire  with  great  Lofs,  and  ftaid  in  that  Country  four 
Days,  wafting  and  fpoiling  the  fame. 

A  little  while  after,  Balac,  who  kept  the  King  ftill  Prifoner  at  Char- 
ran,  went  and  befieged  Hieraplis,  and  whilft  he  was  befieging  the  Town, 
he  fends  to  the  Governour  of  the  Town,  defiring  that  he  would  come 
out  and  treat  with  him,  promifing  him  fafe  Conduct.  The  Governour, 
being  too  credulous,  went  out  to  him,  and  as  foon  as  he  came,  Balac 
commanded  him  perfidioufly  to  be  beheaded. 

Count  Jofceline  hearing  that  Balac  laid  Siege  to  Hierapolis,  and  how 
he  had  killed  the  Governour  of  the  Place,  and  fearing  left  a  Town  as 
near  him  as  Hierafolis  was  ihould  come  into  the  Hands  of  fuch  a  potent 
Enemy,  gathered  all  his  Forces  together,  and  as  many  as  he  could  get 

D  from 


1 4    Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  IV.  from  the  Principality  of  Antioch,  and  marched  out  to  fight  Balac ;  and 
K*ry~^j  coming  upon  him  on  a  fudden,  he  put  his  Army  to  Flight,  and  in  the 
Midft  of  the  Flight,  by  chance  meeting  Balac.,  he  killed  him  with 
his  own  Hand,  and  cut  off  his  Head,  not  knowing  him  at  firft  to  be 
the  Prince.  Here,  fays  the  Arcb-Bifhop  of  Tyre,  Balac'*  Dream  came 
to  he  fulfilled;  for  he  may  truly  (fays  he)  be  f aid  to  have  his  Eyes  fulled 
out)  whofe  Head  is  cut  off. 

The  Count  then  being  a  very  wife  Man,  and  nothing  wanting  in  him 
to  make  him  an  experienced  General,  fends  a  young  Man  of  his  Army 
with  the  Head  of  Balac  through  Antioch,  and  all  the  Country,  to  the 
Chriftian  Army  that  was  then  befieging  Tyre,  that  he  might  certify  them  of 
the  great  Victory  ;  which  when  the  Army  that  was  before  Tyre  faw,  they 
were  exceedingly  animated,  and  it  did  not  concur  a  little  towards  the 
getting  of  that  Town,  which  was  furrendered  up  to  them  a  few  Days 
after.  Tontius  Count  of  Triply,  out  of  the  great  Refped:  he  had  to 
Count  Jofceline,  and  for  the  good  Meffage  that  he  came  upon,  Knighted 
the  young  Man  that  brought  the  News :  And  as  this  Victory  of  Count 
Jofceline  helped  on  the  Taking  of  Tyre,  which  was  furrendered  up  to 
1 1 14.  the  Chriftians  in  the  Year  1 1 24 ;  fo  it  concurred  towards  the  releafing  of  the 
King :  For  Balac  being  now  dead,  the  King  obtained  his  Freedom,  upon 
the  Promife  of  paying  one  hundred  Thoufand  Michealites,  and  left  his 
Daughter  an  Hoftage  for  the  Payment  of  the  fame.  He  was  fet  at  Liberty 
the  2  oth  of  June  in  the  Year  1 1 24,  after  he  had  been  Prifoner  more  than 
eighteen  Months ;  and  being  at  Liberty  he  goes  to  Antioch,  and  from 
thence  to  Jerufalern. 

chap. v.  Chap.  V. 

O  T  long  after,  feveral  Meffengers  came  to  the   King,  and 
told  him,  that    a  Great  Prince  of  the  Eaft,  called  Burfe- 
quine,  with  a  great  Army,  had  paffed  over  the  River  Eu- 
phrates, and  was  come  into  the  Country  of  Antioch :  The 
King  immediately  getting  what  Forces  he  could  together, 
marched  towards  him.    Burfequine,  calling  to  his  Affiftance 
Doldoquine  King  of  Damafcus,  befieged  a  Caftle  called  Caphardan,   and 
forced  the  Garrifon  to  furrender.     From  thence  he  marches  through  the 
Lejjer  Syria,  and  befieges  a  Town  called  Sandanum ;  and  after  fome  Days, 
feeing  he  could  not  get  the  Town,  he  raifes  the   Siege,  and  fets  down 
before  a  larger  Town,  but   not  lb    well    fortify'd,   called   Hafard;   and 
whilft  he  was  preparing  his  Engines,  and  carrying  on  the  Siege  with  all 
Diligence,  the  King,  accompany'd  with  Count  Jofceline  and  the  Count  of 
Tripoly,  came  to  the  Help  of  the  Befieged ;  and,  as  he  drew  near  to  the 
Enemy,  he  divided  his  Army  into  three  Parts  :  On  the  Right  he  placed 
the  Nobles  of  Antioch  with  their  Forces,  on  the  Left,  Count  Jofceline  and 
the  Count  of  Tripoly  with   their  Forces,  and  the  main  Body  the  King 
commanded  himfelf.     Burfequine  feeing   the  King   coming  towards  him, 
and  that  with  a  Defign  to  fight  him,  and  knowing   that  he  could  not 
honourably  decline  a  Battle,  (for  he  was  much  fuperiour  in  Number)  he 
draws  out  his  Army,  and  a  Battle  did  enfue,  in  which  the  Chriftians  ob- 
tained a  confiderable  Vi&ory,  put  the  Enemy  to  Flight,  flew  two  Thou- 

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Part  I.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  L     15 

fand  of  them,  and  loft  but  four  and  Twenty  of  their  own.     Burfequine,    Chap.  V. 

finding  that  Things  happened  far  othervvife  than  he  expe&ed,  repaffed  the  *-/"V*YJ 

Euphrates^  and  went  Home  to   his  own  Country.     The  King  with-  the 

Spoil  that  he  took  from  the  Enemy,  and  with  the  Money  which  his  Friends 

had  liberally  contributed,  paid  his  Ranfom,  and  had  his  Daughter  of  five 

Years  old  reftored  to  him,  which  he  had  given  for  an  Hoftage,  and  taking 

Leave  of  the  Nobles  of  Antioch,  he  returns  Conqueror  to  Jerufalem. 

Boemund  Prince  of  Antioch  being  now  of  Age,  and  taking  the  Govern-  1 127. 
ment  upon  him,  [He  was  Son  of  Boemund  firft  Prince  of  Antioch,  and,  in  William  of 
his  Minority,  firft  Tancred,  and  then  Roger,  his  Kinfmen,  governed  the  ^'af,J"IJ" 
Principality  for  him.]  there  arofe  an  unhappy  DifTention  between  him  and 
Count  Jofceline ;  lb  that  the  Count  calling  to  his  Affiftance  lbme  of  the 
neighbouring  Turks,  marched  into  the  Principality  of  Antioch,  wafted  the 
Country,  and  carried  away  a  great  many  Prifoners ;  all  which  was  done 
whilft  Prince  Boemund  was  abfent,  and  whilft  he  was  employed  againft 
the  Turks  fomewhere  elfe ;  fo  that  Count  Jofceline  was  blamed  very  much 
by  all  that  heard  of  it  :  But  the  King  hearing  of  it,  and  being  very  much 
afraid,  left  by  this  DifTention  there  might  be  a  Way  made  for  the  Enemy 
to  break  in  upon  the  Chriftians,  and  confidering,  that  they  were  both  his 
hear  Kinfmen,  (the  Prince  had  but  lately  married  his  Daughter^  and  the 
Count  was  his  Mother's  Sifter's  Son)  he  went  with  all  Speed  into  thofe 
Parts,  and  taking  to  his  Affiftance  Bernard  Patriarch  of  Antioch,  he  hap- 
pily compofed  the  Difference.  At  that  Time  Count  Jofceline  fell  fick, 
and  repenting  of  what  he  had  done,  he  made  a  Vow,  that  if  it  plealed  GOD 
to  give  him  Life  and  Health,  he  would  make  full  Satisfaction  to  the 
Prince  of  Antioch,  which  accordingly  he  did ;  for  recovering  out  of  his 
Indifpofition,  in  the  Prefence  of  the  King  and  the  Patriarch,  they  were 
reconciled  together,  and  continued  good  Friends. 

In  the  Year  1 128,  Hugh  de  Taganis,  the  Firft  Mafter  of  the  Knights*     1128; 
Templars,  with  feveral  others,  being  fent  by  the  King  and  other  Princes  s  s 
of  the  Eait  into  the  Weft,  to  fbllicit  the  Princes  of  the  Weft  to  fend  more 
Aid  to  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land,  and  to  befiege  the  famous  Town 
of  Damascus ;  and  being  returned  with  considerable  Forces,  all  the  Princes 
of  the  Eaft,  viz.  King  Baldwin,  Foulk  Count  of  Anjou,  Tontius  Count  of 
Triply,  Boemund  Prince  of  Antioch,  and  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  Count  of 
Edejfa,  joined  all  their  Forces  together,  and  went  to  befiege  Damafcus, 
hoping  either  to  force  it  to  furrender,  or  to  take  it  by  Storm :    And  as 
they  came  into  the  Country  of  Damafcus,  near  to  a  Place  called  Merge- 
■fafhar,  there  was  fent  out  into  the  Country  round  about  a  great  Detach- 
ment to  forage,  to  bring  in  NecefTaries  for  the  Camp  •  and  William  de 
Buris  with  a  thoufand  Horfe  was  to  guard  them  ;  but  they,  as  is  ufual, 
ftraggling  far  into  the  Country,  and  feparating  from  one  another,  that  one 
might  not  know  what  the  other  had  got,  and  obferving  little  or  no  Order, 
Doldequine  Prince  of  Damafcus  hearing  of  it,  and  thinking  that  he  might 
fet  upon  them  unprovided,  and  ignorant  of  the  Country,  took  fome  of  the 
beft   Soldiers,  and  thofe  that  were   fitteft  for  Dilpatch,  and  comes  upon 
them  on  a  fudden,  and  unprovided,  quickly  puts  them  to  Flight,  kills  a 
great  many  of  them  ftraggling  up  and  down  the  Fields,  and  never  leaves 
off  purfuing  them  'till  he  had  routed  the  Horfe  that  came  to  Guard  them, 
and  killed  many  of  them.     The  News  of  this   coming  to  the  Chriftian 
Army,  they  were  all  very  much  enraged,  and  were  refolved  to  revenge 
the  Death  of  their  Friends ;  but  as  they  were  marching  to  attack  the  Ene- 
my, there  arofe  on  a  Hidden  a  moft   violent  Storm,  by  which   the   Air 
was  darkened,  and  the  Ways  were  filled  with  Water,  fo  that  they  could 
not  march  5  upon  this  the  Chriftians  changed  their  Defign  5  and  thofe  that 

before 


1 6   Part  L      The  Genealogical  Hi  (lory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  V.    before  were  a  Terror  to  the  Enemy,  and  thought  of  nothing  lefs  than  the 
Taking  of  Damafcus,  were  glad  to  return  fafe  into  their  own  Country. 

In  the  Year  1130,  a  little  after  Eoewund  Prince  of  Antioch  had  re- 
turned  from  that  Expedition,  Rodoan  Prince  of  Aleppo  entered  the  Con- 
fines of  Antioch :  The  Prince,  hoping  to  drive  him  from  his  Country, 
went  out  to  fight  him,  and  meeting  him  in  a  Plain  which  was  called  the 
Field  of  Cloaks,  the  Prince's  Army  was  routed,  and  he  moft  unfortunately 
ilain  in  the  Place.  The  King  hearing  this,  made  all  the  Hafte  he  could 
to  Antioch  ;  but  the  Princefs,  the  King's  Daughter,  hearing  that  her  Hul- 
band  was  dead,  fends  to  Sanguin,  a  powerful  Prince  of  the  Turks,  Mef- 
fengers  with  Prefents,  hoping,  by  his  Help,  to  put  bye  her  Daughter,  which 
fhe  had  by  Prince  Boemund,  and  to  keep  the  Principality  heiielf.  The  King 
^  meeting  the  Meffenger  by  the  Way,  and  he  confelling  what  Meffage  he 
*  was  going  about,  immediately  orders  him  to  be  put  to  Death.  There  were 
lome  in  the  City  in  the  mean  Time,  that  did  not  like  the  PrincelTes  Pro- 
ceedings, and  fent  privately  to  the  King,  and  to  Foulk  Count  of  Anjou, 
and  to  Count  Jofceliue,  which  lalt  came,  and  took  PofTeflion  of  the  Gates, 
and  fo  let  the  King  into  the  City  ;  upon  which  the  Princefs  retired  into 
the  Cattle ;  but  after  much  Entreaty,  being  perfwaded  to  come  out,  fhe 
came  forth,  and  fubmitted  to  her  Father.  The  King  then  taking  the 
Government  upon  himfelf,  gave  her  two  Towns  for  her  Dowry,  which 
her  Husband  had  affigned  her,  and  returns  to  Jerusalem.  A  little  while 
after  his  Return,  the  King  falls  fick,  and  finding  that  he  could  not  live,  he 
goes  to  the  Patriarch's  Houfe,  and  fending  for  his  Son-in-Law,  Foulk  Count 
of  Anjou,  his  Daughter,  and  their  Son,  a  little  Child  of  two  Years  old, 
he  refigns  his  Kingdom  into  their  Hands,  and  takes  upon  him  the  Habit  of 
a  Monk:  He  died  the  aift  Day  of  Auguft,  in  the  Year  1131,  in  the  13th 
Year  of  his  Reign.  Foulk  Count  of  Anjou  was  crowned  the  1 8th  of  the 
1 3  *•       Calends  of  October,  or  the  1 4th  of  September,  1 13 1. 

About  this  Time,  Jofceline  de  Court enay,  Count  of  Edejfa,  being  wea- 
ried out  with  long  Sicknefs,  and  every  Day  expecting  to  breathe  out  his 
laft;  for  it  happened,  that  the  Year  before,  as  he  was  befieging  a  Caftle 
near  Aleppo,  and  endeavouring  to  undermine  a  Tower,  and  ftanding  too  near 
it,  the  Tower  falling  on  a  fudden  fell  upon  him,  broke  his  Bones,  and  al- 
moft  buried  him  in  the  Rubbifh,  fo  that  his  Men  could  hardly  get  him 
out :  As  he  was  in  this  miferable  Condition,  lo  a  Meffenger  came  to  him, 
and  told  him,  That  the  Sultan  of  Iconium,  taking  the  Opportunity  of  his 
Sicknefs,  had  laid  Siege  to  a  certain  Town  of  his,  called  Croiffon  ;  which ,  as 
foon  as  this  couragious  Prince  had  heard,  being  feeble  in  Body,  but  frill  of  a 
flout  Heart,  he  fends  for  his  Son,  and  bids  him  take  the  Forces  of  the 
Country,  and  go  and  fight  the  Enemy,  and  fupply  the  Place  of  his  Fa- 
ther, that  was  now  difabled.  His  Son  began  to  excufe  himfelf,  faying, 
That,  the  Sultan  had  a  very  great  Army,  and  all  the  Forces  that  he  could 
get  together  would  not  be  able  to  oppofe  him :  Count  Jofceline,  being  con- 
cerned that  his  Son  fhould  fhew  himfelf  fo  timorous,  immediately  com- 
mands all  his  Forces  to  be  gathered  together,  and  all  the  Strength  of  the 
Country,  and  orders  a  Horfe-Litter  to  be  got  ready,  and  forgetting  his 
Weaknefs  and  his  Pains,  was  carried  at  the  Head  of  his  Army  in  order  to 
fight  the  Enemy  -,  and  when  in  this  Manner  he  had  marched  on  a  little 
Way,  one  of  his  Nobles  came  to  him,  (his  Name  was  Geojfery  Monk)  and 
told  him,  That  the  Sultan  of  Iconium,  hearing  of  his  coming,  had  raifed 
the  Siege  with  Trecipitation,  and  made  all  the  hajie  he  could  to  get 
Home :  Which  when  the  brave  Count  had  heard,  he  orders  the  Horfe- 
Litter  in  which  he  was  carried  to  be  fet  down,  and  lifting  up  his  Eyes 

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to  Heaven,  with  Tears,  he  gave  Thanks  to  GOD,  who  in  the  very  Chap.  V. 
laft  Moments  of  his  Life  had  been  fo  gracious  and  favourable  to  him,  as  w'-v-s-* 
that  half-dead,  and  juft  expiring,  he  fhould  be  fuch  a  Terror  to  the  Ene- 
mies of  the  Chriftian  Faith ;  and  as  he  was  returning  Thanks  to  GOD, 
he  gives  up  the  Ghoft.  Thus  did  this  Chriftian  Hero,  faith  the  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Tyre,  tranfported  more  with  the  Lxcefs  of  his  Joy  than  of  his 
Tains,  render  unto  GOD  his  generous  Soul,  going  to  the  eternal  Tri- 
umphs of  a  glorious  Immortality,  whilft  his  Army,  victorious  by  him  only, 
without  fighting,  reconducted  his  Body  in  the  Litter,  as  in  a  triumphal 
Chariot,  to  Edeffa,  there  to  receive  the  Honours  due  to  one  of  the  braveft 
Actions  that  ever  was  performed.  This  illuftrious  Prince  finifhed  his  glo- 
rious Life  in  the  Year  1131,  after  he  had  been  above  thirty  Years  in  the  1131. 
Holy  Land,  continually  fighting  againft  the  Enemies  of  the  Chriftian  Faith. 
He  fpent  above  twelve  Years  in  that  Part  of  the  County  of  Edeffa  which 
his  Coufin  Baldwin  gave  him,  which  by  his  Prudence  and  Vigilance  he 
very  much  enriched :  He  was  Prince  of  Tiberias  five  Years,  during  which 
Time  he  got  feveral  Advantages  over  the  Turks:  The  remaining  Part  of 
his  Life  he  was  Count  of  Edeffa,  which  being  a  Country  bordering  upon 
the  Enemy,  he  was  almoft  in  continual  Wars,  with  Variety  of  Succefs, 
but  for  the  moft  Part  a  Conqueror ;  and  as  he  fpent  his  Life  in  continual 
Wars  againft  the  Turks,  fo  he  ended  it  like  a  moft  couragious  Prince  of 
the  Crufade,  and  conquered  with  his  Name,  when  his  Body  was  quite 
decayed,  and  he  juft  about  to  expire.  He  was,  as  the  Arch-Bifhop  of 
Tyre  fays,  a  Nobleman  of  France,  of  the  Country  of  Gaftinois,  a  younger 
Son  of  Jofceline  de  Courtenay,  -firft  of  that  Name,  by  Ifabel  Daughter  of 
Milo  de  Montleherry,  who  was  Sifter  to  King  Baldwin'.?  Mother.  The 
Arch-Bifhop  alio  defcribe's  him,  a  Man  very  prudent  and  circumlpect  in 
his  Bufinefs,  provident  in  the  Management  of  his  private  Affairs ;  the  beft 
Mafter  of  a  Family  ;  when  NecefTity  did  require  liberal,  but  at  other  Times 
thrifty  ;  temperate  in  his  Diet,  and  very  plain  in  his  Apparel :  And  by  this 
prudent  Management  he  enriched  that  Country  that  Count  Baldwin  gave 
him.  This  Character  the  Arch-Bifhop  gives  of  him  when  he  ipeaks  of  him 
in  the  Beginning  ;  but  afterward  he  fays,  He  was  one  of  the  greateft  Men 
of  all  the  Eaft,  as  it  appeared  at  the  Election  of  King  Baldwin,  and  at 
other  Times  \  one  to  whom  there  was  nothing  wanting  to  make  him  a  moft 
accomplifhed  General.  He  had  two  Wives,  the  firft  was  a  Sifter  of  one 
Levon,  an  Armenian,  by  whom  he  had  Jofceline  that  fucceeded  him  in  the 
County  of  Edeffa :  His  fecond  Wife  was  a  Sifter  of  Roger  .Prince  of  Antioch, 
in  the  Minority  of  his  Coufin  Boemund,  by  whom  he  had  a  Daughter  named 
Stephania,  Abbefs  of  the  Church  called  Great  St.  Mary's,  which  is  in  Je- 
rusalem before  our  Saviour's  Sepulchre.  It  was  ufual  for  the  Chriftian 
Princes  in  the  Holy  Land,  having  but  few  Women  of  their  own,  to  take 
Wives  from  the  Armenians,  being  their  Neighbours,  and  of  the  Chriftian 
Religion:  King  Baldwin  when  he  was  Count  of  Edeffa  did  10;  of  whom 
the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre  relates  a  pleafant  Story,  viz. 

Baldwin,  when  he  was  Count  of  Edeffa,  not  being  able  to  pay  his 
Soldiers  for  Want  of  Money,  and  not  knowing  what  to  do,  at  laft  con- 
trives this  Stratagem  :  He  goes  with  Part  of  his  Soldiers  as  a  Guard  to  vi- 
fit  his  Father-in-law,  an  Armenian,  who  was  a  great  Man,  and  very  rich  • 
and  whilft  he  was  there,  his  Soldiers,  as  it  was  agreed  between  their  Prince 
and  them,  began  to  mutiny,  and  to  demand  their  Pay,  or  elfe  what  he 
had  promifed  them :  The  old  Man  the  Armenian,  the  Count's  Father-in- 
Law,  asked  him  what  it  meant  ?  He  told  him,  that  he  had  promifed  them 
their  Money  by  a  Day  prefixed,  or  elfe  gave  them  Leave  to  cut  off  his 

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Chap.  V.    Beard :  The  old  Man  ftartled  at  this,  (for  it  is  an  Abomination   to  the 
C/"V"*V»j   Armenians  to  have  their  Beards  cut  off)  gave   him  the  Money  to   pav 
the   Soldiers,  and  made  him  promife  that  he  would   never    engage    his 
Beard  more. 
mOiam  of  Count  Jofceline  had  a  younger  Brother,  Geo  fry  de  Court  en  ay,  firnamed 

Tyre,  Lib.  it.  de  Champ  lay  or  Chaplay,  that  fignalized  himfelf  alio  in  the  Holy   Wan 
and  loft  his  Life  in  fighting  againft  the  Infidels,  about  four  or  five  Year.-: 
after  the  Death  of  the  Count :  The  Manner  of  it  thus ;   Sanguin  a  Prince 
of  the  Turks,  hearing  that  'Pontius  Count  of  Tripoly  had  been  flain  a  little 
before  by  the  Governour  of  Aleppo,  and  knowing  that  the  young  Count 
was  gone  out  of  the  Country  with  his  Forces  to  revenge  his  Father's  Death, 
befieges  a  Fortrefs  belonging  to  the  Count  of  Triply  near  the   City  of 
Raphania,  feated  on  a  Mountain  called  Mount  F  errand;  he  prefled  the 
Befieged  very  clofely ;  and  the  Count  of  Tripoly  hearing  of  it,  fends  forth- 
with to  King  Foulk,  defiring  he  would  come  and  help  him,  telling  him 
that  the  Garrifbn  was  brought  to  the  laft  Extremity :  The  King  gets  all 
his  Forces  together  and  marches  into  the  Country  of  Tripoly,  and  when 
he  came  near  the  Caftle  that  was  befieged,  Sanguin  hearing  of  it,  railes 
the  Siege,  and  draws  out  his  Forces  to  meet  the  King ;  the  King  marches 
on  to  put  if  he  could  Provifions  into  the  Town  •  but  thofe  who  had  the 
Command  of  the  Vanguard,  whether  defignedly  or  through  Ignorance  it 
is  uncertain,  left  a  plain  open  Road,  and,  declining  towards  the  Left,  march- 
ed the  Army  through  a  narrow  rocky  Way,  where  it  was  impoflible  to 
draw  up  their  Men  in  Order  of  Battle :  Sanguin  hearing  of  this,  and  being 
a  cunning  and  experienced  General,  and  knowing  he  could  not  have  a  fitter 
Opportunity  to  let  upon  the  Chriftian  Army,  comes  upon  them  on  a  fudden, 
and  puts  the  Troops  that  were  foremoft  to  Flight ;  the  Commanders  find- 
ing that,  and  feeing  they  could  not  come  up  to  their  Help,  advifed  the 
King  to  confult  his  Safety,  and  retire  into  the   Town :  The  King  upon 
that  went  with  a  few  only  into  the  Garrifon,  moft  of  the  Chriftian  Foot 
being  either  flain  or  taken  Prifoners.     In  this  Battle  was  taken  the  Count 
of  Tripoly,  with  a  great  many  Knights,  but  Part  followed  the  King,  and 
got  into  the  Town  after  him.     The  Chriftians  that  Day  loft   all  their 
Baggage,  and  all  the  Provifions  that  they  had  a  Defign  to  put  into  the  Town ; 
for  they  that  got  into  the  Town  had  not  Time  to  get  in  any  Provifions 
with  them,  but  went  in  only  with  their  Armour  that  they  had  about 
them.     In  that  Fight,  amongft  the  reft,  faith  the  Arch-Bifhop   of  Tyre, 
was  flain  Geoffery  Chaply,  Brother  to  Count  Jofceline,  a  Man  famous  both 
for  his"  Nobility  and  his  great  Experience  in  warlike  Affairs,  whofe  Death 
was  the  Caufe  of  great  Grief  to  many ;  and  the  whole  Army  lamented  the 
Lofs  of  him,  as  a  flout  couragious  Prince  :  Thus  died  this  great  Man,  after 
the  Example  of  his  Brother,  in  fighting  againft  the  Infidels,  after  he  had 
defended  the  Caufe  of  the  Chriftians  with  great  Honour  a  good  Part  of 
his  Life. 


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BOOK    II. 


Chap.    I. 


OUNT  Jofieline  dying  a  little  after  King  Baldwin,  his 
Son  Jofieline  lucceeded  him  in  the  County  of  Edeffa ;  and 
as  foon  almoft  as  he  came  to  his  Government,  in  the  firft 
Year  of  King  Foulk,  he,  together  with  Tontius  Count  of 
triply,  and  William  de  Saona,  whofe  Widow  Count  Jo- 
fieline afterwards  married,  was  induced  by  Rewards  and 
large  Promifes  to  countenance  Conjiantia,  the  Relief  of 
Boemund  Prince  of  Antioch,  in  the  taking  upon  her  the  Government  of 
Antioch,  and  to  put  bye  her  Daughter,  who  was  Heirefs  to  it  :  But  the 
King  hearing  of  it,  haftens  to  Antioch,  takes  the  Government  upon  him,  and 
continues  there  for  feme  Time,  all  Things  being  quiet  at  Jerufalem :  But 
at  length  his  Affairs  requiring  his  Prefence  at  Jerufalem,  he  returns  Home, 
and  leaves  the  Government  of  that  Principality  to  a  Nobleman  of  that 
Country,  named  Rainaldus  Manfner. 

About  two  or  three  Years  after,  the  King  having  his  Army  routed  by 
Sanguin  in  the  Battle,  in  which  Geoff ery  de  Courtenay  was  flain,  as  we 
have  before  related,  and  flying  to  the  Caftle  called  Mount  Ferrand,  after 
he  had  confulted  with  thole  that  fled  into  the  Caftle  with  him,  fends  to 
the  Prince  of  Antioch,  and  to  Count  Jofieline,  and  the  Patriarch  of  Je- 
rufalem, acquainting  them  what  a  Condition  he  was  in,  and  defiring  them 
that  they  would  fend  him  fpeedy  Affiftance  :  Upon  this,  the  Prince  of 
Antioch  and  the  Count  of  Edejfa  gathered  what  Forces  they  could  toge- 
ther, and  made  all  the  hafte  they  could  to  his  Affiftance.  In  the  mean 
while  the  Garrifon  fuffered  very  much  by  Hunger.  Prince  Rainald  or 
Raimond  came  up  with  his  Forces,  and  Count  Jofieline  was  not  far  off 
with  a  great  Army  after  him  •  and  another  great  Army  from  Jerufalem, 
with  the  Holy  Crofs  before  them,  were  flattening  to  the  King's  Aifift- 
ance ;  all  which  when  Sanguin  heard,  fearing  to  encounter  with  ib  great  a 
Number,  as  alio  being  afraid  left  the  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  who 
was  then  come  into  Antioch  with  a  mighty  Army,  ihould  come  alfo  to 
the  Relief  of  the  King,  he  fends  to  the  Befieged,  before  they  knew  that 
thofe  Armies  were  fo  near,  this  MefFage,  viz.  That  the  Caftle  being  half 
demolifhed,  could  not  hold  out  long,  and  that  the  Garrifon  within  being 
almoft  famiftied,  had  no  Strength  left  to  make  any  Refiftance;  but  that  his 
Army  did  abound  with   all  Things  neceflary  ;  yet  for  the  King's  Sake, 

whom 


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20    Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  If, 

Chap.  I.  whom  he  reckoned  to  be  a  mighty  Prince  among  the  Chriftians,  he  would 
\^sy~s*s  reftore  all  the  Captives  that  he  had  taken,  the  Count  of  'Triply  among 
the  reft,  and  give  the  King  leave  to  march  out  with  all  the  Garriibn,  if 
he  would  refign  up  the  Caftle  to  him.  The  Chriftians,  not  knowing  that 
Help  was  io  near,  and  being  wearied  out  with  Hunger  and  continual  Watch- 
ings,  were  glad  of  lb  good  News,  accept  of  the  Conditions,  and  forthwith 
the  Count  of  Triply  and  a  great  many  other  Prifoners  are  reftored,  and 
the  Caftle  delivered  up  to  Sanguin:  And  the  King,  as  foon  as  he  had 
marched  down  the  Hills  into  the  Plains  adjoining  to  Archis,  heard  of  the 
Coming  of  the  Prince  of  Antioch  and  the  Count  of  Edejfa  .-The  King 
came  up  to  them,  approved  of  their  Care  and  Love,  and  the  Prince  and 
the  Count,  having  taken  Leave  of  the  King,  return  to  their  own  Country. 
1 1 36.  About  this  Time  News  came,  that  John  Emperour  of  Conftantinople> 

wjrth  a  vaft  Army,  and  a  great  Number  of  Chariots  and  Horfemen,  was 
marching  with 'great  Speed  towards  Syria:  Neither  was  the  Report  falfe } 
for,  as  foon  as  the  Emperour  had  heard  that  the  Citizens  of  Antioch  had 
delivered  up  the  City  to  Raimond,  and  had  given  him  Prince  Boemund's 
Daughter  to  Wife,  he  defigned  forthwith  to  march  to  Antioch,  being  very 
angry,  that  without  his  Leave  they  prefumed  to  difpofe  of  the  Daugh- 
ter of  their  Prince  in  Marriage,  and  deliver  up  the  Principality  to  ano- 
ther :  For  he  faid,  that  that  Principality,  with  all  the  adjacent  Provinces, 
did  of  Right  belong  to  him  ;  for  the  Princes  that  made  the  firft  Voyage 
to  the  Holy  Land  did  promife,  upon  the  Emperour's  affifting  them,  that 
if  they  took  that  Country  they  would  deliver  it  up  to  the  Emperour : 
Hereat  Raimond  and  all  the  Latines  ftormed :  Some  pleaded,  that  the  111- 
ufage  that  Godfrey  of  Bouillon  received  from  the  Emperour  Alexius  ex- 
torted from  him  and  the  reft  of  the  Pilgrims  that  Agreement,  and  that 
an  Oath  extorted  by  Force  is  of  no  Validity ;  others,  that  when  Antioch 
was  firft  won,  it  was  offered  to  the  Emperour  Alexius,  and  he  refuted  it; 
others  argued,  that  that  General  was  dead  that  made  this  Contract,  and 
that  thofe  that  are  now  living  were  not  bound  to  make  good  the  Contract. 
None  of  thefe  Anfwers  would  fatisfy  the  Emperour,  but  he  marches  with 
his  vaft  Army  towards  Antioch,  and  in  his  Way  takes  Tar  jus,  the  Metro- 
polis of  Cilicia ;  and  having  turned  out  all  the  Soldiers  of  the  Prince  of 
Antioch,  he  puts  a  Garrifon  of  his  own  in  it,  and  does  the  fame  to  A- 
dama,  Manifira,  and  all  the  Towns  of  Cilicia ;  fo  that  all  the  Country 
of  Cilicia,  which  for  forty  Years  together  the  Princes  of  Antioch  had 
quietly  enjoyed,  he  takes  into  his  own  Hands-  and  marching  on,  he 
came  and  fate  down  .before  Antioch :  Whereupon  Foulk  King  of  Jeru- 
falem,  with  fome  other  Princes,  fearing  what  woful  Conclufion  would  fol- 
low, made  a  Compofition  between  them  to  this  EffecT:;  That  Prince  Rai- 
mond in  the  Pretence  of  all  the  Nobles  fhould  fwear  Allegiance  to  the 
Emperour,  and  that  the  Emperour  whenever  he  pleafed  fhould  have  Li- 
berty to  go  into  Antioch ,  and  if  ever  the  Emperour  fhould  take  Aleppo, 
Cafarea,  and  the  adjacent  Country  from  the  Turks,  that  the  Prince,  in 
Exchange  for  thefe  Places,  fhould  freely  refign  Antioch  to  the  Emperour. 
And  the  Agreement  being  thus  made,  the  Emperour  fixes  his  Standard 
in  one  of  the  Towers  of  Antioch,  and  Winter  coming  on,  he  marches  his 
Army  homewards,  promifing  to  come  again  next  Spring,  and  to  affift  the 
Prince  in  taking  Aleppo  and  the  other  Towns,  which  he  had  promifed  the 
Prince  in  Exchange  for  Antioch. 

In  the  Spring  the  Emperour  comes  back  with  his  vaft  Army,  and  all 
Things  being  ready  for  taking  the  Field,  he  fends  to  the  Prince  of  An- 
tioch and  the  Count  of  Edeffa  to  join  their  Forces  with  his.     In  the  Be- 
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ginning  of  April,  that  he  might  make  good  the  Bargain  between  him  and    Chap.  L 
the  Prince,  he  marches  his  Army  towards  Ctfarea,  and  when  he  was  fet  WV"V^ 
down  before  the  Place,  the  Prince  of  Antioch  and  Count  of  Edeffa  joins 
him  with  all  their  Forces.     The  Emperour  being  a  ftout  and  couragious 
Prince,  and  withal  very  vigilant,  rides  up  and  down  the  Army,  animating 
his  Soldiers,   and    giving  the  neceflary  Oiders;  but  the  Prince  and  the 
Count  being  young,  were  too  much  addi&ed  to  the  Pleafures  of  Youth, 
and  whilft  others  were  bulled  in  carrying  on  the  Siege,  they  fpent  molt 
of  their  Time  in  Gaming,  to  the  Damage  of  their  Eftates,  and  by  their  ill 
Way  of  Living  in  the  Camp,  made  others  remifs  in  their  Duty.     The 
Emperour  being  very  much  concerned  at  the  ill  Behaviour  of  thefe  two 
Princes,  privately  admonifhed  them,  and  defired  them  that  they  would 
leave  that  Way  of  Living,  and  mind  the  Bufinefs  they  were  come  about 
propoling  to  them  his  own  Example,  who,  although  he  was  a  great  Em- 
perour, yet  he  fpared  no  Pains  nor  Labour  in  carrying  on  the  Sie°-e.     At 
length,  having  lain  before  the  Town  for  fbme  Time,  and  made  no  great 
Progrefs  in  the  Siege,  the   Emperour  being  grieved  that  a  little  Town 
mould  ftand  out  fo  long  againit  fuch  a  great  Army,  he  commands  them 
to  double  their  Attacks,  and  taking  the  Suburbs  by  Storm,  the  Soldiers 
put  all  to  the  Sword,  except  the  Chriftians  that  were   found  there  •  thole 
within  feeing  this,  and  being  afraid,  that  if  the  Town  Ihould  be  taken  by 
Storm,  that  they,  their  Wives,  and  their  Children  fhould  be  all  flain    de- 
fire  Time  to  capitulate.     The  Governour  of  the  Town  was  an  Arabian 
by  Name  Machedolus,  he  fends  out  MefTengers  to  the  Emperour   and 
promifes  him  a  vaft  Sum  of  Money  if  he  would  raife  the  Siege.   'The 
Emperour  being  very  much  concerned,   that  the  Prince  and  the  Count 
Ihould  live  fo  diffolutely,  and  the  more,  becaufe  for  their  Sakes  he  had 
undertaken  the  Siege,  accepts  of  the  Conditions,  receives  the  Money    and 
draws  off  his  Army  from  the  Town,,  and  commands  it  to  march  towards 
Antioch.     The  Prince  and  the  Count,  being  forry  too  late  for  what  they 
had   done,  endeavour   to  diflwade  the  Emperour  from  his  Defign :  But 
notwithftanding  all  their  Entreaties,  he  ftill  perfifts  in  it,  and  haftens  his 
March  towards  Antioch.    Some  fay,  that  Count  Jofceline  had  fome  Defign 
in  all  this ;  for  he  carrying  in  his  Mind  (as  it  appeared  afterward)  a  Ha- 
tred againft  the  Prince  of  Antioch,  and  being  not  willing  that  he  Ihould 
grow  greater,  as  being  more  cunning,  did  feduce  the  Mind  of  that  impru- 
dent young  Prince,  and  endeavoured  all  that  he  could  to  bring  him  into 
Difgrace  with  the  Emperour. 

The  Emperour  then  coming  to  Antioch,  enters  into  the  Town  accom- 
panied with  his  Sons,  and  a  very  great  Retinue,  and  having  fpent  Ibme  Time 
in  Feafting  and  magnificent  Entertainments,  he  commands  the  Prince  the 
Count,  and  other  Nobles  to  come  to  him;  and  in  their  Prefence  fpeaks 
to  the  Prince  of  Antioch  to  this  Effect :  Ton  know,  my  beloved  Son  Rai- 
mond,  how  that  for  your  Sake,  and  that,  according  to  the  Agreement  be- 
tween us,  I  might  enlarge  your  Dominions,  I  have  jiaid  a  long  Time  in 
thefe  Tarts,  and  now  an  Opportunity  being  given,  it  is  high  Time  Ifiould 
make  good  my  Tromife  to  you,  and  put  the  adjacent  Country  into  your 
cPoffeJion  :  Ton  know  withal,  as  alfo  thofe  that  are  here  prefent,  how  that 
this  Bufinefs  requires  fome  confiderable  time,  and  great  Expences ;  it  is 
"neceffary  therefore,  that,  according  to  the  Agreement,  you  fhould  put  this 
Town  of  Antioch  into  our  Hands,  that  our  Army  may  the  better  quarter 
there,  and  that  our  Treafure  may  be  kept  fafe;  for  Trovifons  and  war- 
like Preparations  cannot  fo  eafily  be  brought  from  Tarfus,  and  other 
Towns  of  Cilicia,  towards  the  carrying  on  the  Sie^e  of  Aleppo  •   but  this 

F  City, 


22   Part  I.     The  Genealogical  Hi  (lory  of  the     Book  II. 

Chap.  I.  City j  above  any  other,  (lands  fitteft  for  the  Defign:  Fullfil  therefore  your 
v^-v — '  Tromife,  and  do  what  you  are  obliged  to  by  the  Allegiance  which  you 
have  fworn  to  me  ;  and  I  will  take  Care  to  make  good  my  Tromife  in  as 
ample  a  Manner  as  you  can  expect.  The  Prince  and  the  Nobles  that 
were  with  him,  being  aftonifhed  at  this  Speech  of  the  Emperour,  and  con- 
fidering  with  themfelves  what  Anfvver  to  make;  for  they  thought  it  hard, 
that  a  City  that  had  been  won  with  the  Lofs  of  lb  much  Blood  of  the 
Latine  Princes,  and  which  commands  fuch  large  Territories,  fhould  be  put 
into  the  Hands  of  the  effeminate  Greeks ;  but  that  it  was  in  the  Agree- 
ment between  the  Emperour  and  the  Prince,  no  one  doubted :  And  be- 
fides,  the  Emperour  had  brought  fo  many  of  his  Soldiers  into  the  Town, 
that  it  was  no  eafy  Matter  to  drive  them  out  by  Force.  Things  being 
therefore  in  thefe  Straits,  and  as  they  were  confidering  what  Anfwer  to 
make,  Count  Jofceline  ftands  up,  and  makes  this  Anfwer  to  the  Empe- 
rour :  The  Speech  that  your  Imperial  Majejty  has  made  favours  of  Divine 
Eloquence.,  and  is  worthy  of  all  Acceptation,  in  as  much  as  it  tends  to- 
wards the  Advantage  and  Troft  of  us  all;  but  it  being  a  new  TJoing 
which  your  Imperial  Majefly  has  propofed,  it  needs  new  Counsels  and  De- 
liberation ;  neither  is  it  in  the  Tower  of  the  Trince  of  Antioch  alone  to 
put  this  in  Execution ;  but  he  ought  to  take  the  Advice  of  his  Subjects, 
which  Way  he  may  beft  bring  to  Effect  what  your  Majejly  does  require, 
left,  by  the  Tumult  and  Infurrection  of  the  Teople,  there  may  be  a  Stop 
put  to  what  your  Majefty  demands.  The  Emperor  being  pleafed  with  this 
Speech  of  the  Count,  gave  the  Prince  and  Nobles  fome  Time  to  confider 
of"  it ;  and  the  Count  of  Edejfa  went  Home  to  his  Houfe  that  he  had  in 
the  City,  but  the  Prince  ftaid  in  the  Palace,  having  no  Command  of  his 
own  City,  but  the  Emperour  commanded  in  Chief. 

As  foon  as  the  Count  was  got  Home,  he  fends  privately  about  Meflen- 
gers  to  acquaint  the  People  with  the  Demands  of  the  Emperour,  and  to 
perfwade  the  People  to  take  up  Arms :  Immediately  there  was  an  Infur- 
furre&ion,  and  a  great  Tumult  all  over  the  City :  The  Count  hearing  of 
it  takes  his  Horfe,  and  makes  all  the  hafte  he  could  to  the  Palace,  as  if  he 
avoided  the  Fury  of  the  People,  and  rufheth  into  the  Emperour's  Prefence, 
as  it  were  half-dead  for  Fear.  The  Emperour  being  aftonifhed  at  the  fud- 
den  Coming  of  the  Count,  asks  of  him,  what  was  the  Reafbn  that  he 
came  into  his  Prefence  after  fuch  an  unufual  Manner  ?  The  Count  made 
Anfwer,  that  Neceffity  hath  no  Law,  and  that  he  was  forced  to  fly  thi- 
ther to  fave  himfelf  from  the  Fury  of  the  People.  The  Emperour  defired 
to  know  the  Reafbn  of  this  Tumult :  The  Count  made  Anfwer,  that  a 
little  Time  after  he  had  been  in  his  Houfe,  a  great  Multitude  of  People 
came  to  his  Door  with  Swords  and  other  Weapons,  fuch  as  they  could 
get,  and  began  to  call  him  bloody  Man,  and  Betrayer  of  his  Country  -7 
and  they  were  refolved  to  have  Count  Jofceline  delivered  up  to  them,  as 
one  that  would  have  fold  his  Country  for  a  Sum  of  Money ;  and  they 
breaking  open  the  Door,  he  efcaped  from  them  with  great  Difficulty.  In 
the  mean  Time  there  was  a  great  Noife  through  the  whole  City,  and  a 
Rumour  fpread  abroad,  that  the  City  was  betrayed  to  the  Grecians,  and 
that  the  Caftle  was  already  delivered  up  into  their  Hands,  and  that  the  In- 
habitants were  to  leave  their  old  Habitations,  and  to  be  carried  into  a 
ftrange  Land :  And  the  People  being  very  much  incenfed,  whomfoever  of 
the  Emperour's  Servants  they  met,  they  tumbled  them  off  their  Horfes, 
robbed  them,  and  beat  them ;  and  if  any  of  them  refilled,  they  killed  them 
with  their  Swords,  and  purfued  thofe  that  fled  from  them  Home  to  the 
Emperour's  Palace.   The  Emperour  being  \ery  much  moved  at  the  Tumult 

of 


Part  I.       Nolle  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  If.    23 

of  the  People,  and  the  Cry  of  his  own  Servants  that  fled  from  their  Fury,  Chap.  I. 
orders  the  Prince,  the  Count,  and  the  other  Nobles  to  be  fent  for,  and  «-^V"V, 
concealing  his  Anger  for  a  while,  left  the  People  fhould  attempt  fomething 
againft  his  own  Perfon,  fays  to  them,  I  find,  that  the  Difcourfe  that  I  had 
with  you  Tefierday  has  occafioned  great  Offence  to  the  'People ;  I  have 
fent  for  you  therefore  to  let  you  know,  thai  feeing  what  I  propofed  is  fo 
unacceptable  to  the  People,  that  I  do  not  infifi  upon  it :  Keep  the  City 
and  the  Cafile  in  your  own  PojfeJ/ion;  J  know  you  are  my  faithful  Subjects, 
and  that  you  will  always  continue  firm  in  your  Allegiance  to  me;  I  would 
have  you  go  but  therefore  and  quiet  the  People ;  and  if  my  faying  in  the 
Town  creates  a  Jealoufy  to  them,  let  them  not  be  troubled  at  that,  for  To- 
morrow, GOD  willing,  I  will  go  out  of  the  City.  The  Emperour  ha- 
ving faid  this,  they  all  praife  the  Defign  of  the  Emperour,  and  extol  to 
the  Skies  his  great  Prudence  and  Wifdom.  The  Prince,  the  Count,  and 
the  other  Nobles  went  out  to  the  People,  and  by  their  Speech  and  Mo- 
tion of  their  Hands  they  endeavoured  to  quiet  the  Multitude :  At  length 
Silence  being  made,  they  perfwade  them  all  to  go  to  their  own  Houfes, 
and  laying  afide  their  Arms  to  live  quietly,  which  they  did  accordingly. 
The  next  Day  the  Emperour  with  his  Sons  and  all  his  Retinue  went  out 
of  the  Town,  and  the  Emperour  commands  them  to  pitch  their  Camp  be- 
fore the  Town:  But  the  Graver  amongft  the  People  thought  that  the 
Emperour  had  conceived  a  Difpleafure  againft  the  Prince,  and  the  Leading 
Men  of  the  City,  although  for  the  prelent  he  concealed  it,  as  if  by  their 
Perfwafions  the  People  had  made  this  Infurre&ion  in  the  City ;  thev  de- 
pute therefore  certain  Perfbns  to  go  to  the  Emperour,  and  to  endeavour 
to  clear  the  Prince  from  having  any  Hand  in  the  Infurre&ion :  And  be- 
ing admitted  into  the  Emperour's  Prefence,  they  fpeak  to  him  to  this 
EfFeft :  Your  Imperial  Majefty  knows  much  better  than  we,  that  in  every 
Aflembly  of  Men,  much  more  in  Cities  and  other  Societies,  all  are  not 
endued  with  like  Prudence,  neither  are  all  equally  under  Command ;  and 
as  the  Humours  and  Inclinations  of  Perfbns  in  a  Society  are  different,  fb 
there  will  be  different  Defigns  carried  on  :  It  is  the  Point  therefore  of  a  wife 
Man  in  fb  great  a  Variety  to  diftinguifh  one  from  another,  and  to  give  to 
every  one  according  to  his  Deferts ;  and  not  to  let  the  inconfiderate  Heat 
of  the  rafh  Multitude  redound  to  the  Damage  of  thofe  that  are  better  af- 
fected. Seeing  therefore  the  angry  Multitude  have  made  this  Infurre&ion 
without  the  Knowledge  of  the  Prince,  or  thofe  that  have  the  Command 
under  him,  let  them  fuffer  the  Punifhment  due  to  their  Deferts,  and  not 
the  Prince  and  his  Nobles,  who  were  altogether  innocent ;  and  for  a  Te- 
stimony of  his  Innocency  in  this  Matter,  the  Prince  is  ready  to  make  good 
his  Agreement,  and,  if  he  may  have  Liberty,  to  deliver  up  the  Caftle  into 
the  Emperour's  Hands.  The  Emperour  being  perfwaded  by  this  Speech, 
lays  afide  all  Jealoufy  of  the  Prince,  the  Count,  and  the  reft,  fpeaks  to 
them  very  kindly,  and  tells  them,  that  very  urgent  Bufinefs  did  require 
his  Prefence  at  Home ;  and  having  taken  his  Leave  of  them,  and  withal 
promifing  them  that  he  would  return  with  a  great  Army,  to  make  good 
his  Agreement,  he  marches  his  Army  into  Cilicia,  and  having  finifhed  his 
Bufinefs  in  Cilicia  and  Syria,  he  returns  to  Confiantinople. 

88. 


CHAP, 


24   Parti.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Bookll. 


chap. n.  Chap.  II. 

M£ffi$&U&  U  C  H  about  this  Time  there  arofe  a  great  Difference  between 
^mam  °f       ^SliiilJSi  t^ie  ^Imce  or~  Antioch  and  the  Patriarch ;  and  it  came  to  that 
Ca;!'i4.' ' I5'  ^|m^^  Height,  that  the  Prince  forced  him-to  go  to  Rome,  and  there 
1 1 3(5.      JillraiSefSt  to  an^ver  many  Accufations  laid  to  his  Charge;  whereupon 
P^fflByfffi  Albericm  Arch-Bifhop  of  Oft  to-  was  fent  into  Syria,  as  the 
^"^   Pope's  Legate,  to  examine  Matters,  and  to  proceed  with  the 
Patriarch,  as  Things  fhould  be  found  alledged  and  proved :  But  in  the  Be- 
ginning of  the  Quarrel,  Count  Jofceline,  partly  out  of  Hatred  to  the  Prince, 
and  partly  out  of  Refpect  to  the  Patriarch,  fends  Meffengers  to  the  Patri- 
arch, and  earneftly  invites  him  to  come,  with  all  his  P.etinue,  into   his 
Country ;  for  all  the  Bifhops  of  the  County  of  Edejfa  favoured  the  Caufe 
of  the  Patriarch,  and  counted  him  as  their  Lord  and  Father,  viz.  the  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Edejfa,  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Corithm,  and  the  Arch-Bifhop  of 
Uierofolis:  At  their  Requeft  therefore  he  goes  into  that  Country;  and  the 
Count  himfelf,  according  to  what  he  had  promifed,  entertains  him  very 
refpeftfully,  and  there  he  ftaid,  'till  by  the  Interceflion  of  Friends  the  Prince 
took  him,  but  not  really  and  from  his  Heart,  as  appeared  afterwards,  into 
Favour  again. 

Some  Time  after,  the  Pope's  Legate,  having  depofed  the  Patriarch,  and 
finilhed  the  Bufinefs  at  Antioch  that  he  came  for,  returned  to  Jerufalem^ 
and  there  flaying  'till  Eafter,  on  Wednesday  in  Eafter-Week,  accompanied 
with  the  Patriarch  of  Jerufalem  and  other  Bifhops,  he  folemnly  confe- 
crated  the  Temple  of  our  Lord :  There  were  prefent  at  this  Dedication 
many  great  and  noble  Men  from  all  Parts,  amongft  the  reft  Jofceline  Count 
of  Edejfa,  who  at  that  Time  kept  his  Eafier  at  Jerufalem  in  a  very  pom- 
pous and  magnificent  Manner. 

After  the  Emperour  of  Conftantinople  had  ftaid  almoft  four  Years  at 
Conftantinople,  having  provided  a  great  Army,  and  being  often  defired  by 
Meffengers  from  the  Prince  of  Antioch,  and  the  Nobles,  to  come  into 
Syria,  he  marches  towards  Antioch;  and  having  palled  through  Ifauria,  he 
came  into  Cilicia,  and  from  thence  of  a  Hidden  he  marched  into  the  Coun- 
try of  the  Count  of  Edeffa,  and  fat  down  before  Turbejfel,  which  is  a  very 
rich  City,  diftant  from  the  River  Euphrates  about  four  and  twenty 
Miles :  To  which  Place,  as  foon  as  the  Emperour  came,  he  demanded  Ho- 
ftages  of  the  Count  for  his  Fidelity :  The  Count  being  aftonifhed  at  the 
fudden  Coming  of  the  Emperour,  and  feeing  the  great  Army  that  he  had, 
and  finding  it  was  impoffible  for  him  to  make  Head  againft  fuch  an  Army, 
which  no  Prince  under  Heaven  was  able  to  encounter,  making  a  Virtue  of 
Neceffity,  he  gave  to  the  Emperour  Isabella  one  of  his  Daughters  for  an 
Hoftage.  The  Emperour  having  got  his  Defign,  which  was  only  to  get 
the  Count  more  firmly  united  to  his  Intereft,  drew  off  his  Troops,  and 
departed  \  And  whilft  he  was  in  that  Country,  he  was  accidentally  poifoned 
by  one  of  his  own  Arrows,  which  he  intended  for  a  wild  Boar ;  for  as  he 
drew  it  to  the  Head,  it  grated  on  his  Hand,  and  immediately  his  Hand 
gangreened :  And  when  his  Phyficians  told  him  it  was  neceffary  for  him 
Lib.  16.  c.  d>  to  have  his  Hand  cut  off,  to  fave  his  Life,  he  refufed  to  have  it  done, 
faying,  that  an  Emperour  ought  to  have  both  Hands  to  govern.  The  Em- 
perour's  Name  was  Calo-Johannes;  he  was  the  Son  of  Alexius;  he  was 
a  great  and  wife  Emperour;  he  bad* good  Succefs  againft  the  Turks,  from 

whom 


Part  I.       Noble  Family  0/Courtenay.     Book  II.     2? 

■whom  he  took  Laodicea,  and  ibme  other  Towns  of  Importance ;  he  alio  Chap.  II. 
vanquifhed  the  Scythians  or  'Tartars  paffing  over  the  IJlery  moft  of  v^/V"^-* 
which  he  either  flew  in  Battle,  or  elfe  Ibid  as  Captives,  permitting  the 
Remainder  to  abide  on  this  Side  that  River :  He  alio  conquered  the  Ser- 
vians and  Bulgarians,  tranfporting  many  of  them  into  Bithynia.  His  Fa- 
ther Alexius  was  very  jealous  of  the  Defigns  of  the  Weftern  Ghriltians,  and 
therefore  at  firft  he  denied  them  PafTage  through  his  Country,  but  at  laft 
he  let  them  pals,  and  found  them  Victuals  and  other  NecefTaries  for  their 
March ;  and,  upon  this,  the  Weftern  Chriftians  might  promife  him,  if  they 
did  fucceed,  to  deliver  Antioch,  and  the  other  Towns  that  his  Son  after- 
ward claimed,  into  his  Hands. 

Much  about  the  fame  Time,  Foulk  King  of  Jerusalem  died  by  a  like  1 143, 
unhappy  Accident;  for  as  he  was  Hunting  he  fell  from  his  Horle,  and 
had  his  Brains  darned  out :  To  him  fucceeded  Baldwin  his  eldeft  Son ;  but 
whilft  he  was  in  his  Minority  his  Mother  Mellifent  had  the  Government 
of  the  Kingdom.  This  foulk  was  third  Count  of  Anjou  of  that  Name, 
and  Uncle  to  Geofery  the  Fifth,  firnamed  Tlaniageuet,  Father  of  Henry 
the  Second,  King  of  England,  by  his  Wife  Maud  the  Emprefs,  Daughter 
of  King  Henry  the  Firft.  Foulk,  King  of  Jerusalem  had  two  Sons  by  his 
Wife  Mellifent,  Daughter  of  Baldwin  and  Almeric,  who  were  after  him 
fuccefiively  Kings  of  Jerusalem. 

And  in  the  lame  Year,  in  the  Interval  between  King  Foulk' s  Death  and 
the  Crowning  of  his  Son  Baldwin,  Sanguin,  a  mighty  Prince  among  the 
Turks,  and  Lord  of  the  City,  which  was  of  old  called  Nineveh,  but  then 
Mufula,  and  the  Metropolis  of  that  Country  which  was  heretofore  called 
AJjur,  came  with  a  great  Army,  and  befieged  the  great  Metropolis  of  the 
Medes,  Edejfa  otherwife,  and  more  ufually  called  Rages,  the  chief  Town 
that  did  belong  to  Count  Jofceline  :  He  prefumed  partly  upon  the  Num- 
ber and  Strength  of  his  Forces,  and  partly  upon  the  Enmity  that  was 
between  Count  Jofceline  and  the  Prince  of  Antioch.  This  City  was  fitua- 
ted  on  the  other  Side  of  Euphrates,  diftant  from  it  about  a  Day's  Jour- 
ney. Now  Count  Jofceline,  contrary  to  the  Cuftom  of  his  Predeceflbrs, 
left  that  City,  and  kept  his  continual  Refidence  at  Turbeffel,  a  City  on  this 
Side  the  River  Euphrates,  both  upon  account  of  the  Pleafantnels  of  the 
Country,  and  that  he  might  the  better  enjoy  his  Eafe ;  for  whilft  he  was 
here,  being  free  from  the  Infults  of  the  Enemy,  he  enjoyed  his  Pleafures  j 
neither  did  he  take  that  great  Care  of  fuch  a  City  as  he  ought ;  for  the  City 
at  that  Time  was  filled  for  the  moft  Part  with  Chaldeans  and  Armeniansy 
who  only  lived  there  for  the  Sake  of  Merchandize,  and  were  altogether 
ignorant  of  the  Art  of  War :  There  were  very  few  Latines  amongft  them, 
but  the  Garrifon  was  rilled  with  Soldiers  that  were  hired  from  other  Coun- 
tries, and  thofe  not  very  well  paid;  for  fometimes  they  were  a  whole 
Year's  Pay  or  more  behind :  But  both  Baldwin  and  Count  Jofceline  the 
Elder,  his  Predeceflbrs,  after  they  had  got  Pofleflion  of  that  Country,  kept 
always  their  Refidence  in  that  City,  always  getting  great  Plenty  of  Provi- 
lions,  and  a  great  Number  of  Soldiers  from  other  Places ;  fo  that  it  had  not 
only  what  was  neceflary  for  its  own  Defence,  but  was  alio  formidable  to 
the  neighbouring  Cities. 

There  was  at  this  Time,  as  we  have  hinted  before,  great  Feuds  between 
the  Prince  of  Antioch  and  Count  Jofceline,  and  they  came  to  that  Height, 
that  they  were  not  only  carried  on  in  fecret,  but  it  came  to  open  and  pro- 
fefled  Hatred;  fo  that  one  was  fo  far  from  having  any  Concern  at  the 
other's  Calamity,  that  they  rejoiced  at  one  another's  Misfortunes.  Sanguin 
taking  the  Opportunity  which  was  given  him  from  this  Difcord  of  the 

G  Princes, 


26    Part  I.      The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  If, 

Chap.  II.  Princes,  with  the  Army  that  he  brought  with  him  from  the  Eaft,  and  the 
±s-\r>*-'  Forces  gathered  out  of  the  Turkifb  Garrifbns  that  did  lie  round  about,  be- 
fieges  the  Town  lb  clofely,  that  there  was  no  one  able  to  go  in  or  out, 
and  the  Befieged  had  but  little  Provifions  in  the  Town.  The  City  was 
furrounded  with  a  ftrong  Wall,  and  at  the  lower  End  of  the  Town  there 
were  two  ftrong  Caftles,  which  the  Befieged  might  fly  unto,  in  cafe  the 
Town  fhould  be  taken :  But  as  all  thefe  Things  are  very  ufeful,  when 
there  are  thofe  within  that  will  light  for  their  Liberty,  and  defend  them- 
felves  againft  the  Enemy,  fo  do  they  fignify  but  little  when  there  are 
none  to  defend  them.  The  Enemy  then  finding  the  City  almoft  empty 
of  Soldiers,  and  from  thence  conceiving  greater  Hopes  of  taking  the  Town, 
encompafs  it  round  with  their  Army,  and  they  batter  the  Walls  with 
their  Engines,  and  by  their  continual  ihooting  of  their  Arrows,  they  fo 
galled  the  Befieged,  that  they  would  not  let  them  reft.  In  the  mean 
Time,  the  News  of  Edeffa's  being  befieged  was  fpread  all  over  the  Coun- 
try, and  that  this  famous  City,  which  from  the  Apoftles  Time  had  been 
always  Chriftian,  was  reduced  to  great  Straits  by  the  Infidels ;  at  the  News 
"of  which  the  Chriftians  both  far  and  near  were  very  much  concerned ; 
and  Count  Jofceline,  as  foon  as  he  heard  of  it,  gathered  all  the  Forces  he 
could  together,  and  being  mindful  too  late  of  his  famous  City,  he  does 
but  now  as  it  were  prepare  for  the  Funeral  of  that,  which  when  it  was 
fick  he  would  not  take  due  Care  of:  He  fends  about  to  all  the  Country, 
and  follicits  Help  from  his  Friends ;  and  particularly  he  fends  MefTengers 
to  the  Prince  of  Jntioch,  defiring  him  that  he  would  come  and  aflift  him, 
and  prevent  the  City's  falling  into  the  Hands  of  the  Turks.  MefTengers 
were  likewife  fent  to  Jerufalem,  to  certify  the  King  of  the  great  Straits 
the  City  was  reduced  to.  The  Queen,  who  had  the  Command  of  the  King- 
dom during  the  King's  Minority,  taking  Advice  of  her  Nobles,  haftens 
away  with  all  Speed  Manajjes,  the  Conftable  of  the  Kingdom,  her  Kinfman, 
T  hilip^LordL  of  Neapolis,  and  Elimund  Prince  of  Tiberias,  with  a  good 
Body  of  Men,  to  the  Afliftance  of  the  Count  and  the  City :  But  the  Prince 
of  Antioch  rejoycing  at  the  Misfortune  which  had  befallen  the  Count,  not 
much  minding  how  much  he  owed  to  the  publick  Good,  and  that  a  per- 
fonal  Quarrel  ought  not  to  redound  to  the  publick  Damage,  takes  all  Op- 
portunities to  defer  fending  any  Afliftance  to  the  Count.  But  Sanguin  in  the 
mean  Time  preffes  the  Befieged  very  much,  and  leaves  nothing  unattempt- 
ed  by  which  he  may  gall  the  Befieged,  and  which  might  contribute  to- 
wards the  taking  of  the  Town ;  he  orders  therefore  the  Miners  to  work 
clofe  to  the  Wall,  and  the  Ground  as  they  went  to  be  fupported  with  great 
Beams,  which  being  fet  on  Fire,  Part  of  the  Wall  fell  down,  and  there 
was  a  Breach  made  in  it  of  above  one  hundred  Cubits  Breadth.  The  Ene- 
my having  got  this  Faflage,  the  Soldiers  rufh  into  the  Town  in  great 
Numbers,  and  kill  all  that  they  meet,  not  regarding  either  Age,  Condi- 
tion, or  Sex :  So  that  it  may  be  [aid  of  them  (fays  the  Arch-Bilhop  of 
Tyre)  they  killed  the  Widow  and  the  Stranger,  and  put  the  Fatherless  to 
Death,  young  Men  with  the  Maidens,  the  fucking  Child  with  the  Man  of 
grey  Hairs.  The  City  being  taken,  and  the  Citizens  being  moft  of  them 
expofed  to  the  Sword  of  the  Enemy,  the  wifer  of  them,  thofe  that  were 
moft  active,  betook  themfelves,  with  their  Wives  and  Children,  into  the 
Caftles,  that  they  might  fave  their  Lives,  at  leaft  for  a  little  Time  longer  ; 
but  there  was  fuch  a  great  Throng,  by  the  great  Numbers  of  the  People 
prefling  into  the  Caftle,  that  a  great  many  were  trod  to  Death,  amongft 
whom  was  Hugh  the  Arch-Bilhop  of  the  Place ;  and  fome  other  of  the 
Clergy  are  faid  to  have  periflied  the  fame  Way.     Some  that  were  prefent 

laid 


Part  I.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay .     Book  II.     1 7 

laid  moft  of  the  Blame  of  this  great  Calamity  upon  the  Arch-Bifhop ;  for  Chap.  II. 
he  having,  as  it  is  faid,  heaped  up  a  great  Quantity  of  Money,  and  by  be*  n^Tv 
flowing  lbme  of  it  upon  the  Soldiers  might  have  helped  the  City,  chofe 
rather'  covetoufly  to  keep  it  by  him,  than  confult  the  Good  of  the  Peo- 
ple; from  whence  it  came  to  pafs,  that  he  received  the  Reward  of  his 
Covetoufnefs,  and  died  an  obfcure  Death,  being  trod  to  Death  in  the  Crowd  j 
lb  whilft  the  Prince  of  Antioch,  being  overcome  by  an  indifcreet  Hatred 
towards  the  Count,  defers  fending  Aid  to  his  Brethren;  and  whilft  the 
Count  was  ftaying  for  the  AfTiftance  of  others,  this  moft  ancient  City, 
which  from  the  Times  of  the  Apoftles  had  been  devoted  to  Chriftianity, 
and  which  was  converted  from  Paganifm  by  the  Preaching  of  the  Apoftle 
Thaddem,  was  brought  under  the  Slavery  of  the  Turks*  In  this  City  the 
Body  of  Saint  Thomas  the  Apoftle,  together  with  the  Body  of  the  Apoftle 
Thaddew,  and  of  Agbarus  the  King,  are  faid  to  be  buried.  This  is  that 
Agbarus  (faith  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre)  whofe  Epiftle  to  our  Saviour  Eu- 
febius  in  his  Ecclefiajiical  Hiftory  does  make  mention  of,  and  which  our 
Saviour  thought  worthy  of  an  Anfwer  :  Eufebius  fets  down  in  his  Hiftory 
both  the  Letters ;  and  fubjoins,  Thefe  -Were  found  in  the  City  of  EdefTa, 
(in  which  the  abovelaid  Agbarus  then  reigned)  amongfi  thofe  Tapers  which 
did  contain  the  Deeds  of  Agbarus  the  King. 

Eufebius  faith,  that  he  tranflated  them  out  of  the  Syrian  Language  into 
the  Greek  ;  but  whether  thefe  Epiftles  were  genuine  or  not,  moft  certain 
it  is,  that  Nicephorus,  a  later  Hiftorian,  relates  a  fabulous  Story  of  this 
King  Agbarus ;  and  faith,  that  Agbarus  together  with  his  Letter  fent  a 
Painter  to  take  the  Pi&ure  of  our  Saviour;  the  Painter,  by  Reafon  of  the 
extraordinary  Brightnefs  of  his  Face,  could  not  draw  his  Pi&ure  as  he  would, 
whereupon  our  Saviour  took  a  Handkerchief  and  laid  it  upon  his  Face, 
and  prefently  his  Pifture  was  imprinted  upon  it,  and  he  fent  it  to  Agbarus. 
And  this  Nicephorus  faith  alfo,  that  the  City  of  Edetfa  being  befieged  in 
the  Time  of  the  Emperour  Juftinian,  the  Inhabitants  were  brought  into 
fb  great  Straits,  that  they  had  little  or  no  Hopes  to  be  delivered,  they 
ran  to  this  Picture  for  Help,  and  upon  that  were  wonderfully  preferved. 

Chap.  III.  chaP.in. 

b^S^NGUIN  having  taken  the  City  of  Edejja,  and  being  ex-  William  of 
$|fip£|P   alted  with  this  good  Succefs,  undertakes  the  Siege  of  ano-  5",f>  L,b- 16» 
WS  Wg&  ther  City,  feated  on   the  Banks  of  the  River  Euphrates,    **'  7' 
named  Calogenbar  \  and  whilft  he  was  carrying  on  the  Siege, 
the  Governour  of  the  Place  treated  under-hand  with  certain 
of  his  Eunuchs,  and  others  of  his  Family,  and  promifed  them 
a  great  Reward  if  the  would  kill  their  Mafter  Sanguin ;  whereupon,  one 
Night  Sanguin  having  drank  very  hard,  and  being  faft  afleep,  they  killed 
him   with  their  Swords,  and  fled  to  the  City,  and  were  there  preferved 
from  the  Fury  of  Sanguin's  Relations.    Sauguin's  Army  finding  their  Ma- 
fter flain,  fled  away  with  great  Precipitation.  To  Sanguin  fucceeded  his  two 
Sons,  the  Eldeft  called  Colebin  at  Mujfula,  heretofore  called  Nineveh  in  the  mmimrpys 
Eaft ;  the  younger  named  Noradin  at  Aleppo,  which  Noradin  was  a  pro-  Crufade.lj*. 
vident  and  difcreet  Man,  and  very  religious  in  his  Way,  profperous  alfo,  I-  Pa£-  92- 
and  enlarged  the  Territories  of  his  Father. 

Sanguin 


28     Part  I.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  III.  Sanguin  being  dead,  a  great  Enemy  to  the  Chriftians,  and  Noradin  being 
C^V"V>  detained  at  Mujfula,  upon  a  Controverfy  about  the  Succeffion,  the  Citizens 
of  Edejfa,  perceiving  there  were  but  few  Turks  left  in  the  City  to  defend 
the  Garrifon,  and  that  all  the  reft  were  Chriftians,  they  privately  fend 
MefTengers  to  Count  Jofceline,  fignifying,  that  the  Town  was  empty  of 
Turks,  excepting  a  few  in  Garrifon ;  for '  the  Citizens  of  the  City,  as  was 
faid  before,  were  Chriftians  from  the  Time  of  the  Apoftles,  and  very  fel- 
dom  one  of  any  other  Perfwafion  lived  among  them  ;  they  fend  therefore 
to  Count  Jofceline,  and  defire  with  great  Earneftnefs,  that  he  would  ga- 
ther all  the  Forces  he  could  together,  and  haften  to  the  Town,  and  they 
would  deliver  it  up  into  his  Hands.  The  Count  upon  this,  takes  with  him 
Baldwin  de  Mares,  a  valiant  Nobleman,  and  all  the  Forces  of  the  Coun- 
try, and  pairing  over  the  River  Euphrates,  he  comes  on  a  fudden  in  the 
Night-time  before  the  Town,  where  being  come,  the  Citizens  (thofe  being 
afleep  that  were  to  guard  the  Town)  by  Ladders  and  Ropes  being  let 
down  from  the  Wall,  let  Ibme  of  them  into  the  Town,  and.  when  they 
were  in  they  opened  the  Gates  for  the  reft,  which  being  opened,  they  all 
rufh  into  the  Town,  and  killed  as  many  of  the  Enemy  as  they  found  in 
the  Streets,  but  Ibme  of  them  fled  to  the  Caftle.  Thus  the  Count  with 
the  Chriftian  Army  which  was  with  him  took  the  Town  in  a  little  Time  j 
but  the  Caftles  they  could  not  lb  foon  take,  becaufe  they  were  very  well 
fortified,  and  well  ftored  with  Men  and  Provifions;  efpecially  becaufe  they 
wanted  Engines,  neither  had  they  Materials  to  make  them  withal :  Met- 
fengers  therefore  are  fent,  which  might  certify  the  Chriftians  in  all  Parts 
of  this  good  Succefs,  and  to  beg  Aid  of  them,  that  the  City,  which  GOD 
Almighty  favouring  them  they  had  taken,  they  might  be  able  to  defend, 
and  for  the  future  preferve  fafe  to  the  Chriftians.  At  this  good  News, 
the  Chriftians  every  where  were  very  glad ;  and  as  their  Sorrow  was  great 
at  the  Taking  of  the  City  by  the  Turks,  lb  their  Joy  was  as  great  at  the 
Recovery :  But  this  extraordinary  Joy  was  in  a  little  Time  turned  into 
Mourning,  and  their  laft  Sorrow  was  greater  than  their  former;  fox  Nora- 
din,  as  foon  as  he  had  heard  that  the  Citizens  had  delivered  up  the  City 
to  the  Count,  gathers  all  the  Forces  he  could  from  the  Eaft,  and  from  all 
the  Garrilbns  round  about  Edejfa,  and  on  a  fudden  encompafles  the  Town 
with  his  Army ;  fo  that  without  was  the  Sword,  within  was  Fear ;  for 
the  Enemy  would  not  permit  any  to  go  out,  and  it  was  certain  Death  for 
any  to  attempt  it,  and  the  Enemies  Forces  that  were  in  the  Caftle  con- 
.   tinually  affrighted  them,  and  harrafled  them  with  their  Sallies. 

The  Chriftians,  in  the  Midft  of  all  thefe  Troubles,  not  knowing  what  to 
do,  deliberate  with  themfelves,  and  often  change  their  Counfels ;  but  they 
find  what  Courfe  fbever  they  fhall  take,  it  will  be  to  the  great  Hazard  of 
their  Lives :  At  length,  confidering  the  Condition  of  the  Place,  they  all 
conclude  it  beft,  although  to  the  Hazard  of  their  Lives,  to  make  a  gene- 
ral Sally ;  for  they  thought  it  better  to  fight  the  Enemy,  and  to  make  a 
Way  open  with  their  Swords,  than  to  endure  a  Siege,  in  which,  if  the 
Town  be  taken,  they  fhall  be  all  flain ;  or,  if  for  Want  of  Provifions  they 
ftiould  be  forced  to  furrender,  they  fhould  undergo  a  Slavery  worfe  than 
Death  -,  they  all  agree  therefore  to  rufh  out  of  the  Town,  and  although  it 
was  very  dangerous,  yet  they  thought  it  better  than  any  other  Way  that 
they  could  then  take.  The  Citizens  hearing  of  this  Defign  of  the  Soldiers, 
by  whofe  Help  the  Count  got  into  the  Town,  and  being  afraid,  that  if 
they  ftaid  behind  in  the  City,  they  fhould  be  put  to  a  cruel  Death,  becaufe 
they  were  the  firft  Promoters  of  the  Defign,  taking  their  Wives  and  their 
Children,  they  chufe  rather  to  try  their  Fortune  with  their  Brethren,  and 
I.  to 


Parti.       Nolle  Family  of Courtenay.      Book  II.  29 

to  rufh  with  the  Soldiers  out  of  the  Town,  than  to  undergo  mofl  certain  Chap.  Ill, 
Death,  or  to  undergo  a  Slavery  worfe  than  Death ;  they  open  the  Gates  UWi 
therefore,  and  all  endeavour  to  rum  out  of  the  City ;  and  although  they 
muft  make  their  Way  through  the  Enemies  Camp  with  their  Swords,  yet 
this  they  counted  but  a  light  Thing,  in  companion  of  any  other. 
.  In  the  mean  Time,  fome  of  the  Enemy  being  let  into  the  Town  by 
thofe  that  were  in  the  Caftles,  they  prefs  upon  the  Back  of  the  Chriftians, 
and  whilft  the  Enemy  that  was  without,  hearing  that  fome  of  their  Men 
were  fighting  with  the  Chriftians  in  the  Town,  endeavoured  to  get  to  their 
Help,  they  feize  on  the  Gate  that  the  Chriftians  had  opened,  and  the  Ene- 
my coming  to  the  Gate  in  great  Numbers,  they  endeavour  to  hinder  the 
going  out  of  the  Chriftians,  and  at  the  lame  Time  endeavour  themfelves 
to  get  in ;  and  by  this  there  happened  a  fharp  Fight,  as  much  as  the  Nar- 
rownefs  of  the  Place  would  admit,  very  deftruftive  on  both  Sides ;  at  length 
thofe  that  were  within  prefling  hard  upon  the  Chriftians,  and  the  Danger 
adding  Strength  and  Courage  to  them,  they  force  a  Way  out  of  the  City, 
the  Enemy  without  oppofing  it  all  they  could,  not  without  a  great  Slaugh- 
ter on  both  Sides,  and  then  they  got  into  the  open  Fields :  Then  there 
was  a  miferable  Spectacle  to  behold,  and  difmal  to  relate ;  a  great  Num- 
ber of  People  unable  to  help  themfelves,  of  all  Ages  and  Qualities,  fome 
trod  to  Death  by  the  Horfes,  others  ftifled  to  Death  in  the  Crowd,  and 
others  flain  by  the  Sword  of  the  Enemy ;  and  but  a  few  efcaping  of  all 
the  Citizens  that  endeavoured  to  follow  the  Chriftian  Army ;  thofe  only, 
who  by  Reafon  of  their  Strength,  or  by  the  Help  of  Horfes  which  they 
got,  were  able  to  keep  up  with  the  Army.  Noradin  feeing  that  the  Chri- 
ftian Army  was  endeavouring  to  march  off,  orders  fome  of  his  Army  im- 
mediately to  follow,  and  prepares  to  follow  with  the  reft  of  his  Army, 
and  in  their  March  he  galls  the  Chriftians  much  by  continual  Skirmifhes. 
The  Chriftian  Army  marched  on  towards  the  River  Euphrates,  which 
was  diftant  from  the  City  Edejja  about  fourteen  Miles ;  in  all  which  Way 
there  were  continual  Skirmifhes  between  the  Count  and  the  Enemy,  in 
which  there  were  many  killed  on  both  Sides.  In  this  March  died  that 
noble  and  valiant  Soldier,  which  we  mentioned  before,  Baldwin  de  Mares. 
There  fell  alfo  a  great  many  other  famous  Men,  whofe  Names  are  forgot. 
At  length  the  Count,  being  overpowered  by  the  Enemy,  moft  of  his  Ar- 
my running  away,  not  being  able  to  bear  the  continual  Aflaults  of  the  Ene- 
my, endeavoured  to  fave  himfelf  by  Flight,  and  getting  over  the  River 
Euphrates,  he  arrived  fafe  at  Samofatum ;  the  reft,  fome  running  one  Way, 
fome  another,  throwing  away  their  Baggage,  endeavoured  to  fave  their 
Lives.  The  Rumour  of  this  was  fpread  throughout  the  Country,  and  thofe 
that  before  rejoiced  at  the  re-taking  of  Edejfa,  were  now  made  much 
more  forry  at  the  News  of  the  fudden  Lofs  of  it,  and  of  the  miferable 
Slaughter  of  the  Chriftians. 


CHAP. 


3  o    Part  I.    The  Genealogical  Hifiory  of  the    Book  1 1. 


chap. iv.  Chap.  IV. 

HE  Lofs  of  the  City  of  Edeffa  brought  on  the  fecond  Cm- 
fade,  which  was  undertaken  by  Conrade  Emperour  of  the 
Weft,  and  Lewis  the  Seventh,  firnamed  the  Toung,  King  of 
France;  Pope  Eugenius  the  Third  beftirred  himfelf  in  the 
Matter,  and  made  Saint  Bernard  his  Sollicitor  to  advance  the 
Defign.     The   Emperour's  Army  contained  Two  Hundred 
Thoufand  Foot,  befides  Fifty  Thoufand  Horfe ;  and  King  Lewis's  was  not 
much  inferiour  in  Number.    The  Emperour  Conrade  with  his  Army  took 
his  Way  through  Greece,  and  by  the  Treachery  of  Emanuel  the  Grecian 
Emperour,  he  loft  the  greateft  Part  of  his  Army  before  he  arrived  at  the 

1 147.  Holy  Land.  King  Lewis  departed  from  Taris  May  15,  1 147,  and  Elea* 
nor  his  Queen  with  him,  and  he  was  followed  by  all  the  great  Men  in  the 
Realm,  amongft  the  Principal  of  whom,  (whofe  Names  are  fet  down  by 
Sugerius  Abbot  of  St.  Dennis,  who  was  Governour  of  the  Kingdom  in  the 
King's  Abfence)  were  Teter  the  King's  Brother,  who  afterwards  married 
Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  and  William  de  Courtenay, 
and  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  whom  we  ftiall  have  Occafion  to  fpeak  of 
hereafter.  The  King  of  France  fuffered  likewife  by  the  Treachery  of 
Emanuel  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  although  not  fb  much  as  Conrade 
the  Emperour ;  and  finding  by  the  Germans  great  Lofs  that  it  was  dan- 
gerous marching  his  Army  through  the  Continent,  he  took  Shipping  at 
Attocia,  fituate  on  a  Bay  upon  the  Coaft  of  Tamphylia,  and  arrived  fafe 
in  Tale/line,  where  he  was  highly  welcomed  by  Raimond  Prince  of  An- 
tioch.  Some  Weeks  were  fpent  in  Compliments,  Entertainments,  and  vi- 
fiting  Holy  Places;  and  after  the  Emperour  and  the  King  of  France  had 
fufhciently  recreated  themfelves  and  their  Armies,  they  concluded  to  be- 
fiege  Damafcus,  which  being  as  it  were  in  the  Center  of  the  four  Prin- 
cipalities which  the  Chriftians  held  in  the  Eaft,  might  be  equally  dange- 
rous to  them  all :  Upon  this,  all  the  Troops  were  commanded  to  rendez- 

1148.  vous  the  25th  of  May  at  Tiberias,  where  a  general  Review  being  made 
of  the  Army,  they  advanced  to  Taneas,  near  the  Head  of  Jordan,  the 
Patriarch  carrying  the  true  Crofs,  or  at  leaft  that  which  was  believed  to 
be  fb,  before  them.  This  City  had  been  taken  from  the  Sarazens  by 
the  Turks,  whofe  Sultan  Dodequin  made  a  moft  cruel  War  againft  the 
Chriftians.  Between  the  Time  of  the  firft  and  fecond  Crufade,  after  his 
Death,  his  SuccefTors  being  themfelves  attacked  by  Sanguin,  Sultan  of 
Aleppo  and  Niniveh,  who  endeavoured  the  Conqueft  of  all  Syria,  joined 
themfelves  with  the  Chriftian  Princes  to  make  War  againft  this  common 
Enemy :  They  aiftfted  them  in  taking  Taneas,  which  they  had  taken 
from  the  Chriftians  before,  and  Sanguin  from  them  again.  But  there  being 
but  little  Faith  to  be  expe&ed  from  Infidels,  they  foon  broke  the  Peace, 
and  declared  themfelves  as  before,  the  mortal  Enemies  of  the  Chriftians : 
For  this  Reafbn  it  was,  that  the  Refolution  was  fixed  to  attack  them ;  and 
above  all  Things  to  carry  this  City  Damascus,  which  was  in  a  Condition 
to  give  Check  to  the  four  Chriftian  Principalities  of  the  Eaft.  Hereupon 
it  was  refolved  to  attack  the  Town  on  the  Sides  where  the  Gardens  were ; 
for  the  North,  and  a  great  Part  of  the  Weft  was  covered  with  a  prodi- 
gious Number  of  Gardens  and  Orchards,  producing  all  Manner  of  Fruits, 
the  moft  delicious  of  all  the  Eaft.  The  Army  being  therefore  divided 
into  three  Bodies  marched  in  good  Order  towards  Damafcus,  drawing  from 

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Part  I.       Nolle  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  Ii.    3 1 

the  Weft  towards  the  North  to  the  Garden-Quarter  of  the  City.     The  Chap.  IV. 
young  King  of  Jeritfalem,  Baldwin  the  Third,  commanded  in  Perfbn  the  W/"V""Vi 
firft  Body,  compofed  of  his  own  Troops,  and  thofe  of  the  Princes  of  Sy- 
ria :  The  French  made  the  fecond,   having  at  their  Head  King  Lewis 
to  fupport  the  firft,  which  they  followed  at  a  little  Diftance   to  be  al- 
ways ready  to  afford  them  Succour.    The  Emperour  with  his  Germans 
led  the  Rear  to  oppofe  the  Enemy's  Cavalry,  if  they  fhould  attempt  to 
fall  upon  them  as  they  made  their  Approaches    Thus  the  Chriftians  having 
made  their  Approaches,  and  having  gained  all  the  Enemy's  Out-works  in 
the  Gardens  and  Orchards,  and  the  Town  being  in  Danger  to  be  taken, 
lome  of  the  Syrians  in  the  Army,  who  did  not  like  that  Conrade  Count 
of  Flanders  fhould  have  the  Town,  (being  a  Stranger)  as  the  Emperour 
and  the  French  King  had  defigned;  others  fay,  that  they  were  corrupted 
by  the  Infidels  Money ;  whatever  was  the  Reafbn,  treacheroufly  perfwaded 
the  Emperour  and  the  French  King  to  change  their  Attacks,  and  to  at- 
tempt the  attacking  of  the  Town  on  the  other  Side  ;  which  Advice  they 
followed,  as  thinking  the  Syrians  knew  beft  the  State  of  the  Place :  But 
the  French  and  Germans  foon  perceiving  it  was  ill  Advice,  and  that  they 
were  ignominioufly  betrayed  by  thofe  very  People,  for  whofe  Afliftance 
they  had  undertaken  fo  tedious  a  Voyage,  raifed  the  Siege,  and  returned 
to  Jerusalem,  openly  reproaching  the  Syrians  with  their  deteftable  Treache- 
ry. After  this,  the  Siege  of  Afcalon  was  propofed  in  a  General  Aflembly  j 
for  it  was  urged  that  fomething  of  Importance  ought  to  be  undertaken, 
and  that  fo  brave  an  Army  ought  not  to  return  without  performing  fome- 
thing memorable :  Yet  the  great  Lords,  both  French  and  Germans  ftifHy 
and  refolutely  oppofed  it ;  protefting  openly,  that  they  would  never  truft 
fuch  a  Sort  of  People,  who  had  neither  Conlcience  nor  Honour,  but,  con- 
trary to  their  Faith,  would  for  a  little  Money  fell  their  Chriftian  Brethren, 
whom  with  earneft  Solicitations  they  had  brought  fo  far  to  their  Aflift- 
ance, and  betray'd  them  into  the  Hands  of  Infidels,  againft  whom  they 
pretended  to  fight.     The  Emperour  Conrade  therefore  taking  his  Leave 
of  the  young  King  Baldwin,  who  was  altogether  innocent,  and  abominated 
the  Treafon  of  the  Confederates,  re-imbarked  upon  the  Ships  of  his  Bro- 
ther-in-law the  Emperour  of  Conjlantinople,  and  failed  into  Achaia,  and 
from  thence,  by  the  Adriatick  Sea,  he  landed  upon  the  Territories  of  the 
Venetians,  and  fo  returned  into  Germany.    As  for  Lewis  the  French  King, 
he  ftaid  'till  after  Eafier,  both  to  pay  his  Devotions,  and  to  fee  whether 
his  longer  Stay  would  be  any  Way  Serviceable  to  the  Chriftians;  but  find- 
ing that  the  Count  de  Dreux  his  Brother,  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  and 
moft  of  the  other  Lords  and  great  Men  were  gone  Home,  he  refolves  alio 
to  return  into   his  own  Kingdom;  and  taking  Shipping  in  the  Port  of 
Ttolemais,  he  arrived  upon  the  251th  of  July,  114O7  at  Calabria,  and      114^. 
from  thence  to  Rome,  and  fo  into  his  own  Kingdom,  bringing  nothing  with 
him,  after  fo  long  a  Voyage,  befides  the  Regret  to  have  loft  one  of  the 
fineft  Armies  that  ever  was  raifed  in  France,  without  doing  any  Thing 
worthy  of  Confideration. 

As  foon  as  the  Emperour  and  the  King  of  France  were  gone,  Noradin  wmam  of 
getting  together  a  great  Number  of  Turks,  began  more  violently  than  Tyre,  Lib.  17, 
ever  to  fpoil  and  wafte  the  Country  of  Antioch;  and  finding  the  Weftern  Ca?-9- 
Princes  were  returned  Home,  he  undertakes  the  Siege  of  a  Garrifbn  be- 
longing to  the  Prince  of  Antioch,  called  Fief  a  \  which,  as  the  Prince  heard 
of,  not  flaying  for  his  Horfe,  he  haftens  with  fbme  few  Foot  to  the  Relief 
of  the  Place.    Noradin,  hearing  of  the  Prince's  Coming,  and  fearing  left 


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Chap.  IV.  more  Forces  were  coming  to  his  Afllftance,  draws  off  from  the  Town,  and 
i^-v-*-'    encamps  bis  Army  in  a  ftrong  Place,    waiting  to  fee   what  Forces  the 
Prince  had  with  him.    The  Prince  being  elated  with  this  drawing-off  of 
Noradin,  prefumed  too  much  upon  it ;  and  whereas  he  might  have  put 
his  Forces  into  neighbouring  Garrifbns,  he  chofe  rather  to  keep  the  Field, 
Noradin  finding  that  no  Afllftance  came  to  the  Prince,  in  the  Night  fur- 
rounded  his  Army,  and  in  the  Morning  the  Prince  perceiving  what  great 
Danger  he  was  in,  put  his  Soldiers  in  order  of  Battle ,  but  they  being 
much  inferiour  to  the  Enemy,  were  loon  overpowered,  and  put  to  Flight  j 
and  the  Prince  himfelf  fighting  ftoutly  in  the  Midft  of  the  Enemy  was 
William  of      flain,  and,  amongft  other  great  Men,  Rinaldus  de  Mares,  A  great  and 
Tyre,  Lib.  17,  COuragious  Matty  as  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre  fays,  and  one  much  to  be  la- 
mented by  his  Country ',  to  whom  the  Count  of  Edeffa  had  given  his  elder 
Daughter  in  Marriage. 

The  Sultan  of  Jconium  hearing  of  the  Death  of  the  Prince  of  Antioch, 
marches  with  a  great  Army  into  Syria,  and  having  taken  many  Cities  and 
Caftles,  he  at  laft  befieged  Turbeffel,  where  Count  Jofceline  was  with  his 
Wife  and  Children.  The  King  in  the  mean  Time  fends  Humphry  the  Confta- 
ble  of  Jerusalem  with  lome  Soldiers  to  ftrengthen  Hafart,  a  neighbouring 
Garrifbn :  At  length  the  Count  having  delivered  up  all  the  Prifoners  he  had 
which  did  belong  to  the  Sultan,  and  having  prefented  the  Sultan  with 
Arms  for  twelve  Horfemen,  had  his  Town  delivered  from  the  Siege,  and 
the  fame  Day  he  went  to  Hafart,  and  from  thence  to  Antioch,  where 
the  King  then  was,  to  return  him  Thanks  for  his  Favours ;  and  having 
feen  the  King,  and  taken  his  Leave  of  him,  he  returned  with  the  fmall 
Retinue  which  he  had  with  him,  into  his  own  Country;  and  the  King 
having  taken  all  due  Care  of  the  Principality  of  Antioch,  which  was  then 
deftitute  of  a  Prince,  his  own  Affairs  calling  him  home,  returned  to  his 
own  Country. 
Lih  17,  c.  ii.  1°  tne  mean  Time,  Count  Jofceline  living  carelefsly,  and  degenerating 
from  his  Father's  Vigilance  and  Courage,  minding  but  little  befides  his 
Pleafures,  and  thinking  all  was  well  with  him,  becaufe  his  Enemy  the 
Prince  of  Antioch  was  dead,  as  he  was  going  by  Night  to  Antioch,  be- 
ing defired  to  come  there  by  the  Patriarch,  left  his  Guard,  and  ftepped 
afide  with  his  Page,  who  held  his  Horfe,  as  it  is  faid,  to  eafe  Nature;  but 
**  *  thofe  that  went  before,  and  thofe  that  followed  after,  not  knowing  any 
Thing  of  it,  he  was  feized  upon  by  fome  Thieves  that  laid  in  wait  for  him, 
and  being  put  in  Chains  was  carried  to  Aleppo,  and  after  fbme  Time  Impri- 
fbnment,  through  the  Unwholfbmnefs  of  the  Prifon,  and  Vexation  of  Spi- 
rit, he  died.  When  it  was  Day,  thofe  that  were  of  his  Retinue,  enquir- 
ing after  their  Mafter,  and  not  finding  him  return  Home,  declare  what  had 
happened :  Whereupon  the  whole  Country  was  filled  with  Aftoniihment, 
and  thofe  that  did  not  know  how  to  grieve  at  the  Affli&ion  of  their 
Neighbours  the  Antiochians,  had  now  their  own  Troubles  came  upon 
them :  At  length,  after  fome  Days  it  was  known  that  he  was  carried  Pri- 
foner  to  Aleppo.  His  Countefs,  a  modeft  fober  Woman,  with  her  Son  and 
two  Daughters,  flaid  in  the  City  of  Turbeffel,  and  endeavoured  as  well  as 
fhe  could,  by  the  Help  of  the  Nobility,  to  govern  the  Country,  and  to 
fortify  the  Towns  and  Caftles  of  the  Country,  and  to  fupply  them  with 
Men  and  Provifions,  that  they  might  be  able  to  defend  themfelves  againfl 
the  Enemy.  Thus  both  thefe  Provinces,  the  Principality  of  Antioch  and 
Country  of  Edeffa,  wanting  better  Counfels,  being  hardly  able  to  defend 
themfelves  againft  the  Enemy,  were  under  the  Command  of  Women. 

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Part  I.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  II.     $5 

This  Jofceline  de  Courtenay.,  fecond  Count  of  Edejfa  of  that  Name,  was  Chap.  IV 
Son  to  Count  Jofceline  the  Eider,  by  his  Wife  that  was  Sifter  to  Levon,  <~<TV>-» 
an  Armenian:  He  was  of  Ihort  Stature,  but  pretty  full,  very  ftrong;  he  had 
black  Hair,  a  fwarthy  Complexion,  and  a  large  Face  much  disfigured  with 
the  Small  Pox,  full  Eyes,  and  a  large  Nofe ;  he  was  very  liberal,  and  fa- 
mous for  warlike  Actions,  but  overmuch  given  to  his  Pleafures :  His  Wife 
was  Beatrix  the  Widow  of  William  de  Saona,  by  whom  he  had  one  Son 
Jofceline,  the  third  Count  of  Edejfa  of  that  Name,  and  two  Daughters, 
Ifabel  who  died  young,  and  Agnes,  who  was  firft  the  Wife  of  Rainald 
de  Mares,  afterward  of  Almeric,  who  was  Count  of  Jeff  a,  and  afterward 
King  of  Jerusalem,  of  whom  was  born  Baldwin  the  Sixth  King  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  Sybilla  that  was  Queen  after  him. 


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Chap.  I. 


Chap.    I. 


S  fbon  as  the  News  came  to  Jerufalem,  that  the  Count  of 
Edeffa  was  taken  Prifoner,  the  King  confidering  that  both 
that  Country  and  the  Principality  of  Antiocb  laid  open 
to  the  Incurfions  of  the  Enemy,  taking  with  him  Hum- 
phry the  Conftable,  and  Guy  of  Berytum,  he  went  into  the 
County  of  Trifoly,  and  taking  with  him  the  Count  and  all 
his  Soldiers,  he  haftened  to  Antiocb;  for  it  was  reported  that  the  Sultan 
of  Iconinm  WiHi  a  great  Number  of  Horfe  was  got  into  that  Country,  and 
had  feized  upon  all  the  Country  that  did  lie  next  to  his ;  for  the  Inhabi- 
tants, not  being  able  to  make  any  Refiftance,  furrendered  up  all  the  Towns 
and  Caftles  upon  Condition,  that  they,  their  Wives  and  Children  might 
have  Leave  to  depart,  and  might  be  conducted  fafe  to  Turbeflel ;  for  that 
City  being  the  ftrongeft  in  all  that  Country,  feemed  to  be  freeft  from  any 
Difturbance.  But  the  Sultan  of  Jconium  having  feized  upon  all  the  Coun- 
try, except  fome  few  Towns,  was  forced  to  return  Home,  lome  urgent 
Affairs  requiring  his  Prefence ;  but  the  Fears  and  Troubles  of  the  People 
of  Antioch  were  not  much  diminifhed ;  for  Noradin,  a  great  Enemy  to 
the  Chriftians,  •  fo  difturbed  the  Country  by  his  continual  Incurfions,  that 
fcarce  any  one  appeared  without  the  Garrifons ;  fb  that  by  thofe  two  po- 
tent Enemies  the  People  were  moft  miferably  harraffed. 

In  the  mean  Time,  the  Emperour  of  Conftantinople  hearing  of  the  Cala- 
mity of  this  Country,  fends  one  of  his  Princes  with  great  Riches,  a  great 
Quantity  of  Provifions,  and  a  confiderable  Army,  into  the  Country  of  E- 
deffa  j  and  offered  to  the  Countefs  an  annual  Penfion  for  her  and  her  Chil- 
dren, which  fhould  be  enough  to  maintain  them  according  to  their  Qua- 
lity, if  fhe  would  deliver  up  the  Garrifons  that  yet  remained  in  her  Hands  j 
for  the  Emperour  promifed  himfelf,  that  by  his  great  Riches  and  great 
Number  of  Forces  he  ihould  be  able  to  defend  the  Places  that  yet  remain- 
ed againft  the  Turks,  and  recover  thofe  that  were  loft.  The  King  hearing  of 
the  Coming  of  thefe  Meffengers  from  the  Emperour,  and  the  Defign  of  their 
Coming  being  known,  there  arofe  a  great  Diflention  amongft  the  Nobility 
of  that  Country  ;  fome  faying  that  Things  were  not  yet  come  to  that  pafs ; 
others  faying,  that  it  was  neceffary  to  be  done,  otherwife  the  whole  Country 
would  fall  into  the  Enemy's  Hands.  But  the  King  confidering  that  that 
Country  could  not  long  continue  in  that  State  in  which  it  was ;  for  that 

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the  Affairs  of  his  own  Kingdom  would  not  let  him  make  any  longer  Stay  Chap.  L 
there,  neither  were  his  Forces  ib  great  that  he  could  defend  two  Provinces  L^~V^v- 
that  were  diftant  from  him  above  fifteen  Days  Journey ;  he  agrees,  that  the 
County  of  Edefla  mould  be  delivered  to  the  Greeks  upon  the  Conditions 
they  offered ;  and  although  he  did  not  much  prefume  that  it  could  be  pre- 
ferved  long  by  the  Greeks,  yet  he  had  rather  it  fhould  fall  into  the  Ene- 
my's Hands  whilft  it  was  in  their  Poffeffion,  than  that  the  Ruin  of  the 
Country  ihould  be  imputed  to  him.  An  Agreement  being  therefore  made 
between  the  King  and  the  Emperour's  AmbafTadors,  with  the  Confent  of 
the  Countefs  and  her  Children,  they  appoint  a  Day,  in  which  the  King  with 
all  his  Militia  mould  go  into  the  Country,  and  put  the  Emperour's  Men 
in  PofTeffion  of  the  Country,  and  deliver  up  all  the  Garrifons  to  them. 
The  King  therefore,  according  to  the  Agreement,  taking  with  him  the 
Count  of  Tripoli,  and  his  own  Lords,  with  thofe  of  the  Principality  of 
Antioch,  goes  with  them  into  the  Country  of  the  Count  of  Edejfa,  taking 
with  him  the  Greeks,  and  came  to  Turbeflel,  and  there  taking  with  him 
the  Countefs  and  her  Children,  and  all  the  Latines  and  Armenians  of  both 
Sexes,  that  were  willing  to  go  with  him  ;  he  refigns  up  the  County  to  the 
Greeks ;  The  Towns  that  were  then  in  the  PofTeffion  of  the  Countefs,  were 
Turbeflel,  Hamtab,  Ravendel,  Ramulat,  Bile,  Samofatum,  and  fome  others ; 
which  being  all  put  into  the  Hands  of  the  Grecians,  the  King  with  all 
thofe  that  were  willing  to  go  with  him,  they,  their  Wives  and  their  Chil- 
dren, prepare  for  the  Journey  ;  and  the  King  willing  to  fee  them  fafe,  ha- 
flens  them  away  with  a  vaft  Quantity  of  Carriages,  for  they  carried  all 
their  Houfhold  Goods  with  them. 

But  Noradin,  as  foon  as  he  heard  that  the  King  was  gone  into  the  Wiiim  0F 
Country  to  carry  away  the  People,  and  that  the  Latines  defpairing  of  pre-  S?'  uh- t?: 
ferving  the  Country,  had  refigned  up  to  the  foft  and  effeminate  Greeks,  ' ' 
gathering  all  the  Forces  he  could  together  haftens  towards  thofe  Parts,  ho- 
ping to  meet  with  the  King;  and  by  Reafon  of  the  great  Number  of  un- 
armed People,  and  the  great  Carriages  he  had  with  him,  to  have  a  great 
Advantage  oVer  him.  And  fcarcely  had  the  Chriftians  got  to  Tulupa,  which 
is  not  above  five  or  fix  Miles  diftant  from  Turbeflel,  before  Noradin  had 
filled  almoft  all  the  whole  Country  with  Soldiers.  Near  to  Tulupa  there 
was  the  Caftle  Uamtab,  through  which  the  Chriftians  were  to  march ;  and 
they  willing  to  get  there  as  foon  as  they  could,  being  a  Well-fortified  Place, 
drew  out  their  Army  in  Order  of  Battle,  as  if  they  would  fight  the  Ene- 
my ;  which  Noradin  perceiving  expected  their  Coming,  and  thought  he 
had  got  them  all  in  his  Hands ;  but  it  fo  happened  that  they  got  all  fafe 
to  Turbeflel,  where  they  refrefhed  themfelves  and  their  Horfes ;  where  the 
King  calling  a  Council  to  deliberate  concerning  their  March  the  next  Day, 
fome  of  the  Nobles  defired  that  that  Caftle  might  be  given  to  them,  think- 
ing that  they  were  able  to  defend  it  againft  all  the  Power  of  the  Turks  ; 
amongft  whom  were  Humphry  de  Toron  Conftable  of  Jerusalem,  and  ano- 
ther Nobleman  of  the  Principality  of  Antioch,  named  Robert  de  Surda- 
valle.  But  the  King  knowing  that  they  had  not  Strength  enough  to  defend 
it,  denied  them  their  Requeft,  and  delivering  up  the  Caftle  to  the  Greeks, 
he  orders  all  to  prepare  for  their  March.  Here  you  might  fee,  fays  the 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre,  noble  Matrons  with  their  Children,  with  Cries  and 
Tears  leaving  their  native  Country,  with  their  Houfes  and  Lands,  and 
forrowfully  going  into  a  f  range  Land;  It  would  have  melted  a  ftoney 
Heart  to  have  heard  the  Cries  of  this  miserable  Teople,  thus  leaving  the 
Country  of  their  Fathers,  and  going  to  another  "People, 

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Chap.  I.        As  foon  then  as  it  was  Day,  having  got  their   Carriages  ready*  they 
v^-v~— t    begin  their  Journey,  and  the  Enemy  came  down  towards  them,  marching 
on  at  fome  Diftance  on  both  Sides  of  them,  being  ready  to  rufh  in  upon 
them.     The  Chriftians  feeing  that,  put  the  Five  Hundred  Horfe  which 
they  had  with  them  in  Order  of  Battle,  and  they  defire  the  King  to  march 
on  before,  and  to  lead  on  the  Foot  with  the  unarmed  Multitude.     The 
Count  of  Trifoly  and  the  Conftable  of  Jerusalem,  with  the  beft  of  the 
Soldiers,  brought  up  the  Rear,  to  defend  the  reft  againft  the  Infults  of 
the  Enemy :  The  Nobles  of  Antioch  are  placed  on  the  right  Side  and  on 
the  left,  to   defend  the   Multitude  on  every  Way.     In  this  Order  they 
marched  all  the  Day  'till  Sun-fet,  and  they  endured  very  much  by  the 
continual  Infults  of  the  Enemy ;  and  there  was  fuch  a  vaft  Number  of 
Arrows  fhot  from  the  Enemy,  that  all  the  Baggage  was  ftuck  full  of  them, 
and  they  feemed  to  be  a  great  Heath ;  and  befides,  the  Duft  and  the  ex- 
traordinary Heat  (it  being  in  Augufi)  and  extraordinary  Thirft,  very  much 
troubled  the  People.     At  length  about  Sun-fet,  the  Turks  having  no  Pro- 
vifions  with  them,  and  having  loft  fome  of  their  Men,  give  the  Signal  for  a 
Retreat,  admiring  at  the  invincible  Patience  and  Courage  of  the  Chriftians. 
And  whilft  the  Conftable  of  Jerusalem  followed  the  Enemy  in  their  Re- 
treat, there  came  towards  him  a  Soldier  out  of  the  Enemy's  Army,  and 
laying  down  his  Arms  made  towards  him  with  his  Hands  folded,  and  bow- 
ing as  he  went :  He  was  the  Servant  of  a  great  Man  among  the  Turks, 
that  was  a  great  Friend  of  the  Conftable  :  Him  had  this  great  Man  fent  to 
the  Conftable,  to  inform  him  of  the  Defign  of  the  Turkijb  Army;  that  No- 
radin  had  a  Defign  to  march  Home,  his  Provifions  failing  him,  fo  that  he 
could  not  follow  the  Chriftians  any  longer.     The  Conftable  returns  to  the 
Camp,  and  acquaints  the  King  with  what  he  had  heard.    That  Night  they 
pitched  their  Camp  in  a  Place  called  Joha;  the  following  Days  all  the 
People  being  led  without  any  Moleftati'on  through  the  Wood  called  Mar- 
ris  Home  to  the  Borders  of  Antioch,  and  the  King  repaired  immediately  to 
Antioch.    Noradin  finding  that  the  County  of  Edeffa  was  left  deftitute  of 
the  Latines,  and  prefuming  upon  the  Effeminatenefs  and  Softnefs  of  the 
Greeks,  to  whom  the  Defence  of  the  Country  was  committed,  began  to 
harrafs  the  Country  by  frequent  Incurfions,  which  the  Greeks  were  not 
able  to  repel ;  at  laft  befieging  their  Towns,  within  a  Year  he  drove  out 
the  Greeks,  and  feized  upon  the  whole  Country.    Thus  that  rich  Province, 
abounding  in  Rivers,  Woods,  and  pleafant  Paftures,  of  a  rich  Soil,  and  full 
of  all  Sorts  of  Commodities,  able  to  maintain  Five  Hundred  Horfe,  came 
into  the  Hands  of  the  Enemy,  and  was  never  recovered  after.     There  fell 
off  by  this  from  the  Church  of  Antioch  three  Arch-Bifhopricks,  viz.  that 
of  Edeffa,  Bierapolis,  and  Coritium,  which  to  this  Day  are  over-fpread 
with  Mahometan  Superftition, 


CHAP* 


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Chap.  IF. 


Chap.  II. 


OMETIME  after  the  Countefs  of  Edeffa  arrived  with  her    *-^V 
Children  at  Jerufalem,  Almerkk  the  King's  Brother  mar- 
ried Agnes  her  Daughter,  by  whom  in  his  Brother's  Life- 
time he  had  two  Children,  Baldwin,  to  whom   the   King 
was  God-father,  and  Sibylla,  fucceffively  King  and  Queen  of 
Jerusalem.    When  Almerick  came  to  be  King  he  was  forced 
to  be  divorced  from  his  Wife;  for  when  he  married  her,  the  Patriarch  of 
Jerufalem  was  againft  it,  becaufe,  as  he  laid,  they  were  in  the  fourth  De- 
gree of  Confanguinity,  as  afterwards  it  was  folemnly  proved  in  the  Face 
of  the  Church  by  thofe  that  were  Kin  to  them  both :  For  in  the  Pre- 
fence  of  the  King,  the  Patriarch  of  Jerufalem,  and  the  Pope's  Legate, 
their  Kindred  having  fworn  that  it  was  fo,  as  we  have  faid,  the  Marriage 
was  diflblved ;  But  neveithelefs  it  was  adjudged,  that  the  Children  which 
were  born  of  them  mould  be  efteemed  as  legitimate,  and  ihould  fucceed  to 
their  Father's  Inheritance.     I  made  diligent  Enquiry  afterward,  faith  Wil- 
liam Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre,  in  what  Degree  of  Consanguinity  they  were ; 
for  I  was  beyond-Sea,  faith  he,  ftudying  the  Liberal  Arts  when  this  hap- 
pened at  Jerufalem :  And  I  learnt  from  the  Lady  Stephania  Courtenay, 
Abbefs  of  the  Church  called  Great  St.  Maries,  which  is  at  Jerufalem  before 
the  Sepulchre  of  our  Lord,  who  was  the  Daughter  of  Jofceline  the  Elder,  Count 
<?/ Edeffa,  by  the  Sifter  tff  Roger  Son  of  Richard  Trine e  of  Antioch,  a  noble 
and  religious  Woman,  and  at  that  :Time  of  a  confiderable  Age,  but  very 
well  remembring  how  it  was ;  I  learnt  from  her,  that  their  Defcent  was 
thus :  Baldwin  de  Burgo,  or  of  Bruges,  and  Count  Jofceline  the  Elder, 
were  the  Sons  of  two  Sifters;  of  Baldwin  was  born  Melifende  the  £>ueen ; 
e/Melifende  were  born  Baldwin  the  Third  and  Almerick,  fucceffively  Kings 
of  Jerufalem  ;  and  of  Count  Jofceline  the  Elder  was  bom  Count  Jofceline 
the  Second,  of  whom  was  born  Agnes  the  Wife  of  Almerick,  and  Jofceline 
the  third  Count  of  Edelfa  of  that  Name,  and  afterwards  the  King's  Stew- 
ard.   Sometime  after  this  Divorce,  King  Almerick  continuing  unmarried, 
Agnes  that  was  his  Wife  before,  was  married  to  a  Nobleman,  called 
Hugh  de  Ibelim,  and  he  dying  before  her,  fhe  married  {King  Almerick 
being  ftill  alive)  Rainald  'Prince  o/Sidon,  who  was  nearer  related  to  her 
than  the  King  was. 

In  the  Year  1 165,  being  the  fecond  of  the  Reign  of  King  Almerick,  No-  1 165, 
radin  having  gathered  a  great  Army  together,  befieged  a  Town  of  the 
Chriftians  in  the  Borders  of  Antioch,  called  Harenc,  which  as  ibon  as  it 
was  known  to  the  Princes,  to  Boemttnd  the  Third  Prince  of  Antioch,  the 
Count  of  Tripoly,  and  Jofceline  the  Third  Count  of  Edeffa,  and  many  other 
other  Nobles,  they  getting  together  what  Number  of  Horfe  and  Foot  they 
could,  haftened  to  raife  the  Siege.  Noradin  having  called  a  Council  of 
War,  thought  it  beft  to  raife  the  Siege;  but  the  Chriftians  not  being  con- 
tented with  raifing  the  Siege,  followed  after  Noradin  as  he  was  marching 
Home;  but  Noradin  perceiving  that  they  marched  very  carelefsly,  and  a 
great  many  of  them  wandered  up  and  down  in  the  Country,  came  upon 
them  on  a  fudden,  and  furprifed  fome  of  them  as  they  were  marching  in 
a  narrow  Way,  and  put  the  whole  Army  to  Flight ;  and  a  great  many 
Nobles  laying  down  their  Arms,  begged  of  the  Enemy  their  Lives :  But 
Toros,  an  Armenian  Prince,  finding  that  the  Enemy  prevailed,  laved  him- 
Celf  by  Flight :  He  indeed  diflwaded  them  from  following  the  Enemy,  but 

K  could 


38   Parti.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  III. 

Chap.  II.    could  not  be  heard.     In  this  Fight  were  taken  and  carried  Captive  to  A- 

s^-v***-*  le$o,  Boemund  Prince  of  Antioch,  Raimond  Count  of  Tripoly,  Calaman- 
nus  the  Governour  of  Cilicia,  Hugh  of  Lufignan,  Jofceline  Count  of 
Edejfa,  and  many  other  Nobles. 

King  Almerick  having  reigned  full  eleven  Years,  died  of  a  bloody  Flux, 
leaving  two  Children  by  Agnes  de  Courtenay  his  firft  Wife,  Baldwin  and 
Sibylla,  and  by  Mary  his  iecond  Wife,  Daughter  to  John  Protofebaftus,  a 
Grecian  Prince,  one  Daughter  named  Jfabell,  married  afterwards  to  Hum- 
phry the  Third,  Prince  of  Toron. 
1I74  Baldwin  the  Fourth  fucceeded  his  Father  Almerick  in  the  Kingdom: 

He  was  a  flout  valiant  Prince,  but  unhappily  troubled  with  the  Leprofy, 
which  made  it  difficult  for  him  to  govern  the  Kingdom,  which  at  that 
Time  was  in  a  tottering  Condition ;  however  he  got  many  Advantages  over 
the  Turks,  till  at  lafl  he  was  fo  weakened  by  his  Difeafe,  that  he  was 
forced  to  refign"the  Government  to  others,  who  falling  out,  ruined  all  by 
their  Divifions,  which  contributed  to  the  Taking  of  Jerusalem,  which  hap- 
pened in  his  Sifter  Sibylla's  Time. 

lib  21  c  11        *n  t^ie  fecond  Year  of  King  Baldwin  the  Fourth,  the  Prince  of  Antioch, 

11  y  c     '  after  many  Years  Imprifonment,  having  paid  a  great  Sum  of  Money,  was 

fet  at  Liberty,  as  alfo  Jofceline  de  Ccurtenay  the  King's  Uncle,  by  the 

Care  and  Induftry  of  his  Sifter  Agnes,  Princefs  of  Sidon,  and  the  King's 

Mother. 

In  the  Year  1 176',  Saladin  entered  the  Kingdom  of  Jerusalem  with  a 
great  Army,  and  whilft  Raimond  Count  of  Trifioly,  Protector  of  the  King- 
dom, with  Philip  Count  of  Flanders,  and  the  chief  Strength  of  the  King- 
dom, were  abfent  in  Coslojyria,  wafting  the  Country  about  Emiffa  and  Cafa- 
rea,  he  laid  Siege  to  Afcalon :  King  Baldwin  with  fome  few  Forces  was  got 
into  the  Town  before,  but  did  not  dare  to  adventure  out  on  fb  potent 
an  Enemy  j  with  whofe  Fear  Saladin  being  encouraged,  difperfed  his 
,  Army,  fbme  one  Way,  fome  another,  to  forage  the  Country :  King  Bald- 
win finding  this  Opportunity,  marched  out  privately,  not  having  more 
than  Four  Hundred  Horfe,  with  fome  few-  Footmen,  and  attacked  the 
Enemy,  being  Six  and  Twenty  Thoufand ;  but  the  Chriftians  notwith- 
ftanding  this  Inequality  got  the  Victory,  and  in  great  Triumph  returned 
to  Jerusalem.  There  were  with  the  King  in  this  Fight  Odo  de  St.  Amandy 
Mafler  of  the  Knights-Templars,  with  Eighty  of  his  Knights,  the  Prince 
of  Antioch,  Baldwin  de  Ramis,  and  Balianus  his  Brother,  Rainald  Prince 
of  Sidon,  Jofceline  de  Courtenay,  the  King's  Uncle,  and  Steward  of  the 
Kingdom.  This  remarkable  Viclory  was  got  over  the  Turks,  November 
117°"-    the  25th,  1 1 76. 

In  the  Year  1178,  Things  being  in  a  very  bad  Condition  with  the 
Chriftians  in  the  Eaft,  Henry  Count  of  Treves  arrived  at  Aeon  with  a 
great  Retinue  of  Noblemen :  There  came  with  him  among  the  reft  'Peter 
de  Courtenay,  Brother  to  Lewis  the  French  King,  who  married  Elizabeth 
Daughter  of  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  and  who  had  been  once  before  in  the 
Holy  Land,  as  was  faid  before.  At  the  Coming  of  thefe  great  Men,  the 
Chri flans,  who  were  before  much  caft  down  with  their  great  LofTes,  con- 
ceived fbme  Hopes  of  having  fbme  Advantage  over  the  Turks ;  but  in- 
ftead  of  making  Things  better,  they  ftill  grew  worfe  and  worfe. 

Lib.  zi.  r.  r.  In  the  feventh  Year  of  King  Baldwin,  Jofceline  de  Courtenay,  the 
King's  Uncle,  was  fent  to  Conjlantinofrle  to  defire  fome  Affiftance  againft 
the  Turks. 

After  the  Kingdom  of  Jerufalem  had  enjoyed  a  little  Quiet,  a  Peace 
having  been  made  between  King  Baldwin  and  Saladin  the  Turkijb  Prince, 

there 


Parti.      Nolle  Family  of Courtenay.      Book  III.   39 


there  fell  out  an  unhappy  Quarrel  betwixt  the  King  and  Raimond  Count  Chap.  II. 

of  Triply ;  for  the  Count  being  employed  about  necefTary  Bufinefs  in  his  c/"V"W 

own  Country,  and  having  ftaid  there  two  Years,  and  could  not  in  all  that 

Time  come  to  Jerusalem  to  look  after  the  Affairs  of  the  Kingdom,  of 

which  he  was  made  Prote&or,  fome  that  were  about  the  King  perfwaded 

him,  that  the  Count  was  coming  to  Jerusalem  with  an  ill   Defign,  and 

that  he  did  endeavour  underhand  to  fupplant  him.     The  King  giving  too 

much  Heed  to  them,  unadvifedly  fent  to  the  Count,  and  forbad  him  to 

come  any  farther :  The  Count  being  aftonifhed  at  this  Ufage,  and  being 

very  much  incenfed  at  it,  went  back  to   Triply,  having  to  no  Purpofe 

fpent  much  Money  in  preparing  for  his  Journey.     The  Defign  of  thofe 

that  advifed  the  King  to  this  was,  that  in  the  Abfence  of  the  Count,  who 

was  an  induftrious  and  vigilant  Man,  they  might  manage  all  at  their  Plea- 

fure,  and  might  make  to  themfelves  an  Advantage  of  the  King's  Weak- 

nefs.     Amongft  thofe  that  perfwaded  the  King  to  this,  were  the  King's 

Mother,  a  Woman   very  importunate  in  extorting   any  Thing  from  the 

King,  and  her  Brother  Jofceline  the  King's  Steward,  and  fome  others  that 

were  their  Followers ;  which  Thing,  when  it  was  known  to  the  Princes 

of  the  Kingdom,  they  were  very  much  concerned  at  it;  for  they   were 

afraid  left  that  the  Kingdom,  wanting  the  Alfiftance  of  fo  great  a  Man, 

mould  come  to  Ruin,  and  being  divided  againtt  itfelf,  fhould  fall ;  and  e- 

fpecially  at  this  Time,  when  the  King's  Weaknefs  encreafing  upon  him, 

he  was  every  Day  made  lefs  fit  to  look  after  the  Affairs  of  the  Kingdom. 

The  Princes  therefore  of  the    Kingdom,  feeing  what  great  Danger   the 

Kingdom  was  in,  endeavoured  all  they  could  to  get  the  Count  of  Triply 

recalled,  and  to  appeafe  his  Anger  which  he  had  conceived  at  the  Affront ; 

and  at   length,  after  many  Confaltations  and   Endeavours,  they  got  the 

Count  (the  King  not  being  very  willing  of  it,  but  yet  confenting  to  it) 

to  come  to  Jerusalem,  and  they  made  up  the  Peace  between  the  King 

and  him. 

Chap.  III.  chap.  in. 

||i2lii§fn4feN  February  1 183,  all  the  Nobles  of  the  Kingdom  were  call-  1 183, 
C^^^St^  ed  from  all  Parts  to  come  to  Jertifalem,  to  confult  about 
lf$Nf  the  Affairs  of  the  Kingdom;  for  they  were  very  much  a- 
;'  M  fraid  of  Saladin's  coming  upon  them  again,  and  therefore 
they  confulted  how  they  fhould  be  able  to  oppofe  him. 
And  it  was  agreed,  that  a  Tax  fhould  be  made  over  all  the 
Kingdom,  and  with  the  Money  raifed,  fuch  a  Number  of  Horfe  and  Foot 
fhould  be  maintained,  as  were  able  to  defeat  the  Defigns  of  the  Enemy. 
The  Money  that  was  to  be  collected  by  this  Tax  out  of  all  the  Cities 
which  did  lie  between  Cay^ha  and  Jerusalem,  was  to  be  carried  by  four 
of  the  Chief  of  every  City  and  Town  to  Jerusalem,  and  they  were  to 
deliver  it  to  thofe  that  were  appointed  to  receive  it ;  and  they  were  to 
put  the  Money  of  every  City  and  Town  by  itfelf  in  a  Bag  fealed  up  in- 
to a  Cheft,  in  the  Prefence  of"  the  Patriarch  of  Jerufalem,  the  Prior  of  the 
Holy  Sepulchre,  and  the  Governour  of  the  City ;  which  Cheft  was  to  re- 
main in  the  Treafury  of  the  Holy  Crofs,  and  was  to  have  three  Locks 
and  three  Keys ,  and  the  Patriarch  was  to  have  one  Key,  the  Prior  of  the 

Holy 


40    Part  L     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the   Book  III. 

Chap,  IV.  Holy  Sepulchre  another,  and  the  Governour  of  the  City  another.  And 
cy"W>  the  Money  that  was  collected  in  all  the  Cities  and  Towns  that  did  lie  be- 
tween Caypha  and  Beryttm,  the  four  chief  Men  out  of  every  Town  were 
to  bring  it  to  Aeon,  and  there  to  deliver  it  to  thole  that  were  appointed 
to  receive  it,  and  they  were  to  put  the  Money  of  every  City  into  a  Bag 
by  itfelf,  fealed  and  fuperfcribed,  and  then  to  put  it  all  into  a  Cheft  that 
had  three  Locks  and  Keys  ;  and  the  firft  of  thefe  Keys  the  Arch-Bilhop 
of  Tyre  was  to  have,  the  fecond  Jofceline  de  Courtenay  the  King's  Stew- 
ard, and  the  third,  the  four  Chief  of  the  City  of  Aeon  that  were  named 
for  that  Purpofe.  And  this  Money  was  to  be  fpent  no  other  Way  than 
in  Defence  of  the  Kingdom ;  and  as  long  as  any  of  this  Money  remained, 
all  other  Taxes  were  to  ceafe ;  and  this  being  extraordinary,  was  not  to 
pafs  into  a  Prefident. 
Wdham  of  The  King  having  railed  a  great  Army  by  the  Help  of  this  new  Tax, 

Tyre,  Lib.  12,  fent  it  forth  under  the  Command  of  Guy  Count  of  Jopj>ay  who  had  mar- 
Caf.  i7-  rje(j  his  Sifter  Sibylla ;  for  he  had  put  bye  the  Count  of  Triply,  and  made 

him  Protedor  in  his  Place.  There  was  never  a  finer  Army  of  the  Chri- 
ftiar.s  feen  in  the  Holy  Land,  and  there  were  a  great  many  brave  Princes 
to  command  it ;  as  Raimond  Count  of  Trifoly,  Henry  Duke  of  Lovainy 
Radttlfhus  de  Malleine,  a  Nobleman  of  Aquitain,  befides  a  great  many 
Princes  of  Jerusalem,  as  Guy  Count  of  Jojfa,  and  amongft  the  reft,  Jo- 
fceline de  Courtenay,  the  King's  Uncle :  Thefe  all  went  to  oppofe  Saladin, 
who  was  come  with  his  Forces  into  the  Kingdom  of  Jerusalem.  All  the 
Chriftians  generally  thought  that  Saladin  did  not  ad  prudently  by  coming 
over  the  River  Jordan,  and  that  they  had  him  at  an  Advantage.  But 
there  arofe  a  Contention  amongft  the  great  Officers,  fo  that  they  did  not 
only  manage  the  Bufinefs  which  required  fo  much  Diligence  negligently, 
but  alfo  a  great  many  of  them  endeavoured  to  make  all  the  Defigns  of 
the  Count  of  J  off  a  fruitlefs :  For  they  being  angry  that  the  King  fhould 
commit  the  Care  of  the  Kingdom  to  the  Count  of  Joffa,  a  Man  of  little 
Knowledge  and  Experience,  and  altogether  unfit  for  iuch  a  weighty  Con- 
cern j  after  they  had  for  eight  Days  together  fuffered  the  Enemy  to  en- 
camp near  them  unmolefted,  and  moil  fhamefully  looked  on,  whilft  they 
ruined  the  Country  round,  (which  Thing  was  never  known  before)  the 
eighth  or  ninth  Day  they  returned  Home  without  doing  any  thing.  The 
King  upon  this  difplaces  Guy  Count  of  Joffia,  and  puts  the  Count  of  Tri- 
ply again  in  his  Place.  Guy  Count  of  Joffia  was  angry  at  his  being  dis- 
placed, left  the  Court  in  great  Difcontent,  and  fortified  his  Cities  Jofipa 
and  Afcalon.  The  King  being  wearied  out  with  thefe  DifTentions,  and 
Weakneis  of  Body,  died  in  the  Five  and  Twentieth  Year  of  his  Age,  who, 
if  it  had  not  been  for  the  Weaknefs  of  his  Body,  had  been  interiour  to 
none  of  his  Predeceflbrs :  He  reigned  twelve  Years,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Temple  of  the  Sepulchre ;  and  was  happy  in  this,  that  he  died  before  the 
Death  of  his  Kingdom. 

To  Baldwin  the  Fourth  fucceeded  Baldwin  the  Fifth,  an  Infant :  He 
was  the  pofthumous  Son  of  William  Marquis  of  Montferrat,  by  Sibylla 
his  Wife,  Sifter  to  Baldwin  the  Fourth,  and  Daughter  of  King  Almerick 
and  Agnes  de  Courtenay  his  Wife :  She  was  afterwards  married  to  Guy  of 
Lujlgnan,  Count  ofjopfa  and  Afcalon.  Raimond  Count  ofTripoly  claimed 
to  be  Protedor  of  this  young  King,  by  Virtue  of  an  Ad  of  the  former 
King  fo  affigning  him ;  but  Baldwin  died  after  he  had  reigned  eight  Months 
and  eight  Days :  His  Death  was  concealed,  'till  Guy  his  Father-in-law  had 
obtained,  by  large  Bribes  given  to  the  Templars,  and  to  Heraclius  Patri- 
arch 


Part  L       Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.     Book  III.  41 

arch  ofjerufalem,  to  be  made  King.     And  now  the  Chriftian  Affairs  ha-  Chap.  III. 
ftened  to  their  Ruin,  being  fpurred  on  by  the  Difcord  of  the  Princes.  w^V~v* 

At  this  Time  there  was  a  Truce  betwixt  the  Chriftians  and  Saladin;  u%y, 
but  it  was  broken  upon  this  Occafion :  Saladin's  Mother  went  from  Egfipt 
to  Damafcus  with  a  great  Treafurc,  but  a  little  Train,  not  fearing  any 
Danger,  becaufe  the  Truce  was  in  being ;  but  Reinald  de  Cafiellio  fur- 
prized  and  robbed  her.  Saladin  glad  of  this  Occafion,  gathereth  all  his 
Strength  together,  and  befiegeth  Ttokmais.  Now  Raimond  Count  of  Tri- 
foly  appeareth  in  his  proper  Colours;  vexed  with  the  Lofs  of  his  Govern- 
ment, his  great  Spirit  hath  no  Room  for  Patience ;  fo  that  blinded  with  An- 
ger at  Guy,  he  revolted  with  his  Principality,  a  third  Part  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Jerufalem,  to  Saladin ;  and  in  his  own  Perfon,  under  a  Vizard,  affifted 
him  in  the  Siege.  Out  of  the  City  marched  the  Templars  and  Hofpital- 
lers,  and  falling  on  the  Turks  killed  Twenty  Thoufand  of  them :  In  this 
Battle  the  Matter  of  the  Hofpitallers  was  llain :  Saladin  hereupon  raifeth 
the  Siege ;  and  Raimond  Count  of  Trifoly,  whether  out  of  Fear  that  the 
Chriftians  might  prevail,  or  Remorfe  of  Confcience,  or  Difcontent,  not  find- 
ing that  RefpecT:  he  expected  from  Saladin,  reconciled  himfelf  to  King  Guy, 
and,  forry  for  his  former  Offence,  returned  to  the  Chriftians. 

King  Guy  gathering  all  the  Strength  Of  his  weak  Kingdom,  determined 
to  bid  Saladin  Battle,  although  he  had  but  Fifteen  Hundred  Horfe,  and 
Fifteen  Thoufand  Foot,  againft  an  Hundred  and  Sixty  Thoufand   Foot. 
The  Battle  was  fought  near  Tiberias,  July  the  3d ;  but  Night  coming  on 
parted  them  for  the  prefent  •   but  next  Morning  they  came  on  a-frefh : 
The  Chriftians  Valour  for  a  great  while  poifed  the  Number  of  their  Ene- 
mies, 'till  at  laft  the  Heat  of  the  Weather  and  Number  of  Men  turned 
the  Scales  to  the  Turks  Side  :  Reinald  de   Cafiellio  was  flain,  with  moil 
of  the  Templars  and  Hofpitallers ;  Gerard  Mafter  of  the.  Templars,  and 
Boniface  Marquis  of  Montferrat,  were  taken  Prifbners,  and  alfo  Guy  the 
King.     Moft  impute  this  Overthrow  to  the  Count  of  Trifoly,  who  that 
Day  commanded  a  great  Part  of  the  Chriftian  Army,  and  is  laid,  by  fome, 
treacheroufly  to  have  fled  away ;  and  the  Sufpicion  was  increafed,  becaufe 
the  Count,  afterward  found  dead  in  his  Bed,  was>  as  fome  fay,  circumcifed. 
Saladin  after  this  Vi&ory,  having  no  one  to  oppofe  him,  in  a  Month's 
Time  conquered    Berytus,  Ttolemais,  Biblus,  and  all  the  Havens,  Tyre 
excepted,  from  Sidon  to  Afcalon,  which  Town  (having  fat  down  before  it, 
but  finding  it  too  ftrong)  he  left,  and  went  dire&ly  to  Jerufalem.     And 
although  thofe  within  valiantly  defended  it  for  a  Fortnight,  yet  finding 
it  impoffible  to  fave  the  Place,  (the  Chriftians  having  no  Army  to  relieve 
it)  they  yielded  up  the  City,  OBober  the   id,  1187,  on  Condition,  That 
all  their  Lives  might  be  redeemed ;  a  Man  for  Ten,  a  Woman  for  Five, 
a  Child  for  One  Befant ;  and  Fourteen  Thoufand  poor  People,  not  being 
able  to  pay  their  Ranforn,  were  kept  in  perpetual  Bondage.     Thus  Jeru- 
salem, after  it  had  been  fourfcore  and  eight  Years  enjoyed  by  the  Chri- 
ftians, fell  again  into  the  Hands  of  the  Turks.     As  for  Count  Jofceline, 
it  does  not  appear  whether  he  furvived  the  Taking  of  Jerusalem  or  no : 
Probably  he  might  fall  in  the  Battle  that  was  fought  near  Tiberias ;  or  elfe 
he  might  be  then  taken  Prifoner  with  Guy  the  King  ;  or  he  might  be  with 
Sibylla  the  Qneen,  his  Niece,  who  commanded  in  Jerufalem  when  the  City 
was  taken,  her  Husband  Guy  oiLufignan  being  then  Prifoner.    William  Arch- 
Bifhopof  Tyre  ended  his  Hiftory  before  the  Death  of  King  Baldwin  the 
Fourth,  or  elfe  we  fhould  have  had  an  Account  when  Count  Jofceline  died, 
In  him  ended  the  Family  of  the  Courtenays  in  the  Eaft ;  for,  as  Bouchet 
fays,  he  had  only  two  Daughters  by  his  Wife  Agnes,  the  third  Daughter  of 

L  Henry 


42    Part  L    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  III, 


Chap.  III.  Henry  firnamed  le  Bujfle,  viz.  Beatrix  de  Courtenay,  married  to  one  Count 
wv-'—'    Alemand,  and  Agnes,  who  efpouied  William  de  la  Mandalee. 

After  the  taking  of  Jerusalem  by  Sultan  Saladin,  the  Chriftians  retired 
with  their  Forces  into  fome  other  Towns  of  the  Holy  Land,  which  they 
had  then  in  their  Pofleflton,  and  which  they  made  good  for  fome  Time  againft 
the  Enemy  j  but  by  Degrees  they  all  fell  into  the  Enemy's  Hands. 

Almerick,  King  of  Jerufalem,  as  was  faid  before,  had  a  Daughter  named 
Ifabell,  by  Mary  his  fecond  Wife,  Daughter  to  John  Trotofebajtus,  a  Gre- 
cian Prince :  She  was  married  to  Humphry  the  Third  Prince  of  Toron,  but 
after  the  taking  of  Jerufalem,  Conrade  Marquis  of  Montferrat  took  her 
away  by  Force  from  her  Husband,  and  married  her;  and  in  her  Right  he 
took  upon  him  the  Title  of  King  of  Jerufalem,  in  Oppofition  to  King 
Guy  of  Lufignan,  who  had  married  the  elder  Sifter  Sibylla,  and  had  been 
crowned  King  before  the  taking  of  Jerusalem  :  But  Conrade  did  not  enjoy 
his  empty  Title  long ;  for  he  was  in  a  little  Time  after  flain  in  the  Mar- 
ket-Place  by  fome  Villains,  which  the  Saracens  called  then,  and  we  do 
now  after  them  call  Aflaffins.  Conrade  being  dead,  Henry  Count  of  Cam- 
pagne,  Lord  of  Tyre,  took  Jjabell  his  Widow  to  be  his  Wife :  But  it  is 
faid  he  refufed  the  Title  of  King  of  Jerufalem,  becaufe  Guy  of  Lufignan 
claimed  it  as  due  to  him,  and  to  his  Children  which  he  had  by  Sibylla  the 
Queen,  Daughter  of  Almerick  the  King  and  Agnes  de  Courtenay  his  Wife, 
elder  Sifter  to  Jfabell.  After  the  Death  of  Henry  Count  of  Campagnef 
Almerick,  Brother  to  King  Guy,  married  Ifabell  his  Widow,  the  King's 
Daughter,  and  took  upon  him  the  Title  of  Lord  of  Tyre,  and,  after  the 
Death  of  his  Brother  Guy,  the  Title  likewife  of  King  of  Jerufalemy  and 
becaufe  he  managed  the  Affairs  of  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land  not 
with  that  Prudence  and  Care  that  he  ihould,  John  de  Brenne,  a  noble 
Frenchman,  turned  him  out  of  his  Principality  of  Tyre,  and  took  upon 
him  the  Title  of  King  of  Jerusalem ;  becaufe  he  had  married  Toland,  the 
Daughter  of  Conrade  Marquis  of  Montferrat,  and  Ifabell  Daughter 
of  King  Almerick.  This  John  de  Brenne  was  a  valiant  Man,  and 
the  Chriftians  under  him  obtained  many  Advantages  againft  the  Enemy  ; 
but  being  wounded  at  the  Seige  of  Damiata  in  Egypt,  he  returned  into 
France ',  and  this  is  the  laft  Chriftian  King  that  had  ever  any  Pofleffion  of 
the  Holy  Land,  inhabited  ever  fince  by  Moors  and  Arabians,  fome  few 
Chriftians,  and  not  many  Turks,  fuch  as  be  in  Garrifon  only. 

The  Succeffors  of  Saladin,  Sultan  of  Egypt,  had  Pofleffion  of  the  Holy 
Land  afterwards,  and  defended  it  againft  all  Invafions  'till  the  Year  15 17, 
when  Selimus  I.  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  of  the  Ottoman  Family,  add- 
ed the  Holy  Land,  together  with  Egypt,  to  his  Empire. 

John  de  Brenne,  titular  King  of  Jerufalem,  had  by  Toland  his  Wife 
two  Daughters,  Mary  the  younger,  who  was  married  to  Baldwin  de  Cour- 
tenay, Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  (of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak  more  largely 
in  the  Second  Tart)  and  Toland  the  elder,  who  was  married  to  Ferdinand 
the  Second,  Emperour  of  Germany,  and  with  her  the  Emperour  had  the 
empty  Title  of  King  of  Jerufalem,  and  from  him  it  came  to  the  Kings  of 
Naples  ;  And  the  King  of  Spain,  as  defcended  from  the  Kings  of  Naples, 
doth  to  this  Day  ftile  himfelf  King  of  Jerufalem ;  concerning  which  Title 
Dr.  Heylin  does  relate  a  pleafant  Story,  which  is  this : — When  the  Wars 
in  Queen  Elizabeth's  Time  were  hot  between  England  and  Spain,  there 
were  Commiffioners  on  both  Sides  appointed  to  treat  of  Peace ;  they  met  at 
a  Town  of  the  French  King's ;  and  firft  it  was  debated,  in  what  Tongue  the 
Negotiation  Ihould  be  managed :  A  Spaniard,  thinking  to  give  the  Englifb 
Commiffioners  a  ihrewd  Gird,  propofed  the  French  Tongue  as  moft  fit, 


Part  I.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay .    Book  III.    4  3 


it  being  a  Language  which  the  Spaniards  were  well  skilled  in:  "  And  as  Chap.  III. 

«  for  thefe  Gentlemen  of  England,  I  frffofe  (faith  he)  that  they  cannot   s-s~>T^ 

«  he  Ignorant  of  the  Language  of  their  Fellow-Subjects ;  their  gyeen  is 

«  Jtyeen  of  France,  as  well  as  ^'England;     Nay,  in  my  Faith,  my  Ma- 

"  Iters,  replied  Dr.  Dale,  a  Civil  Lawyer,  and  one  of  the  Mafters  of  Re- 

"  queft,  the  French  Tongue  is  too  vulgar  for  a  Buhnefs  of  this  Secrecy 

«  and  Importance,  efpecially  in  a  French  Tow,  we  will  therefore  treat 

«  in  Hebrew,  the  Language  of  Jerufalem,  whereof  your  Matter  ^is  King; 

"  and  I  fuppofe  you  are  therein  as  well  skilled  as  in  the  French.  " 

And  as  for  Sibylla  the  Queen,  the  Daughter  of  Almerick  King  of  Je~ 
rufalem  and  Agnes  de  Courtenay  his  Wife,  it  is   uncertain,  whether  me 
furvived  the  Taking  of  the  City  of  Jerufalem  by  the  Turks,  or  not.  One  cbromm  ca~ 
Hiftorian  fays,  that  when  the  City  was  taken,  fhe  and  four  of  her  Chil-  n„m,p.  4js. 
dren  were  put  to  Death  ;  and  if  fo,  then  in  all  Probability  her  Uncle  Jofie- 
line  de  Courtenay  perifced  with  her:  And  Comrade  Marquis  o£  Mont f err  at, 
who  had  married  her  Half-Sifter,  his  taking  upon  him  the  Title  of  King 
of  Jerufalem,  does  make  it  probable;  for  if  me  had  been  living,  he  would 
not  have  prefumed  to  take  that  Title  upon  him,  as  long  as  the  Queen 
her  elder  Sifter  lived.     Of  this  Queen,  Mr.  Fox,  in  his  Ms  and  Monti- 
ments,  relates  a  remarkable  Story,  and  I  will  put  it  in  his  own  Words :  M*n'umer)stsf 
"  Upon  the  Death  of  the  young  King  of  Jerufalem,  Baldwin  the  Fifth,  p2ge  24. 
«  the  Peers  and  Nobles  joining  together  in  Council,  offered  unto  Sibylla  ^Jjjfejj 
«  the  King's  Mother,  as  to  the  lawful  Heir  to  the  Crown,  that  fhe  mould  cuiimtmmRex 
«  be  their  Queen,  with  this  Condition,  That  me  mould  fequefter  from  her,  gjgjv^ 
«  by  folemn  Divorcement,  Guy  her  Husband;  but  fhe  refufed  the  King-  camnfimufc 
«  dom  offered  to  her  on  that  Condition  ;  'till  at  laft  the  Magiftrates,  with  ata. 
«  the  Nobles  in  general,  granted  unto  her,  and  by  their  Oaths  confirmed 
«  the  fame,  That  whomfoever  fhe  would  chufe  to  be  her  Husband,  all 
«  they  would  take  and  obey  as  their  King  :  Alfo  Guy  her  Husband,  with 
"  like  Petition  among  the  reft,  humbly  requefted  her,  that  the  Kingdom, 
«  for  his  Sake,  or  for  his  private  Lofs,  might  not  be  deftitute  of  Govern- 
«  ment :  At  length  fhe  with  Tears  confenting  to  their  Entreaty,  was  con- 
«  tented,  and  folemnly  was  crowned  their  Queen,  who  after  the   Man- 
«  ner  received  again  their  Fidelity  by  their  Oath  :  Whereupon  Guy,  without 
«  all  Hope  both  of  Wife  and  Kingdom,  departed  Home  quietly  to  his  own 
«  Home.     This  done,  the  Queen  affembling  her  States  and  Prelates  toge- 
«  ther,  entered  Talk  with  them  about  the  Chufing  of  the  King,  accord- 
«  ing  to  that  which  they  had  promifed  and  fworn  to  her,  to  obey  him  as 
«  their  King,  whom  fhe  fhould  name  to  be  her  Husband.     Thus  whilft 
"  they   were  all  in  Expectation,  waiting   every  Man   whom    fhe  would 
«  nominate,  the  Queen,  with  a  loud  Voice,  faid  to  Guy,  that  flood  amongft 
"  them;  Guy,  my  Lord,  I  chufe  thee  for  my  Husband,  and  yielding  my- 
"  f elf  and  my  Kingdom  unto  Tou,  openly  I  {rot eft  Tou  to  be  the  King. 
"  At  thefe  Words,  all  the  Affembly  being  amazed,  wondered  that  one  fin- 
«  gle  Woman  fo  wifely  had  beguiled  fo  many  wife  Men :  And  worthy 
«  was  fhe,  no  doubt,  (faith  Mr.  Fox)  to  be  commended  and  extolled  for 
«  her  lingular  Virtue,  both  of  faithful  Chaftity  and  high  Prudence,  fo  tem- 
"  pering'the  Matter,  that  fhe  obtained  to  her  Husband  the  Kingdom,  and 
«  retained  to  herfelf  her  Husband,  whom  fhe  fo  faithfully  loved.  "     And 
indeed  fhe  loved  in  a  very  extraordinary  Manner,  if,  as  fome  Authors  do 
fuggeft,  fhe  made  away  with  her  own  Son,  to  make  Way  for  him  to  the 
Throne. 

And  as  for  Guy  her  Husband,  he  was,  as  has  been  faid,  a  Pnfoner,  when 
jerufalem  was  taken,  and  being  afterwards  fet  at  Liberty,  he  took  upon 
**      J  him 


44    Part  I.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory,  &c.     Book  III. 

Chap.  III.  him  the  Title  of  King  of  Jerusalem  as  long  as  he  lived:  And  when  Ri* 
V-/"W>  chard  King  of  England  went  to  the  Holy  Land  to  help  the  diftrefled 
Chriftians,  in  his  Way  he  feized  upon  the  Ifland  of  Cyprus,  and  took  the 
King  of  it  Prilbner,  becaufe  they  denied  him  the  common  Courtefy,  and 
would  not  let  him  take  in  frefh  Water,  but  did  abufe  his  Soldiers  that 
went  on  Shore ;  and  after  he  came  into  the  Holy  Land,  he  bellowed  the 
Kingdom  of  Cyprus  upon  Guy  of  Lufignan,  the  titular  King  of  Jerusa- 
lem ;  lome  fay,  by  Way  of  Exchange  for  the  Title  of  that  loft  Kingdom  ; 
but  others  fay,  he  gave  a  Sum  of  Money  to  the  King  for  it.  Guy  took 
Poffeflion  of  the  Kingdom  of  Cyprus,  and  having  no  Son,  Aimer  kk  his  Bro- 
ther lucceeded  him  in  it;  and  it  continued  in  the  noble  Family  of  Lu fig- 
nan  'till  the  Year  1473,  when  it  fell  into  the  Hands  of  the  Venetians, ', 
and  they  kept  it  'till  1570,  almoft  One  Hundred  Years,  when  Mujiapha, 
General  of  the  Turkijh  Army,  wrelled  it  from  them  for  his  Mailer  Self 
mus  II.  who  pretended  Title  to  it  as  Lord  of  Egypt:  And  here  it  i  to  be 
obferved,  fays  my  Author,  that  the  Cyprian  Kings  of  the  Houfe  of  Lufig- 
nan, as  they  retained  the  Title  of  King  of  Jerusalem,  as  the  King  of 
Spain  does,  fo  they  always  bellowed  upon  their  greatelt  Subjects  and  molt 
deferving  Servants,  both  Titles  of  Honour  and  State,  belonging  antiently 
to  that  Kingdom ;  fo  that  we  find  amongft  them,  a  Prince  of  Antioch,  a 
Prince  of  G 'alii lee,  a  Count  of  Tripoly,  a  Lord  of  Gefarea,  a  Lord  of 
Mount  Tabor,  a  Steward  of  Jerusalem,  a  Conftable,  Marfhal,  and  High 
Chamberlain  of  that  Kingdom ;  fb  fond  were  the  Chriftians  in  former  Times 
of  having  any  Title  or  Pretence  to  that  Holy  Land. 


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Book  I.    45 


The  Genealogical 

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COURTENJT. 
Part  II. 


Book  I. 


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I. 


Chap.  I. 


H  E  fecond  Branch  of  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  that 
we  are  to  fpeak  of,  is  that  which  is  now  in  France, 
and  is  defcended  from  Teter,  a  younger  Son  of  Lewis 
le  Groffe,  King  of  France,  Sixth  of  that  Name.     This 
Teter  married  Jfabell,  or  Elizabeth,  Daughter  of  Re- 
ginald  de  Courtenay,  and  took  upon  him  the  Name 
and  Arms  of  Courtenay,  which  Arms  were  the  Arms 
of  the  ancient  Counts  of  Boulogne ;  and  Euftace  of  Bou- 
logne, as  was  faid  in  the  Firft  Tart,  did  bear  the  fame  Arms,  viz.  Three  . 
Torteaux's,  Or,  in  a  Field,  Gules,  when  he  went  to  the  Holy  Land  -,  and  f$%$!ur? 
it  is  faid,  that  the  Courtenays  are  defcended  from  the  ancient  Counts  of  de  Courtenay, 
Boulogne :  And  this  Family,  being  defcended  from  the  King's  Son,  does  W'  4C- 
claim  to  take  Place  as  Princes  of  the  Blood;  and  of  this  Family  has  Mon- 

M  fieur 


46   PartIL    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  'the     Book  I. 

Chap.  I.  fieur  du  Bouchet,  Counfellour  to  Lewis  XIV.  in  a  large  Genealogical  Hi- 
C^"W->  ftory,  given  a  particular  Account :  And  that  I  may  make  the  Hiftory  of 
the  Family  compleat,  I  fhall  take  out  of  that  Hiftory  thofe  Things  that 
I  fhall  find  moft  material. 
1 1 15.  Lewis  the  Sixth,  firnamed  le  Grojfe,  married  in  the  Year  1 1 15,  Adelais, 
the  Daughter  of  Humbert  Count  of  Savoy,  and  had  by  her  feveral  Sons 
and  one  Daughter :  The  eldeft  Son,  named  T  hi  lip,  died  young,  by  a  Fall 
from  his  Horfe ;  the  fecond  Son,  named  Lewis,  was  crowned  King  during 
the  Life  of  his  Father,  by  Pope  Innocent  II.  and  was  therefore  firnamed 
Lewis  the  Toting,  to  diftinguifh  him  from  his  Father,  and  he  fucceeded 
his  Father  in  his  Kingdom ;  the  third  Son  was  Henry,  who  died  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Rheims,  November  13,  1175;  the  fourth  was  Hugh,  who  died 
young ;  the  fifth,  called  Robert,  Count  of  Dreiix,  whofe  Family  did  fpread 
abroad  in  many  Branches,  as  did  that  of  his  Brother  Teter  de  Courtenay ; 
and  the  laft  of  that  Family  was  John  de  Dreux,  Seigneur  de  Morinville, 
Gentleman  in  Ordinary  of  the  King's  Chamber,  and  Governour  of  Terche, 
and  who  loft  his  Life  in  the  Service  of  Henry  the  Great  in  the  Attack  of 
Vemevill,  in  the  Year  1590,  and  who,  by  Reafon  of  the  Smallnefs  of  his 
Eftate,  was  deprived  of  that  Rank  and  Luftre,  that  the  other  Princes  of 
the  Blood  had,  as  were  alfo  thofe  of  the  Family  of  Courtenay  :  The  fixth 
Son  was  Thilip,  who  married  with  one  of  the  Daughters  of  Thibauld  the 
Great,  Count  of  Champagne,  but  was  afterwards  divorced  by  Samson  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Rheims,  becauie  they  were  too  near  a-kin ;  and  he  afterwards 
entered  into  Orders,  and  was  chofen  Bifhop  of  farts;  but  by  an  Exam- 
ple of  extraordinary  Modefty,  refigned  it  to  Teter  Lombard,  Mafter  of 
the  Sentences,  by  Reafon  of  his  extraordinary  Learning:  The  feventh  and 
laft  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe  was  Teter  de  Courtenay,  from  whom,  as  was 
faid  before,  is  defcended  the  Royal  Branch  of  Cottrtenay,  which  has  often 
put  in  its  Claim  to  take  Place  as  Princes  of  the  Blood,  and  which  is  nexC 
to  the  Houfe  of  Bourbon  in  Succeffion  to  the  Crown  of  France.  As  to 
the  Daughter  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe,  fhe  was  called  Confiance,  and  married,in 
February  1 140,  Fuji  ace  the  eldeft  Son  of  Stephen  King  of  England,  who 
was  crowned  in  the  Life-time  of  his  Father  by  Thomas  Arch-Bifhop  of 
Canterbury,  in  the  Year  1151;  but  he  dying  without  Children,  in  1153, 
fhe  was  married  afterward  to  Raimond  the  Sixth  of  that  Name,  Count  of 
Tholoufe. 

Lewis  le  Grojfe,  the  Father  of  fuch  a  good  Stock,  died  in  the  Year 
1 157,  and  his  Queen  Adelais  was  married  again  to  Matthew  the  Firft, 
Lord  of  Montmorency,  by  whom  fhe  had  no  Child,  and  died  in  the  Year 

1 *54- 

Teter  the  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe,  whofe  Pofterity  is  the  Subject  of  the 
following  Hiftory,  was  not  above  twelve  Years  old  when  his  Father  died, 
and  when  he  was  about  two  and  twenty,  he  accompanied  his  Brother 
Lewis  the  Toung  in  his  Voyage  to  the  Holy  Land ;  at  which  Time,  with 
1 147.  other  great  Princes  and  Lords  of  France,  went  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  fir- 
named de  Montargis,  and  William  de  Courtenay  his  Brother,  as  was  faid 
in  the  Firft  Tart  of  this  Hiftory ;  but  the  King  having  but  bad  Succefs  in 
the  Voyage,  returned  in  a  little  Time  with  his  Brother  Teter  de  Courte- 
nay. And  this  Teter  de  Courtenay  married  Ifabel  the  Daughter  of  Regi- 
nald de  Courtenay,  after  the  Year  1 150 :  He  had  no  great  Eftate  given 
him  by  his  Father,  and  no  Title,  but  was  only  called  the  King's  Son,  and 
in  the  Time  of  Lewis  the  Toung,  the  King's  Brother ;  but  his  Lady  brought 
him  the  Seigneuries  de  Courtenay,  de  Montargis,' de  Caftle-Reynard,  de 
Champignelles,  and  other  Seigniories  5  and  becaufc  fhe  brought  him  fuch  a 

great 


PaitIL       Nolle  Family  of  Couvtemy.      Book  I.  47 

great  Eftate,  he  took  the  Name  of  Courtenay,  as  alfo  the  Arms,  and  be-  Chap.  I. 
caule  fhe  was  of  a  great  and  noble  Family,  and  kin  to  him  in  the  fourth  o*"v^— ' 
Degree,  as  Bouchet  lays ;  for  Robert  King  of  France  had  by  his  Wife  Con- 
fiance  de  Aries,  Henry  the  Firft  King  of  France.,  and  a  Daughter  called 
Hade-wide,  Wife  to  Reinauld,  or  Reginald  the  Firft,  Count  of  Never  s, 
and  Milo  de  Courtenay,  Grandfather  to  Isabel,  Wife  of  Trier  Son  of 
Lewis  le  Groffe,  married  Ermegarde  the  Daughter  of  the  Count  de  Never s ; 
fo  that  they  were  both  defcended  from  Robert  King  of  France :  And  it  was 
ufiial  in  tbofe  Days  for  great  Perlbns  to  take  upon  them  the  Names  of 
their  Wives,  if  they  were  Heirs  to  great  Eftates,  and  their  Pofterity  to  be 
called  after  their  Wives  Names,  of  which  there  are  many  Inftances,  as 
Bouchet  fays,  in  the  Royal  Family  of  France :  So  Hugh  the  Great,  Son 
of  Henry  the  Firft,  took  the  Name  and  Arms  of  Alix  Countefs  ofVerman- 
dois,  his  Mother ;  Robert  Count  de  Dreux,  Brother  to  Teter  de  Courte- 
nay, took  the"  Arms  of  Agnes  his  Wife,  Lady  de  Braine,  and  his  Name 
from  her  Eftate ;  and  many  other  Inftances  of  the  like  Nature  does  Bouchet 
give  us  in  his  Hiftory.  And  Mr.  Camden  in  his  Britannia  fays,  "  That  camdenh  Bri- 
"  Richard  Earl  of  Cornwall,  and  Emperour  of  Germany,  Son  to  King  John,  tannis,  j,  14. 
"  and  his  Son  Edmund,  did  bear  Arms  different  from  thofe  of  the  Royal 
"  Family;  and  all  the  Realbn  that  I  can  give  for  it  (lays  he)  is,  that  they 
"  might  poifibly  do  it  in  Imitation  of  the  Royal  Family  of  France  (fince 
"  the  Cuftom  of  bearing  Arms  came  to  us  from  the  French)  for  the  youn- 
a  ger  Sons  of  the  Kings  of  France  have  Arms  different  from  the  Crown  to 
"  this  Day,  as  one  may  obferve  in  the  Families  of  Vermandois,  Dreux, 
"  -mA.  Courtenay. 

This  Teter  de  Courtenay  did  confirm  to  the  Religious  of  the  Abbey  of 
Fountain-jean,  together  with  the  Princefs  Elizabeth,  or  Ifabel,  his  Wife,  and 
their  three  Sons,  all  thofe  Things  that  were  given  them  by  Miles  their  Grand- 
father, the  Founder  of  that  Abbey,  as  appears  by  a  Writing  in  Latin,  in  the 
End  of Bouchet 's  Hiftory,  among  the  Proofs  of  his  Hiftory :  And  fix  Years  af- 
ter he  did  by  his  Grant  confirm  certain  Cuftoms  to  the  Inhabitants  oiMon- 
targis,  and  ftiles  himfelf  in  that  Grant,  Peter,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  Bro- 
ther to  Lewis  King  of  France.  In  the  Year  1178,  the  French  King,  his  1178. 
Brother,  chofe  him  for  one  of  the  three  Barons  that'  he  was  obliged  to 
lend  for  the  Executing  a  Treaty  of  Peace  and  Alliance  made  between  him 
and  Henry  the  Second,  King  of  England,  for  it  was  agreed  between  them, 
that  they  fhould  each  of  them  fend  three  Barons  and  three  Bifhops  to  com- 
promife  the  Difference  that  was  between  them :  And  King  Lewis  named 
for  his  three  Barons,  Thibauld  Count  de  Blois,  Robert  Count  de  Dreux, 
and  Teter  de  Courtenay,  (lb  he  is  called  by  Hoveden)  his  Brothers.  And  Hoveden. 
the  two  Kings  did  by  this  Treaty  promile  to  raife  a  great  Army,  and  to 
go  with  it  in  Perfon  to  the  Holy  Land  to  help  the  Chriftians  there ;  but 
this  Defign  of  the  two  Kings  came  to  nothing :  But  Teter  Prince  of  Cour- 
tenay did  refolve  to  make  a  Voyage  the  Year  after  with  Henry  the  Firft,  117 $. 
Count  of  Champagne,  Thilip  de  Dreux,  Bilhop  of  Beavois,  and  other 
Grandees  of  the  Realm :  But  before  he  went,  he  left  great  Tokens  of  his 
Piety  to  the  Abbey  of  Fontain-jean.  William  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre  fays, 
that  upon  the  Arrival  of  thofe  Princes  at  Acres,  the  Chriftians  conceived 
great  Hopes  of  changing  their  Fortune,  but  their  Condition  was  lb  bad, 
that  there  could  be  but  little  done.  It  is  not  certain,  whether  the  Prince 
of  Courtenay  died  beyond  Sea,  or  came  Home  with  the  Count  of  Cham- 
pagne, and  T  hi  lip  de  Dreux :  It  is  plain  he  did  not  live  beyond  the  Year  1 1  S3. 
1 183;  for  in  that  Year,  the  Princefs  Elizabeth  being  ftiled  Widow,  did 
with  four  of  her  Sons,  Teter,  Robert,  ThHip,  and  William,  ratify  a  Gift, 

which 


48    Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  L 

Chap.  I.  which  her  Husband  had  made  in  his  Life-time  to  the  Abbey  of  Noftre- 
V"v->*-'  Dame  de  Rofay:  And  in  the  Year  1 180,  the  fame  Princefs  Elizabeth  did 
give  Forty  Shillings  Rent  out  of  the  Seigniory  of  Chantecoaq;,  to  be  paid 
yearly  to  the  Canons  of  Nojlre-Dame  de  Taris^  upon  their  Promife  of 
celebrating  every  Year  the  Anniverfary  of  her  Husband,  and  of  her  after 
her  Death  :  And  me  gave  alfo  Sixty  Shillings  Rent  to  be  paid  yearly  to 
the  Hoftel  de  Dieu  in  Taris;  and  fhe  gave  likewife  an  Hundred  Shillings 
1 205.  to  the  Hofpitallers  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem  :  And  in  the  Year  1  aoj,  fhe 
confirmed  certain  Gifts  to  the  Abbey  of  Efcharlis.  And  this  is  the  laft 
Act  of  her  that  is  left  upon  Record. 

The  Children  of  Peter  of  France,  Seigneur  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that 
Name,  and  the  Lady  Elizabeth  his  Wife,  were,  1.  Peter,  Seigneur  de 
Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Count  de  Never s,  de  Auxerre,  and  le  Tan-^ 
nere,  Marquis  of  Namur,  and  afterward  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  of 
whom  we  mall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter,     2.  Robert  de  Courtenay,  Seig- 
neur de  Champgnelles,  &c.  Butler  of  France,  of  whofe  Pofterity  we  fhall 
fpeak,  after  that  of  his  elder  Brother.     3.  Philip  de  Court enay,  named 
with  his  Mother  in  three  Grants,  made  in  the  Years  1183,  11 84,  nS6. 
He  was  unknown  to  Du  Tillet,  and  others  who  have  wrote  of  the  Family 
of  Courtenay.    4.  William  de  Ccurtenay,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  6&  whole 
Pofterity  lhall  be  fpoken  of,  next  after  the  Pofterity  of  Robert  de  Cmrte- 
nay.    5.  John  de  Courtenay,  who,  as  Du  Tillet  fays,  was  bound  to  King 
Augufus  for  the  Fidelity  of  his  Neice,  Maud  de  Courtenay,  Countefs  of 
Never  s,  in  the  Year  1221 ;  and  he  is  alfb  mentioned  in  another  Writing 
in  the  Year  121 1,  according  to  the  Memoirs  of  Du  Chefne.    6.  Alix,  the 
eldeft  Daughter  of  Peter  of  France  and  Elizabeth  his  Wife,  was  married 
to  William  I.  Count  of  Joigny :  She  Was  afterward  divorced  from  him,  by 
reafbn  of  their  being,  too  near  of  kin ;  and  fhe  married  afterward  Aimar  I. 
Count  of  Angoulefme,  and  was  the  Mother  of  one  Daughter,  named  Eli" 
zabeth,  who  was  Heir  to  her  Father's  Eftate  j  and  fhe  was  married,  firft 
to  John  King  of  England,  and  afterward  to  Hugh  Brun,  Earl  of  March 
and  Lord  of  Lufignan  in  Valence  and  PoicJou:  The  Children  that  fhe  had 
by  King  John  \ver£,  1.  Henry  III.  King  of  England.   2.  Richard,  Earl  of 
Cornwal,  chofen  Emperour  of  Germany.      3.  Joan,  who  was  the  firft 
Wife  of  Alexander  II.  King  of  the  Scots.     4.  Ifabel,  Wife  of  the  Em- 
perour Frederick  II.    5.  Eleanor,  firft  married  to  William  Marjbal  the 
Tounger,  Earl  of  'Pembroke,  and  after  his  Deceafe,  without  Iffue,  was  mar- 
ried to  Simon  Montfort,  Earl  of  Leiceftery  Son  of  Simon  Earl  of  Montfort 
in  France,  by  Amice  Daughter  of  Robert  Blanchman,  Earl  of  Leicefler, 
who  maintaining  the  Barons  Wars  againft  King  Henry  her  Brother,  was 
flain  at  the  Battle  of  Evefham,  in  the  ipth  Year  of  her  Brother's  Reign, 
1 265,  after  whofe  Death  fhe  and  her  Children  were  forced  to  forfake  Eng- 
land: She  died  in  the  Nunnery  of  Montargis,  founded  by  Milo  de  Cour- 
tenay her  Anceftor.     By  Hugh  Earl  of  March,  Lord  of  Lufignan,  fhe  had 
divers  Children,  greatly  advanced  by  Henry  III-  her  half-Brother,  and  as 
greatly  maligned  by  his  Subjects;   1.  Hugh  Earl  of  March  and  Angoulefme. 
2.  Guy  of  Lufignan,  flain  in  the  Battle  of  Lewis.     3.  William  of  Valence, 
Earl  of  Pembroke.    4.  Ailmer  of  Valence,  Bifhop  of  Winchefter.    s.Geo- 
fry  of  Lufignan,  Lord  of  Haftings.    Daughters:  1.  Agathe  de  Lufignan, 
Wife  of  William  de  Chauvigny.     2.  Alice,  married  to  John  Count  de  Va- 
rennes.     3.  Ifabel,  married  to  Geofry  de  Rancon,  and  afterward  to  Hugh, 
lecond  of  that  Name,  Sieur  de  Craon ;  and  5.  Margaret,  married  to  Rai- 
mond  the  laft  Count  of  Tholotife,  from  whom  being  feparated,  fhe  efpoufed 
Americ  Vifcount  de  Touars,  and  afterward  Geofry  de  Chafeau-Briant. 

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Part  II.       Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  I.  49 

7.  N de  Court enay,  another  Daughter  of  'Peter  of  France  and  Eliza-    Chap.  I. 

beth  de  Courtenay,  fhe  was  Mother  of  Endes  de  la  March  in  Hungary,  as  vyvsJ 
Alberick  in  his  Chronicle  fays,  about  the  Year  115)7.  8.  Clemence  de 
Courtenay,  was  married,  according  to  the  fame  Alberick,  to  the  Seigneur  de 
Thiern  in  Auvergne,  whole  Name  he  does  not  mention.  0.  N. .  •  •  de 
Courtenay,  fourth  Daughter  of  Teter  of  France  and  Lady  Elizabeth  his 
Wife,  was  efpouled,  according  to  the  Teftimony  of  Alberick,  to  Seigneur 
<&  Char r os  in  Berry,  named  Aynion  in  one  Charter  of  the  Abbey  /<?  'Free, 
in  the  Year  11^3.  10.  Conftance  the  fifth  Daughter,  was  married  twice, 
as  fays  the  faid  Alberick,  firft  to  the  Seigneur  de  Chafieaufort  near  Taris, 
by  whom  flie  was  the  Mother  of  St.  Thibauld  de  Marli,  Abbot  of  the 
Abbey  of  Du  Val  de  Sernay,  and  in  her  fecond  Marriage  fhe  married  Wil- 
Ham  Seigneur  de  Fort  Arnaud.  n.  Eufiachia  de  Courtenay,  the  fixth 
Daughter,  had  for  her  Husband  William,  firft  of  that  Name,  Count  de 
Sancerre :  This  Count  William  did  accompany  to  the  Eaft  Teter  de  Cour- 
tenay, his  Brother-in-law,  when ,  he  was  chofen  Emperour  of  Conjiantiuo- 
fle,  and  before  he  went,  he  ordered  his  Countefs  to  give  in  Alms  to  fome 
Religious  Houfe  for  the  Good  of  his  Soul,  and  the  Souls  of  his  Predecef- 
lors,  Six  Pounds  annual  Rent,  which  was  given  in  the  Year  iaiS  by  his 
Countefs  to  the  Priory  of  St.  Stephen  in  Sens :  She  had  no  Child  by  the 
Count,  who  died  with  the  Emperour  his  Brother-in-law,  Prifoner  of  Theo- 
dore Comenius,  Emperour  of  Thejfalonica. 

Chap.  II.  chaP.n. 

\ETER,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Courtenay  and  de 
Montargis,  Count  de  Nevers,  de  Auxerre,  and  de  Tonnere, 
Marquis  of  Namur,  and  afterwards  chofen  Emperour  oiCon- 
fiantinofle ;  after  the  Death  of  his  Father,  he,  together  with 
his  Mother,  confirmed  the  Gift  of  his  Father  to  the  Abbey 
of  Noftre-Dame  de  Rofay  in  the  Diocefe  of  Sens,  in  the 
Year  1 183  :  And  in  the  Year  after,  King  Lewis  Auguftus,  his  Coufin-ger-  1J-^3- 
man,  and  afterwards  his  Brother-in-law,  procured  for  him  in  Marriage  the 
Heirels  of  the  Family  of  Nevers,  one  of  the  richeft,  moft  illuftrious,  and 
moll  antient  in  the  Kingdom  of  France,  and  who  was,  as  Bouchet  makes 
out  by  the  Pedigree,  kin  to  him  in  the  fourth  Degree.  And  this  Teter 
de  Courtenay  did  make  over  to  King  Thilip  his  Right  to  the  Seigniory 
of  Montargis,  for  the  Right  that  the  King  did  pretend  to  have  in  the 
County  of  Nevers.  In  the  Year  1 180,  he,  together  with  Agnes  his  Wife,  *  *  $9' 
and  his  Wife's  Mother,  confirmed  a  Gift  that  was  made  by  William  Count 
of  Nevers  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  Michael  de  tonnere ;  and  he  likewife  ap- 
proved and  confirmed  the  Gift  that  his  Mother  made  to  the  Canons  of 
Nojlre-Dame  in  Taris,  of  Forty  Shillings  a  Year  Rent  out  of  the  Seig- 
niory of  Chantecoaq-,  But  he  tarnifhed  afterward  the  Luftre  of  his  Aciions 
of  Piety  by  the  Ill-will  that  he  bore  for  fome  Time  to  Religion  and  Things 
lacred,  and  by  the  Violences  he  ufed  againft  the  Ecclefiafticks  that  were 
in  his  Dominions :  For  it  appears  by  an  ancient  Author,  that  he  having 
carried  his  Injuries  and  Violences  even  to  the  facred  Altars,  he  rendered 
them  deferted,  and  without  any  religious  Worfhip,  for  the  Space  of  five 
Years:  The  Church  of  Auxerre,  becaufe  he  had  in  a  violent  Manner  drove 
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Chap.  II.  away  the  Bifhop  and  the  Clergy,  was  put  under  an  Interdict ;  and  a  Wo- 
W"V"N-'  man  that  had  a  Child  dead  meeting  him,  and  complaining  to  him,  that  fhe 
could  not  have  her  Child  buried  according  to  the  Ufage  of  the  Church,  be- 
caufe  by  his  Means  the  City  of  Auxerre  was  under  an  Interdict  •  he  caufed 
the  Child  to  be  buried  in  the  Bifhop's  Chamber  before  his  Bed ;  which  Bi- 
fhop  had  denounced  the  Cenfures  of  the  Church  againft  him  twice :  But 
St.  William,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Bourges,  his  Uncle,  by  his  wholefome  Admo- 
nitions, did  at  length  bring  him  to  a  found  Mind,  and  was  the  Inftrument 
of  his  Converfion :  He  did  therefore  in  the  Prefence  of  him,  the  Arch-Bi- 
lhop of  Sens,  and  a  great  Number  of  other  Perfbns,  make  publick  Con- 
1 2o4-  feffion  of  his  Faults,  on  Eafter-Day  in  the  Year  1 204,  and  begged  Pardon 
of  the  Bifhop ;  and  in  a  Humility  which  truly  proceeded  from  a  contrite 
Heart,  he  buried  the  Corps  of  the  Infant  with  his  own  Hands,  which  he 
had  before  ordered  to  be  buried  in  a  private  Chamber,  and  with  bare  Feet, 
and  in  his  Shirt,  he  carried  it  upon  his  Shoulders  from  the  Bifhop's  Houfe 
to  the  Church-yard  of  Mont  d'Autry,  notwithftanding  there  proceeded  a 
ftinking  Smell  from  the  Corps,  enough  to  infecl:  the  Air:  And  when  he 
was  received  into  the  Bofom  of  the  Church,  he  drove  away  the  Jews  from 
the  City  of  Auxerre,  and  gave  the  Ground  where  their  Synagogue  flood 
to  the  Bifhop,  where  was  afterwards  a  Church  built  in  Honour  of  St.  Ni- 
cholas and  St.  Antony. 

The  Herefy  of  the  Albigenfes,  which  had  infefted  Languedoc  for  fix 
Years,  did  force  Pope  Innocent  III.  to  publifh  a  Crufade,  and  to  endeavour 
to  fupprefs  it  by  Force  of  Arms,  which  he  could  not  do  by  the  Perfwa- 
fions  of  his  Legates  that  he  fent  amongft  them,  or  by  the  Preaching  of 
St.  Bernard  and  St.  DominkL  'Peter  de  Court enay  was  one  of  thofe  that 
1 2  u.  took  the  Crofs  upon  him  for  this  Enterprize  in  the  Year  121 1,  and  he  en- 
deavoured to  perfwade  the  Count  de  Tholoufe,  his  Coufin-german,  who 
headed  an  Army  againft  the  Catholicks,  to  fubmit  himfHf  to  the  Church. 
And  in  the  Year  1 2 1 4,  he  gave  great  Marks  of  his  Valour  in  the  famous 
Battle  ofBoviues,  where  he  had  the  Grief  to  fee  one  of  his  Sons  fight  in  fa- 
vour of  the  Enemies  of  France :  The  Fame  of  his  Valour  and  his  Merit  did 
fpread  home  to  the  Eaft,  and  he  was  thought  fit  to  poffefs  the  Empire  of 
Conjiantinople,  and  to  fucceed  the  Emperour  Henry ',  Brother  of  Toland  his 
fecond  Wife,  who  was  married  to  him  in  the  Year  1 1^3  :  She  was  Daugh- 
ter of  Baldwin,  fifth  of  that  Name,  Count  of  Hainault,  firnamed  the 
Couragiom,  and  Margaret  of  Alface,  Countefs  of  Flanders.  He  parted 
from  France  in  order  to  receive  the  Imperial  Crown,  with  the  Countefs 
1 2 17.  his  Wife  and  his  four  Sons,  in  the  Year  1217.  But  before  we  give  a  far- 
ther Account  of  this  Emperour,  it  will  be  neceflary  to  fhew  how  the 
Latin  or  Weftern  Princes  came  to  poffefs  that  Empire. 

We  have  mentioned  in  the  former  Part  two  great  Crufades  that  were 
made  for  the  Recovery  of  the  Holy  Land ;  the  Firft  by  Godfrey  of  Bou- 
illon; the  Second  by  the  Emperour  Conrade,  and  Lewis,  firnamed  the 
Toung,  King  of  France:  The  Third  Crufade,  or  Voyage  to  the  Holy 
Land,  was  made  in  the  Year  1 188,  by  Th'tlty  Auguftus  King  of  France, 
Otho  Duke  of  Burgundy,  Richard  Count  ofPoiftiers,  afterwards  King  of 
England,  Baldwin  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  and  many  other  great 
Men,  with  a  great  Army :  The  feveral  Fleets  met  at  Meffina,  and  from 
thence  the  King  of  France  with  the  reft  failed  to  the  Holy  Land,  and 
came  before  Acres,  which  the  Chriftians  had  befieged  the  Winter  before; 
and  the  City  was  taken  in  the  Month  of  July,  in  the  Year  1 1 01  :  After 
the  Taking  of  which,  the  King  fell  into  a' grievous  Sicknefs,  and  returned 
to  France :  King  Richard  ftaid  longer,  and  got  feveral  Advantages  over 
the  Infidels.  The 


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The  fourth  Voyage  to  the  Holy  Land  was  in  the  Year  1 1 08.  Vubauld  Chap.  II. 
Count  Palatine  of  Erie  and  Champagne,  fecond  of  that  Name,  and  Ne-    v^-v — * 
phew  to  King  Thilip  Augujlus,  Baldwin  Count  of  Flanders  and  Hainault, 
with  many  other  Princes,  Lords  and  Knights,  joined  their  Army  with  that 
of  the  Venetians,  and  embarked  themfelves  at  Venice,  under  the  Conduft 
of  the  Duke  of  Venice,  Henry  Dandalo,  with  Defign  to  fail  to  the  Holy 
Land :  But  in  the  mean  Time  Alexius  Angelas,  fecond  of  that  Name, 
Emperour  of  Confiantinople,  being  unjuftly  thruft  out  of  his  Empire  by 
his  Uncle  Alexias,  had  Recourfe  to  Thilip  the  Weflern  Emperour,  whole 
Daughter  Mary  he  had  married :  And  the  Emperour  'Philip  fo  prevailed 
with  Pope  Innocent  III.  that  the  Army  prepared  for  the  Holy  Land  was 
employed  to  reftore  Alexius  to  his  Empire ;  on  the  Approach  of  which 
Army  Alexius  the  Ufurper  fled.     Alexins  the  young  Emperour  is  feated 
in  his  Father's  Throne,  and  not  long  after  flain  by  Alexius  Due  as :  In 
Revenge  whereof,  the  Latines  affault  and  take  Confiantinople,  make  them- 
felves Maft ers  of  the  Empire,  and  divide  it  amongft  themfelves ;  allotting 
to  the  Venetians,  Candia,  many  good  Towns  of  Telopenneftts,  and  moft  of 
the  Iflands ;  to  Boniface  Marquis  of  Mont f err  at,  the  Kingdom  of  Theffaly ; 
to  others  of  the  Adventurers,  other  liberal  Shares;  and,  finally,  to  Bald- 
win Earl  of  Flanders,  the  main  Body  of  the  Empire,  with  the  Title  of 
Emperour.     The  Seat  of  the  Empire  of  the  Greeks  being  transferred  unto 
Nice,  a  City  of  Bythinia  in  the  Leffer  Afia,  by  Theodorm  Lafcaris,  Son- 
in-law  to  Alexius  the  Ufurper,  continued  there  'till  the  Regaining  of  Con- 
fiantinople by  the  Greeks  again,  after  it  had  been  poffefTed  Sixty  Years  by 
the  Weflern  Chriftians.     Confiantinople  was  taken  by  the  Latines  on  the 
Thurfday  before  ¥  aim-Sunday,   February  iaoo;  and  Baldwin  Count  of    I2oo. 
Flanders  was  crowned  Emperour  in  the  great  Patriarchal  Church  of  Saint 
Sophia :  He  reigned  no  longer  than  one  Year ;  for  he  was  taken  in  Fight 
by  John  of  Bulgaria,  coming  to  affifl  the  Greeks,  and  fent  Prifbner  to 
Ternova,  where  he  was  cruelly  put  to  Death.     To  Baldwin  fucceeded  his 
Brother  Henry,  who  repulfed  the  Bulgarians  out  of  Greece,  and  died  a 
Conquerour, 

To  Henry  fucceeded  Teter  de  Courtenay,  Count  of  Auxerre,  \§c.  as  we 
faid  before;  and  he  arrived  at  Rome  in  the  Beginning  of  April  12.  17,  1217. 
where  Pope  Honorius  III.  folemnly  crowned  him  and  his  Countefs,  in  the 
Church  of  St.  Lawrence  without  the  Walls,  on  Sunday  the  1  yth  of  the 
lame  Month :  And  the  Emperour  departed  from  Rome  the  yth  Day  after 
he  was  crowned,  accompanied  with  John  Colonna,  Cardinal  and  Legate  of 
the  Pope  in  the  Eaft,  the  Emprefs  and  her  Sons,  the  Count  of  Sancerre, 
his  Brother-in-law,  with  One  Hundred  and  Sixty  Knights,  and  Five  Thou- 
fand  Five  Hundred  chofen  Men,  both  Horfe  and  Foot,  well  armed,  which 
he  raifed  in  France :  And  in  order  to  raife  and  equip  this  Army,  he  en- 
gaged his  County  of  Tanner e  to  Flerve  Count  de  Nevers,  his  Son-in-law ; 
except  the  Fiefs  of  the  Chaftenellie  de  Mailly ;  upon  Condition,  that  if  he 
died  in  fix  Years,  it  fhould  remain  for  ever  to  Hervej  but  in  Cafe  that 
he  did  out-live  the  fix  Years,  then  he  fhould  enjoy  it  during  his  Life. 
He  embarked  at  Brundujinm  in  fome  Ships  that  were  got  ready  for  him, 
and  fent  his  Emprefs  and  his  Children  ftrait  to  Couftantinople ;  for  he  had 
agreed  with  the  Venetians  to  take  the  Country  of  Epirus  for  them,  and 
to  befiege  Dyrrachium,  which  Theodore  Comenius,  who  took  upon  him 
the  Title  of  Emperour  of  Theffalonica,  had  taken  from  them.  But  that 
Enterprize  proved  of  very  bad  Confequence ;  for  it  coft  him  his  Life,  and 
the  Lives  of  a  great  Part  of  his  Army :  For  after  they  had  lain  for  fbme 
Time  before  the  Place,  and  had  loft  a  great  many  valiant  Men,  the  coura- 

gtous 


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^hap.  II.  gious  Refiftance  of  the  Befieged,  forced  him  to  raife  the  Siege ;  and  as  he 
.•y\/  was  to  go  by  Land  to  Conftantinople,  he  was  forced  to  pafs  through  the 
Enemy's  Country,  and  he  had  not  gone  over  the  Mountains  of  Albania, 
before  he  found  himfelf  attacked  by  the  Enemy  on  every  Side,  where- 
upon he  found  there  was  a  Neceffity  for  him  to  die  or  to  conquer,  and 
therefore  was  refolved  to  fight.  But  Theodore  Comenius,  fearing  the  Event, 
had  Recourfe  to  Perfidioufhefs,  and  defired  that  the  Pope's  Legate  might 
be  fent  to  him,  that  they  might  accommodate  the  Matter :  And  it  was 
agreed,  that  the  Emperour  mould  pafs  through  his  Country  with  his  Ar- 
my, without  any  Hoftility  on  either  Side ;  and  that  Comenius  mould  fur- 
nilh  him  with  Provifions,  and  all  Things  necelfary  for  his  Army  in  their 
PafTage;  And  when  they  were  agreed,  Theodore  Comenius  through  Trea- 
chery, which  is  common  to  the  Greeks,  feifed  upon  the  Emperour,  toge- 
ther with  the  Legate,  the  Biftiop  of  Salone  in  Dalmatia,  the  Count  de 
Sancerre,  and  the  other  Perfons  of  Quality  that  were  with  him.  Some 
Authors  do  write,  that  the  Emperour  and  the  Grandees  that  accompany'd 
him,  whilft  they  were  at  Dinner  with  him  where  they  were  invited,  were 
then  all  affaflinated  by  him,  except  the  Legate,  and  that  all  his  Troops 
were  cut  in  Pieces  as  they  marched  without  any  Fear,  depending  upon 
the  Faith  of  Comenius,  and  the  Treaty  that  was  made  with  him :  But, 
whether  the  Emperour  was  flain  at  Dinner  by  Theodore,  or  as  he  was  on 
his  March,  as  others  would  have  it,  or  whether  he  died  in  Prifon,  as  o- 
thers  do  fay,  it  is  certain  that  he  was  alive,  or  at  lealt  his  Friends  thought 
1 2 1 8.  fo,  in  the  Year  i  a  1 8  :  For  in  the  End  of  Bouchet,  amongft  the  Records, 
there  is  a  Deed  of  the  Countefs  of  Sancerre  dated  that  Year,  which  makes 
mention  of  the  Emperour  and  her  Husband  as  living,  Alberick  fays,  that 
his  Emperefs  Toland  governed  Conjiantinople  until  her  Death,  and  that 
could  not  be  long ;  for  the  Continuator  of  the  Chronicle  of  the  Monk  of 
Saint  Mori  an  in  Auxerre  fays,  that  ftie  died  in  the  Year  i  2  1 8. 

Teter  de  Courtenay  had  by  Agnes  de  Nevers,  his  firft  Wife,  one  Daugh- 
ter called  Mahaud  de  Courtenay,  Countefs  de  Nevers,  de  Auxerre,  and  de 
Tanner e :  She  was  married,  in  the  Year  1 1  op,  to  Herve,  the  Fourth  of 
that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Douzy,  one  of  the  raoft'  potent  and  richeft  Lords 
of  the  Realm,  by  whom  fhe  had  one  Son  and  one  Daughter ;  the  Son  died 
young,  and  the  Daughter,  named  Agnes,  being  fole  Heirefs  to  the  Houfe 
of  Dmizy  and  that  of  Nevers,  was  promifed  by  her  Father  to  Henry  the 
eldeft  Son  of  John  King  of  England:  But  Thilip  Augujlus  King  of  France 
having  hindred  that  Match,  me  was  married,  in  the  Year  1217,  to  Thilij> 
of  France,  the  eldeft  Brother  of  St.  Lewis  the  French  King,  and  he  died 
the  Year  after ;  and  then  fhe  married  again  to  Guy  de  Chajlillon,  firft  of 
that  Name,  Count  of  St.  Taul. 

The  Children  of  Teter,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Courtenay, 
Count  d" Auxerre  and  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  and  of  Toland  de  Hai- 
nault,  his  fecond  Wife,  were,  1.  Thilip  de  Courtenay;  he  followed  the 
Party  of  Ferrand  Count  of  Flanders  againft  King  Thilij>  Augufim,  his 
Uncle,  and  fought  againft  the  King  in  the  Battle  of  Bovines,  in  the  Year 
1 2 14.  1214,  as  was  faid  before:  And  in  the  Year  12 16,  he  was  Marquis  of  Na- 
mur,  which  his  Father  left  him  when  he  went  into  the  Eaft;  and  after 
the  Death  of  the  Emperefs  his  Mother,  the  French  and  Venetians  that 
were  at  Conftantinople,  fent  to  him  by  a  Iblemn  Meflage  to  come  and 
receive  the  Imperial  Crown,  which  did  belong  to  him  upon  the  Death  of 
the  Emperour  his  Father.  And  although,  as  Alberick  fays,  he  was  one 
of  the  moft  valiant  Princes  of  his  Time,  he  defired  to  be  excufed  for  Rea- 
lbns  unknown  j  and  preferred  the  Eftate  that  he  had  before  to  the  Em- 
pire 


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pire  of  Confiantinople,  which  he  voluntarily  refigned  to  his  younger  Bro-    Chap.  II. 
ther  Robert.     Afterwards  he    had  War  with  Valeran  the  fecond,  Duke   \*sv^~s 
of  Limbourg,  who  pretended  to  the  Marquifate  of  Namur,  upon  the  Ac- 
count of  his  Wife :  But  after  feveral  Combats  between  them,  the  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Cologne  and  the  Bifhop  of  Liege  terminated  the  Differences  be- 
tween them,  in  a  Treaty  concluded  at  Dinant,  in  the  Month  of  March 
iizi.     In  the  Month  of  June  the  fame  Year,  being  at  Melun,  he  fwore     12.2a. 
Fealty  to  King  'Philip  Auguftus,  and  afterwards  he  continued  attached  to  the 
Intereft  of  France,  and  accompanied  King  Lewis  VIII.  to  the  Siege  of  Avig- 
non, where  he  died,  without  being  married,  in  the  Year   1226.     The  id     1226. 
Son  was  Peter  de  Courtenay;  he  was  defigned  for  the  Church,  but  died 
young.     3.  Robert  de  Courtenay,  who  was  Emperour  o£  Constantinople;  of 
whom  I  mail  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter.     4.  Henry  de  Courtenay,  Mar- 
quis of  Namur,  after  his  Brother  'Philip:  Alberick  fays,  that  he  was  un- 
der the  Tutorage  of  Enguerrand  the  Third,  Seigneur  de  Coucy,  and  that 
he  died  in  the  Year   1225),  and  that  the  Countefs  of  Vianden,  his  Sifter,     1220. 
put  herfelf  in  PofTefTion  of  the  Marquifate  of  Namur.  $th  Son,  was  Bald- 
win de  Courtenay.    Du  Tillet,  through  a  Miftake,  fays  he   was  Son  and 
not  Brother  of  Robert :  He  was  Emperour  after  him,  and  we  fhall  fpeak 
of  him  in  the  fourth  Chapter  of  this  Book.     6.  Margaret  de  Courtenay ; 
fhe  was  the  eldeft  Daughter  of  the  Emperour  'Peter  and  Toland  his  fecond 
Wife :  She  efpoufed  in  her  firft  Marriage  Raoul  the  Third,  Seigneur  de 
Jffondun,  about  the  Year  12 10,  and  he  died  about  the  Year  12 15,  and  left 
no  Child  by  her:  She  married  afterward,  in  the  Year  12 17,  with  the  el- 
deft Son  of  the  Count  de  Vianden,  in  the  Dutchy  of  Luxembourg,  who  af- 
terward fucceeded  his  Father  ih  that  Title ;  and  he  and  his  Wife  entered 
upon  the  Marquifate  of  Namur,  after  the  Death  of  Henry  de  Courtenay ;_ 
and  they  enjoyed  it  home  to  the  Year  1237,  when  Baldwin  II.  Empe-     1237. 
rour  of  Confiantinople,  Brother  to  Margaret,  took  it  out  of  their  Hands. 
Neverthelels  the  lame  Emperour,  who  was  to  come  into  France,  at  his 
Return  again  to  the  Eaft,  in  the  Year  1 247,  did  order,  That  the  Gover- 
nour  of  the  Caftle  of  Namur,  and  the  Soldiers  of  the   Garrifon,  and  the 
Dean  and  Canons  of  St.  Peter  in  Namur,  fliould  fwear,  that  in  cafe  he  did 
die  without  any  Iffue,  they  would  deliver  up  the  Place  to  his  eldeft  Si- 
fter Margaret,  if  fhe  were  then  alive ;  and  if  not,  then  to  his  Sifter  Eliza- 
beth, Lady  of  Montague ;  and  in  cafe  fhe  was  not  living,  then  to  his  o- 
ther  Sifter,  Agues  Princefs  of  Achaia.    This  Princefs  Margaret  had  three 
Children  by  the  Count  de  Vianden,  Philip  Count  de  Vianden,  after  his 
Father,  Henry  de  Vianden,  Bifhop  of  Utrecht,  and  Toland  de  Vianden- 
Religious. 

Elizabeth  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter  of  the  Emperour  Peter,  by 
his  fecond  Wife,  was  married  twice ;  her  firft  Husband  was  Gaucher,  Son 
of  Milo  III.  Count  de  Bar-fur-Seine,  but  he  died  without  any  Chil- 
dren, at  the  Siege  of  Damiette,  in  the  Year  1210:  She  married  afterwards 
Eudes  the  Firft,  Seigneur  de  Montague  and  de  Chagny ;  fhe  lived  to  the 
Year  1 247,  and  -was  the  Mother  of  many  Children,  mentioned  in  the  Hi- 
ftory  of  the  Dukes  of  Burgogne  by  Monfieur  du  Chefne,  and  in  that  of 
Meffieurs  de  SainBc-Martha.  Toland  de  Courtenay,  third  Daughter  of 
the  Emperour,  was  fecond  Wife  of  Andrew  II.  King  of  Hungary.  This 
Queen  Toland  died  in  the  Year  12.33,  anc^>  as  Alberick  fays,  fhe  was  bu- 
ried in  the  Abbey  of  Egrez.  The  King  married  again  in  the  Year  1 235, 
May  14,  Beatrix  Daughter  of  Aldobrandin  II.  Marquis  d'Efte,  and  died, 
as  Alberick  fays,  the  fame  Year.  By  his  Queen  Toland  he  had  one  only 
Daughter,  of  the  fame  Name  with  her  Mother,  from  whom  is  defcended 

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54  Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  II.  the  Houfe  of  Auftria,  that  did  formerly  give  Kings  to  Spain,  and  does  now 
s^~v^->  Emperours  to  Germany.  Mary  de  Courtenay,  fourth  Daughter,  married 
in  the  Year  121  o,  to  Theodore  Lafcaris,  Emperour  of  the  Greeks  in  A/ia-, 
fhe  had  no  Child  by  him;  he  died  in  the  Year  1222,  and  me  a  little 
Time  after.  Agnes,  the  fifth  Daughter,  married  Geofry  de  Hardouin  IL 
Prince  of  Achat  a  and  of  the  Morea,  firnamed  the  loung,  by  whom  fhe 
had  William  Ville-Hardouin,  Prince  of  Achaia  and  of  the  Morea,  Stew- 
ard of  Romania,  who  married  Anne  Comenia,  Daughter  of  Michael  An- 
gelo,  Defpote  of  Etolia  and  Epirus,  and  Prince  of  Theffalonica,  who  was 
Father  of  Isabella  Ville-Hardouin,  Princefs  of  Achaia  and  Morea,  and 
married  firft  with  Florent  de  Hainault,  Seigneur  de  Braine  and  Hall,  and 
afterwards  fhe  married  Philip  of  Savoy,  Prince  of  Piedmont.  The  fixth 
Daughter  was  Eleanor ;  fhe  married  Philip  de  Montfort,  Seigneur  de  Ferte- 
Aleps  in  Beauce,  Nephew  to  Simon  the  Fourth,  Count  de  Montfort  and 
Leicejler,  General  of  the  War  againft  the  Albigenfes.  The  feventh  Daugh- 
ter was  Conftance,  who  is  mentioned  with  her  Father  in  a  Charter  made 
to  the  Abbey  of  Vezelay,  in  the  Year  12 10;  and  there  is  nothing  more 
known  of  her  than  her  Name.  Sibyll  de  Courtenay  was  the  eighth  Daugh- 
ter ;  fhe  was  a  Religious  in  the  Monaftery  of  Fonteurant,  to  which  Mo- 
naftery  her  Father  gave  Twenty  Five  Pounds  Paris,  annual  Rent,  upon 
her  Account,  which  was  confirmed  by  her  Brother  Philip  de  Courtenay, 
Marquis  of Namur,  in  the  Year  1223,  in  the  Month  of  March.  She  died 
in  the  thirteenth  Year  of  her  Age,  as  the  Regifter  of  the  laid  Monaftery 
doth  fhew,  in  which  are  thefe  Words:  Sibylla  obiit  virgo  apud  Fontem- 
Ebrardi,  at  at  is  13.  annorum,  filia  Comitis  Autiftodorenfts,  &  Tolendis 
de  Flandria. 

chap.  in.  Chap.    III. 

\Obert  de  Courtenay  fucceeded  his  Father  Peter  in  the  Em- 
pire of  Conjiantinople,  Philip  his  elder  Brother,  Marquis  of 
Namur  having  yielded  it  up  to  him ;  and  he  parted  from 
France  about  the  Year    1220;  and  having  gone  through 
Germany  and  Hungary,  where  he  paffed  the  Winter  with 
King  Andrew  his  Brother-in-law,  he  arrived  at  Conftantino- 
pie  the  Beginning  of  March    1221.     The   Patriarch  Matthew  crowned 
him  Emperour  in  the  Church  of  St.  Sophia  the   25th  Day  of  the  fame 
Month,  and  then  he  confirmed  all  that  Conon  de  Bethune  had  done  du- 
ring the  Time  that  he  was  Regent  in  the  Empire,  which  he  found  at- 
tacked by  two  potent  Enemies,  <viz.  Theodore  de  Lafcaris,  Emperour  of 
the  Greeks  in  Afia,  and  Theodore  Comenim,  Prince  of  Epirus.    But  be- 
caufe  this  laft  did  put  his  Father  to  Death,  and  he  was  willing  to  be  re- 
venged of  him,  he  made  Peace  with  Lafcaris  his  Brother-in-law ;  and  that 
this  Peace  might  be  firm  and  lafting,  he  promifed  to  marry  Eudoxia  his 
Daughter,  which  he  had  by  Anne  Comenia,  his  firft  Wife,  the  Daughter 
of  the  Emperour  Alexis,  firnamed  Andronicus.    But  this  came  to  none  Ef- 
fect ;  not  only  by  Reafbn  of  the  Death  of  Theodore,  which  happened  juft 
as  he  was  about  to  fend  his  Daughter  Eudoxia  to  Confantinople,  but  on 
Account  of  the  Artifices  of  John  Ducas,  firnamed  Vatacius,  his  Son-in-law, 
and  SuccefTor  in  the  Empire  of  Nice ;  againft  whom  the  Emperour  Robert, 
fbme  Time  after,  marched  an  Army  into  Afia,  where  he  gave  him  Battle. 

But 


Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.    55 

But  the  Succefs  did  not  anfwer  the  Hopes  that  the  French  had  conceived,  Chap.  III. 
when  they  had  put  the  Greeks  into  Diforder  the  firft  Onfet ;  for  Vatacius  <S~~V~\J 
having  rallied  his  Men,  and  encouraged  them  by  his  Example  and  Valour, 
the  Fight  was  renewed  by  him  with  fo  great  Vigour,  that  notwithftand- 
ing  the  brave  Refiftance  of  the  Emperour  Robert,  he  forced  the  Victory  to 
declare  for  him,  and  he  remained  Mafter  of  the  Field.  Alexis  and  John 
Laf:aris,  Generals  of  the  Army  for  the  Emperour  Robert,  were  taken 
Prifbners,  and  afterwards  put  to  Death,  although  they  were  the  Uncles  of 
Vatachis's  Wife.  But  the  Victory  coft  Vatacius  dear,  for  there  were  a 
great  many  Greeks  flain ;  and  the  Emperour  Robert  alio  loft  the  greateft 
Part  of  the  beft  of  his  Men ;  lb  that  becaufe  he  had  not  Forces  enough  to 
defend  himfelf  from  his  Enemies,  he  had  Recourfe  to  Pope  Honorius  III. 
and  to  King  Lewis  VIII.  his  Coufin-german,  for  to  lend  him  fome  auxi- 
liary Troops;  but  they  gave  him  but  little  Hopes  to  expect  any:  He 
was  therefore  conftrained  to  make  Peace  with  Vatacius,  and  to  yield  to  him 
that  which  Vatacius  had  taken  from  him  in  Afia,  upon  Condition  that 
the  Princefs  Eudoxia,  who  was  promifed  to  be  given  to  him  in  Marriage 
by  her  Father,  ihould  be  fent  to  him :  But  Vatacius  delaying  for  ibme  Time 
to  perform  this  laft  Article,  the  Emperour  changed  his  Defign  towards 
Eudoxia  j  for  he  was  in  the  mean  Time  fallen  in  Love  with,  and  afterward 
married  to  a  French  Lady  of  extraordinary  Beauty,  who  was  a  Daughter  of 
a  Gentleman  of  Quality  in  the  County  of  Artois,  named  Baldwin  de  Neu- 
fuille  :  And  the  Emperour  was  fo  much  given  up  to  his  PafTion,  that  he 
did  not  confider  that  ftie  had  made  a  Contract  with  a  certain  Knight  of 
Burgundy,  and  that  he  had  need  to  have  married  into  lome  great  Family, 
and  by  that  to  have  made  himfelf  formidable  to  his  Enemies.  It  happen- 
ed that  the  Princefs  Eudoxia  came  to  Confiantinople,  whilft  the  Empe- 
rour was  fo  violently  in  Love  with  this  young  Lady,  and  her  Coming 
was  not  well-pleafing  to  the  Emperour ;  and  fhe  married  with  his  Con- 
fent  a  Gentleman  of  F'icardie,  named  Anfelm  de  Cahieu.  The  Gentleman 
that  had  the  Emperefs  taken  from  him  juft  as  he  was  going  to  marry  her, 
not  being  able  to  bear  the  Injury  that  he  thought  was  done  to  him,  took 
a  Refolution  to  be  revenged  on  the  Emperour ;  and  he  with  fome  of  his 
Friends  and  Relations,  whom  he  had  made  privy  to  his  Defign,  went  by 
Night  into  the  Palace,  and  having  feized  the  Mother  of  the  Emperefs, 
they  took  her  and  threw  her  into  the  Sea,  and  then  cut  off  the  Nofe  and 
Lips  of  the  young  Emperefs.  The  Emperour  was  very  much  grieved  at 
this  Outrage;  and  he  was  the  more  troubled,  becaufe  a  great  many  of  the 
Great  Men  of  the  Court,  out  of  Hatred  to  his  Perfbn,  were  Accomplices 
with  the  young  Gentleman  in  this  barbarous  Fact :  He  therefore  leaves 
Conftantinople  and  goes  to  Rome,  to  defire  Aid  of  the  Pope,  that  he  might 
be  able  to  punifh  the  Infolence  of  his  Subjects ;  and  having  ftaid  at  Rome 
for  fome  Time,  by  the  Advice  of  the  Pope,  he  went  Home  to  look  after 
his  Affairs,  and  as  he  was  upon  the  Road,  he  fell  fick  in  Achaia,  and  died 
there  in  the  Year  iaa8:  He  left  no  Child  behind  him.  And  we  may  fay,  ,a28, 
fays  Bouchet,  that  this  was  the  Source  and  Original  of  all  the  Difgraces 
that  were  infeparable  afterwards  from  the  Reign  of  his  Succeffor,  and 
which  did  fall  upon  the  Empire.  Some  do  fay,  that  by  Reafbn  of  his 
Cowardice,  a  great  Part  of  the  Conquelt  that  the  French  had  made  in 
Greece  was  loft.  But  I  cannot,  fays  Bouchet,  find,  but  that  it  was  more 
his  Misfortune  than  his  Fault ;  for  the  beft  of  his  Troops  pcrifhed  in  the 
Battle  againft  Vatacius  at  'Pemarin,  and  he  had  but  few  Forces  to  oppoie 
his  Enemies  with ;  and  it  was  impoffible  for  him  to  have  Succours  in  another 
Crufade,  in  Seafon,  from  Kingdoms  that  were  fo  far  from  him. 

CHAP. 


$6   Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 


chap. iv,  Chap.  IV. 

ALD  WIN  de  Courtenay  fucceeded  Robert  his  Brother  in 
the  Empire  of  Conjiantinople:  The  Emperefs  his  Mother 
was  in  Child-bed  with  him  at  Conjiantinople  whilft  his  fa- 
ther was  a  Priibner,  about  the  End  of  the  Year  1217:  and 
becaufe  the  Minority  in  which  he  was,  when  his  Brother  Ro- 
bert died,  rendered  him  uncapable  to  hold  the  Reins  of  an 
Empire,  filled  with  Divifions,  and  attacked  with  potent  Enemies,  as  that 
of  Conjiantinople  was,  and  of  which  he  was  lawful  Heir ;  therefore  the 
chief  Lords  of  the  Realm  chofe  for  Protector  of  the  Empire  John  Azeny 
King  of  Bulgaria,  a  powerful  Prince  and  of  great  Reputation ;  and  they 
did  propofe,  that  there  mould  be  a  Marriage  between  the  young  Empe- 
rour  Baldwin  and  the  King  of  Bulgaria's  Daughter,  a  young  Lady  of  ex- 
traordinary Beauty  ;  and  in  Consideration  of  this  Marriage,  the  Bulgarians 
fhould  be  obliged,  at  their  own  Expence,  to  recover  to  the  Empire  all 
that  it  had  loft  in  the  Eaft.  But  the  Power  of  this  King  of  Bulgaria  was 
fufpe&ed  by  thofe  that  had  a  Hand  in  the  Barbarity  that  was  committed 
againft  the  Wife  of  the  laft  Emperour  ;  and  they  were  afraid  that  the  Em- 
perour  would  make  life  of  his  Power  to  revenge  the  Injuries  done  his 
Brother :  Some  therefore  perfwaded  the  reft  of  the  Nobles,  that  this  Al- 
liance would  be  one  Time  or  other  Fatal  to  the  Empire ;  becaufe  thefe 
Barbarians  were  naturally  perfidious,  and  might  in  Time  difpoffefs  the 
French,  and  turn  them  out  of  the  Empire,  under  Pretence  of  fending  them 
Succours.  They  then  did  break  off  with  Azen,  and  did  caft  their  Eyes 
on  Joirn  de  Brenne,  titular  King  of  Jerusalem,  a  Prince  of  great  Valour 
and  confummate  Experience,  and  who  was  then  in  Italy,  and  commanded 
the  Army  of  Pope  Gregory  IX.  againft  the  Emperour  Frederick  II.  his 
Son-in-law.  The  Choice  was  approved  on  by  the  Pope;  and  the  Ambaf- 
fadours  from  Conjiantinople  and  from  King  John  met,  and  agreed  upon  cer- 
tain Articles  contained  in  a  Treaty,  made  with  the  Advice  of  the  Pope, 
and  in  his  Prefence,  and  they  are  found  in  the  Continuation  of  Baronius's 
■  20.  Annals  in  the  Year  1220.  And  the  Sum  of  the  Treaty  was,  that  there 
mould  be  a  Contract  of  Marriage  made  between  Baldwin  the  Emperour 
and  the  King  of  Jerusalem's  Daughter,  which  fhould  be  confummated 
when  they  came  of  Age;  and  that  becaufe  the  Emperour  is  a  Minor, 
the  King  fhould  be  crowned  Emperour,  and  enjoy  the  Empire  during 
his  Life ;  and  after  his  Death,  Baldwin  and  his  Heirs  fhall  iucceed  in  the 
Empire.  In  confequence  of  this  Treaty,  King  'John  made  Preparation  to 
go  and  take  Pofleflion  of  the  Empire,  and  in  the  mean  Time  he  went  and 
defired  Succours  of  the  French  King,  and  came  again  into  Italy  to  take 
with  him  thofe  Troops  that  he  had  raifed  there ;  and  about  the  latter  End 
3  \'  of  Autumn,  1 23 1,  he  arrived  at  Conjiantinople,  where  he  was  received  with 
great  Joy,  and  was  crowned  Emperour  in  the  Church  of  St.  Sophia,  But 
having  paffed  away  two  whole  Years  without  doing  any  Thing  againft  the 
Enemy,  his  Army  was  much  diminiihed:  And  when  the  Emperour  of 
Nice,  and  Azen  King  of  Bulgaria,  had  entered  into  a  League  againft  him, 
and  came  and  befieged  Conjiantinople,  he  had  but  few  Forces  to  defend  it : 
And  they  had  certainly  taken  it,  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  extraordinary 
Valour  of  One  Hundred  Sixty  French  Knights,  their  'Squires  and  Atten- 
dants, who  in  a  wonderful  Manner  beat  off  the  Army  of  the  Greeks.  But 
this  Defeat  did  not  difhearten  the  Enemy,  but  they  got  another  Army, 

and 


Part  II.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.     57 

and  being  pufhed  on  with  a  Defire  to  repair  the  Difgrace,  they  befieged  Chap.  IV. 
Confiantinople  a  fecond  Time,  and  they  were  forced  to  raife  the  Siege  a-   W:V~V-» 
gain :  But  thefe  Victories  gave  no  other  Advantage  to  the  Emperour,  but 
only  to  fee  for  fome  Time  the  Greeks  and  Bulgarians  to  be  got  off  from 
the  Walls  of  the  Capital  of  his  Empire ;  for  through  Want  of  Money  and 
Neceffaries,  he  was  not  able  to  keep  the  Field :  He  therefore  refolves  to 
fend  a  Petition  to  Pope  Gregory  IX.  that  he  would  prefs  the  Chriftian 
Princes  to  lend  thofe  Succours  that  they  had  promifed  him.     And  for  this 
End  Prince  Baldwin,  his  Son-in-law,  went  into  Italy,  in  the  Year  1236',     1236. 
accompanied  with  John  de  Bethune,  Count  de  St.  'Paul,  one  of  the  raoft 
noble  and  moft  valiant  Gentlemen  of  the  Age,  who  was  Nephew  to  Conon 
de  Bethune,  Prince  of  Adrianofle,  and  who  was  thought  fit,  for  his  Me- 
rit and  illultrious  Birth,  to  have  the  Government  of  the  Empire  after  the 
Death  of  the  Emperefs  Toland. 

Prince  Baldwin  having  informed  the  Pope  of  the  deplorable  State  the 
Empire  was  reduced  to,  and  of  the  great  Want  of  Men  and  Money,  he 
obtained  of  the  Pope  Bulls  to  publifh  a  Crufade  in  France  5  and  he  went 
to  France  the  Beginning  of  the  Year  1237  :  And  the  King  St.  Lewis,  and 
the  King's  Mother,  received  him,  not  only  with  the  Refpect  that  was  due 
to  his  great  Dignity  and  Birth,  but  alio  with  great  Demonliration  of  Love, 
as  being  their  near  Kinfman ;  and  to  give  him  fome  Marks  of  Friendfhip, 
the  King  did  put  him  into  Poffeflion  of  the  Seignioury  of  Courtenay,  and 
other  Eftates  that  did  belong  to  him  in  France :  And  Joan  Countefs  of 
llanders  did  likewife  furrender  to  him  all  thofe  Eftates  that  did  belong  to 
him  in  her  County :  And  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  Countefs  of  Vianden, 
his  Sifter,  was  the  only  Perlbn  that  refufed  to  yield  up  to  him  his  Right j 
and  he  was  going  to  force  her  to  it,  and  there  was  like  to  be  War  between 
him  and  the  Count  her  Husband ;  but  at  laft  they  agreed  to  ftand  to  the 
Judgment  of  the  Countefs  of  Flanders,  and  fhe  ordered,  that  the  Marqui- 
fate  of  Namur  fhould  be  delivered  to  Baldwin  for  the  Sum  of  7000  Li- 
vres,  which  he  fhould  be  bound  to  pay  to  the  Countefs  his  Sifter,  and  to  the 
Count,  for  the  Charges  they  were  at  in  defending  the  Marquhate  all  the 
Time  they  had  the  Poffeffion  of  it.     A  little  Time  after  he  had  this  good 
Succefs,  he  received  by  Meffengers  fent  to  him  from  Constantinople,  an  Ac- 
count of  the  Death  of  the  Emperour  his  Father-in-law,  v\  hich  happened  the 
3d  of  March,  as  alfo  an  Account  of  the  great  Danger  the  Empire  was  in; 
whereupon  he  did  all  that  he  could  to  engage  the  Chriftian  Princes  in  its 
Prefervation.     The  Pope  gave  Orders  that  the  Tenths  of  the  Diocefes  of 
Lyons,  Mafcou,  and  Chalons,  fhould  be  put  into  the  Hands  of  John  de 
Dreiix,  Count  of  Mafcon,  to  be  employed  for  the  railing  of  Soldiers  for 
the  Succour  of  Confiautinofle ',  and  in  the  mean  Time   Prince  Baldwin 
went  over  into  England,  to  defire  the  Ailift  ance  of  King  Henry  III.  his     x  2  „  g 
Coufin-german.     Matthew  Taris  in  his  Hiftory   writes,  that  when  King  ■ 

Henry  heard  of  his  landing  at  Dover,  he  fent  to  him  a  Mclfenger,  to 
acquaint  him,  that  he  took  it  ill  that  fuch  a  Prince  as  he  fhould  enter  his 
Kingdom  without  giving  him  Notice  of  it,  and  without  his  Permiflion. 
Matthew  Taris  fays,  the  King  was  offended  becaufe  the  Emperour  John 
de  Brenne  had  taken  Part  with  the  French  King  againft  him,  and  he 
thought  that  Prince  Baldwin  was  come  to  defire  Succours  for  the  Holy 
Land.  But  when  the  King  confidered  his  great  Dignity,  and  the  Near- 
nefs  of  Blood  that  was  betwixt  them,  he  fent  to  him,  and  told  him,  that 
feeing  he  was  come  into  his  Kingdom  as  a  Friend,  he  defired  him  to 
continue  his  Journey,  and  to  honour  him  with  his  Preience :  Which  Mel- 
fage  was  very  acceptable  to  Prince  Baldwin,  and  he  came  to  London  the 

P  fecond 


58    Part  If.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Bookl. 

Chap.  IV.  fecond  Day  of  May,  and  went  from  thence  to  the  King's  Houfe  at  Wood- 
\^\r~\j  flock,  where  was  the  King  and  his   Brother  Richard  Earl  of  Cornwall, 
who  was  afterwards  Emperour  of  Germany.    They  received  him  with  that 
Honour  that  was  due  to  his  great  Birth  and  Quality,  and  both  of  them 
made  him  great  Prefents :  And  the  King,  becaufe  he  could  not  help  him 
with  Men,  delivered  to  him  Seven  Hundred  Marks  of  Silver  for  to  raife 
Men  in  France,  where  he  arrived  in  a  little  Time  after.     And   he  fent 
confiderable  Succours  into  Greece,  under  the  Command  of  John  de  Bet  fame, 
hoping  that  he  himfelf,  in  a  little  Time  after,  would  march  with  a  confi- 
derable Army,  together  with  the  Duke  of  Burgundy,  the  Count  of  Bri- 
tain, the  Counts  de  Bar,  Soijfons,  and  Mafcon,  and  many  other  great  Men 
of  France,  which  had  taken  upon  them  the  Crols,  in  order  to  affift  Con- 
stantinople.   But  the  Succefs  was  not  fo  lucky  as  Prince  Baldwin  with 
Reaibn  might  hope ;  for  Johnje  Bethune  dy'd  at  Venice  of  Grief,  for  that 
ire  was  taken  Prifoner  as  he  marched  his  Army  through  Lombardy,  by 
the  Emperour  Frederick  II.  Enemy  to  his  Mailer,  who  pretended  that  his 
Troops  committed  fome  Acts  of  Hoftility ;  and  becaufe  he  could  not  ob- 
tain his  Liberty,  although  he  offered  One  Hundred  Marks  of  Gold  for  his 
Ranfom,  a  great  Part  of  the  Officers  of  the  Army,  finding  themfelves  with- 
out a  General,  and  without  Subfiftence,  went  to  Rome,  after  they  had  gi- 
ven Liberty  to  the  Soldiers  to  go  where  they  would ;  fo  that  thofe  that 
went  to  Conflantinofle  were  but  few,  and  thofe  did  but  ferve  to  augment 
the  Mifery  of  the  City,  which  was  very  great,  by  Reafon  of  the  Want 
of  Money  and  Provifions.     And  the  Want  was  fo  great,  that  the  Regent 
and   other  great   Officers  of  the   Empire  were  obliged  to  mortgage  the 
Crown  of  Thorns  which  our  bleffed  Saviour  wore  which  Thing  was  done 
1238.    the  Fourth  of  September,  1238,  to  Nicholas  Quirini,  a  Gentleman  of  Ve- 
nice ;  and  the  Crofs  was  redeemed  afterward  by  St.  Lewis  King  of  France^ 
in  Purfuance  of  a  Grant  that  the  Emperour  Baldwin  made  to  him  of  it. 

The  Death  of  John  de  Bethune,  and  the  Difperfing  of  his  Army,  was 
very  bad  News  toBaldwin ;  but  the  mortgaging  the  Crown  of  Thorns  of  our 
bleffed  Saviour,  that  moft  precious  Relict,  that  was  in  the  Chapel  of  the  Pa- 
lace of  the  Emperour,  did  trouble  him  very  much ;  and  judging  by  it  that 
the  French  in  the  Eaft  were  in  very  great  Straits,  he  took  a  Relblution  to 
go  and  fuccour  them,  and  to  quit  trance,  where,  if  he  ftaid  any  longer,  he 
knew  that  the  Empire  would  be  loft.  And  to  furnifh  him  for  the  Voyage, 
he  mortgaged  to  St.  Lewis  his  County  of  Namnr,  for  Fifty  Thoufand  Livres 
Taris ;  and  before  he  went,  he  affigned  as  Dowry  to  Mary  de  Brenne  his 
Wife,  who  was  at  that  Time  in  Greece,  the  Seignioury  of  Blacon  in  the 
Diocefe  of  Cambray,  in  the  Place  of  thofe  Seigniouries  in  Namur,  which 
were  fettled  upon  her  in  Marriage :  In  that  Deed  of  his,  which  is  figned 
at  Blacon,  in  the  Month  of  June  1157,  he  is  ftiled  the  Heir  of  the  Em- 
pire, and  Count  of  Namur.  And  this  is  certain,  that  he  did  not  take  up- 
on him  the  Title  of  Emperour  'till  after  he  was  crowned,  which  gave  Oc- 
cafion  to  the  Errour  of  ibme,  who  faid  that  the  Emperour  Robert  lived  to 
*  the  firft  Year  of  Baldwin's  Reign.     In  the  mean  Time  the  Count  of  Bri~ 

tain,  who  had  croffed  himfelf  to  go  the  Affiftance  of  Conflantinofle  with 
Two  Thoufand  Foot  and  Two  Thoufand  Horfc,  changed  his  Defign,  and 
refolvcd  to  go  to  the  Holy  Land  with  other  Princes  of  France,  who  had 
before  likewife  promifed  to  go  into  Greece.  Neverthelefs  the  Army  of 
Baldwin  was  pretty  confiderable ;  for  Alberick,  who  wrote  of  thofe  Times, 
fays,  that  it  confifted  of  30,000  Horfe  befides  Infantry,  and  that  there  were 
700  Knights  that  accompanied  him  in  the  Voyage,  with  other  great  Lords, 
amongft  whom  were  Humbert  the  Fifth,  Sire  de  Beanjeau,  his  Coufin,  who 


Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I,  59 

was  afterwards  Conftable  of  France.,  Thomas  de  Coney,  Seigneur  de  Ver-  Chap,  IV, 
rci:is,  and  others.  He  arrived  fafe  with  his  Army  at  Conjlantinople  about  K^rv^a 
the  End  of  the  Year  1235),  and  was  crowned  in  the  Month  of  December  :  1230, 
And  his  Army  was  encreafed  by  Jonas  and  Sororim,  Kings  of  Comenia, 
his  Allies,  who  joined  their  Forces  with  his.  He  began  the  Campaign  with 
the  Seige  of  Chiorli,  becaufe  it  was  a  very  important  Place,  and  made 
himfelf  Matter  of  it.  John  Vatacius,  Emperour  of  Nic e,  made  fome  Pro- 
grefs  at  that  Time  in  AJia ;  but  he  had  not  ib  good  Succefs  by  Sea  as  by 
Land  ;  for  his  Fleet,  which  confilted  of  thirty  Gallies,  was  fet  upon  by 
that  of  the  Emperour  Bald-win,  and  was  intirely  defeated.  Thefe  Advan- 
tages gave  great  Hopes  to  the  Emperour  that  he  fiiould  eftablifli  his  Em- 
pire ;  but  he  found  afterwards,  that  he  was  not  able  to  maintain  fo  great 
an  Army  as  he  had,  being  joined  by  the  Allies :  He  was  forced  therefore 
to  accept  a  Truce  of  two  Years  which  was  offered  him  by  Vatacitts  his 
Enemy,  and  to  alienate  fome  Part  of  his  Eftate  that  he  had  'in  France 
to  help  his  prefent  Neceffities :  But  St.  Lewis  the  French  King  refilled  to 
give  the  Investiture  of  the  Seignioury  of  Courtenay  to  the  Prince  of  A- 
chaia,  to  whom  he  had  fold  it.  And  the  King  wrote  to  the  Emperour  a 
Letter,  in  which  he  faid,  That  he  was  furprized  to  hear,  that  he  had 
made  over  to  a  Stranger  that  Seignioury  from  which  he  took  his  Name: 
Upon  which  the  Emperour  fent  the  Dean  of  Blakerne,  his  Almoner,  with 
a  Letter,  in  which  he  endeavoured  to  excufe  himfelf;  and  becaufe  it  dif- 
pleafed  the  King,  he  faid  he  had  altered  his  Mind,  and  had  fettled  his  Seig- 
nioury of  Courtenay  upon  Mary  his  Wife,  inftead  of  other  Lands  that  he 
mentions  in  his  Letter,  and  defires  the  King  that  he  would  be  pleafed  to 
confirm  it. 

During  the  Truce  that  the  Emperour  made  with  Vatacius,  the  auxi- 
liary Troops  that  the  Emperour  had  with  him  retired  Home,  and  Soro- 
rim  King  of  Co?nenia  left  the  Emperour,  and  took  Part  with  Vatacius 
his  Enemy ;  whereupon  the  Emperour  finding  himfelf  in  lb  great  Necef- 
fity,  and  in  lb  great  Want  of  Men  and  Money,  was  forced  to  feefc  for 
Help  from  the  Infidels,  and  to  make  an  Alliance  with  lathatin  Sultan 
of  Icon,  his  Neighbour  in  Afia,  one  of  the  moft  powerful  Princes  among 
the  Mahometans,  who  poffeffed  Lycaonia,  Capadocia,  and  the  leffer  Ar- 
menia, and  who  was  an  Enemy  to  Vatacius.  The  Emperour  and  this 
Prince  made  a  League  offenfive  and  defenfive  during  their  Lives,  and  to 
make  it  the  ftronger  and  more  lafting,  the  Emperour  promiled  that  he 
would  endeavour  that  the  Prince  fhould  have  a  Kinfwoman  of  his  in  Mar- 
riage, provided  that  fhe  and  all  her  Family  fhould  have  the  free  Exercife 
of  their  Religion ;  and  in  order  to  perform  this  laft  Article,  he  fends  a 
Gentleman  to  France  with  a  Letter  to  King  Lewis's  Mother,  in  which  he 
defired  that  fhe  would  endeavour  to  perfwade  his  Sifter  Elizabeth,  who 
married  Odo  Seigneur  de  Mountague,  to  fend  one  of  her  Daughters ;  but 
this  did  not  take  Effecl :  And  this  Letter  which  the  Emperour  fent  to 
King  Lewis's  Mother,  together  with  that  which  he  fent  to  the  King,  'and 
which  we  jufr.  before  mentioned,  are  at  large  both  in  Latin  at  the  End  of 
Bouchefs  Hiflory. 

A  little  Time  after  this  the  Emperour  went  again  to  France,  and  mort- 
gaged to  the  French  King  all  the  holy  Relicks  that  were  kept  in  the 
Chapel  of  the  Palace  of  Conflautinofle,  and  they  are  all  particularly  na- 
med in  the  Grant  that  the  Emperour  made  of  them  to  the  King :  As, 
1.  The  Crown  of  Thorns,  which  was  before  mart  aged  to  a  Venetian  Gen- 
tleman, as  was  faid  before..  2.  A  Part  of  the  Crofs  of  our  ble (fed  Saviour. 
3.  The  Bloody  which  in  a  wonderful  and  miraculous  Manner  flowed  from 

an 


6o    Part  II-     The  Gctieahgical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I, 

ihap.  IV.  an  Image  of  our  blejfed  Saviour,  -which  was  (truck  by  an  Infidel.  4.  the 
wOTw  Chain  with  which  our  Saviour  was  bound  made  into  a  Ring.  5.  The 
Holy  Cloth  pit  into  a  Frame.  6.  A  great  Part  of  the  Sepulchre  of  our 
bleffed  Saviour.  7.  'The  Lance  with  which  our  blejfed  Saviour  was  pier- 
ced. 8.  The  Holy  Crols,  and  another  lejjer  Crols,  which  the  Ancients  cal- 
led the  Triumphal  Crofs,  becaufe  in  Hops  of  Victory  by  it  the  Emprours 
did  life  to  have  it  carried  before  them  when  they  went  out  to  Battle,  p. 
The  Purple  Robe  that  the  Soldiers  in  Derifion  did  pit  vpn  our  Saviour. 
lo.  The  Reed  which  they  did  pit  in  his  Hand.  11.  The  Spunge  filled 
with  Vinegar,  of  which  they  gave  him  to  drink.  1 1.  Part  of  the  Nap- 
kin that  was  girt  about  our  Saviour's  Head,  as  he  did  lie  in  the  Sepulchre. 
13.  The  Towel,  with  which  he  was  girt  when  he  wajhed  the  Difcipes 
Feet,  and  with  which  he  did  wip  them.  1 4.  Some  of  the  Blood  of  our 
bleffed  Saviour.  15.  The  Swaddling  Clothes,  with  which  our  Saviour  was 
wrafpd  when  he  was  born.  1 6.  Some  of  the  Milk  of  the  blejfed  Virgin. 
1  7.  MofesV  Rod.  1 8.  The  upper  Part  of  the  Head  of  St.  John  Baptift. 
15.  The  Heads  0/6>.  Blafe,  St.  Clement,  and  St.  Simeon.  All  thefe  pre- 
cious Relicks,  which  had  been  pawned  before  to  feveral  Perfons,  did  St. 
Lewis  the  French  King  redeem  for  a  great  Sum  of  Money,  and  the  Em- 
perour made  them  over  to  him  by  a  Deed  of  Gift,  which  Deed  in  Latin 
is  at  large  in  the  End  of  Bouchct,  amongft  the  Proofs  of  his  Hiftory.  But 
the  Emperour,  although  he  received  a  confiderable  Sum  of  Money  for 
thefe  Relicks  fiom  St.  Lewis,  yet  was  he  forced  to  return  to  Conftantino- 
fie,  without  the  Forces  which  he  hoped  to  have  had  upon  the  News  he 
received,  that  the  Truce  being  ended,  Vatacius  his  Enemy  was  entered 
Thrace,  and  had  taken  Chiorli.  A  little.  Time  after  his  Arrival  at  Conftan- 
tinofle,  he  fent  the  Emperefs  his  Wife  into  France  to  get  fbme  Succours 
from  St.  Lewis  and  other  Princes.  But  the  King,  with  a  great  many  of 
Princes  and  Nobles  of  France,  were  juft  upon  the  Point  of  going  to  the 
Holy  Land,  to  war  againft  the  Infidels  that  had  feized  on  that  Country ; 
and  therefore  the  Queen  could  not  obtain  any  Succours  from  them ;  where- 
fore the  Emperour  was  forced  to  leave  the  Campaign,  and  to  abide  in  Con- 
1 2SS-  ftantinope,  'till  the  End  of  the  Year  1 155,  when  the  Death  of  Vatacius  gave 
him  Leave  to  breathe  a  little;  becaufe  his  Son  and  Heir,  Theodore  Lafca- 
ris,  was  attacked  both  in  Eur  op  and  Afid,  in  the  Beginning  of  the  Year 
following,  by  Michael  King  of  Bulgaria,  and  by  the  Tartars,  and  therefore 
was  forced  to  draw  all  his  Forces  from  Romania,  to  oppofe  thefe  two  po- 
tent Enemies :  And  when  the  Greeks  were  retired  from  the  Dominions  of 
the  Emperour,  he  remained  for  ibme  Time  in  full  Liberty  :  But  in  the 
mean  Time,  whilft  he  enjoyed  Peace  in  Conflantinople,  the  Emperefs  his 
Wife  was  engaged  in  a  War  to  fave  the  County  0?  Namur,  which  War 
was  raifed  by  the  Rebellion  of  her  Subjects.  The  Emperefs  having  order- 
ed her  Steward  to  do  Juftice  upon  fome  Gentlemen  of  that  Country,  that 
had  committed  fome  Violences  againft  her  Subjects,  he  was,  as  the  Chro- 
nicle of  Flanders  fays,  flain  in  the  Execution  of  her  Orders.  And  when 
thofe  that  were  guilty  had  loft  all  Hopes  of  obtaining  Pardon  for  their 
Crimes,  (that  they  might  defend  themfelves  in  their  Treafon)  they  fent  to 
Henry  the  Firft,  Count  de  Luxemburg,  and  promifed  him,  that  they  would 
put  him  in  Pofleilion  of  the  City  of  Harmir,  and  would  own  him  for  their 
Lord ;  which  being  done,  the  Emperefs,  becaufe  fhe  was  not  ftrong  e- 
nough  of  herfelf  to  drive  out  the  Ulurper,  who  pretended  ibme  Right  to 
the  Marquifate  upon  the  Account  of  his  Mother,  fhe  fent  to  her  Friends 
and  Relations  for  Affiftance,  viz.  to  the  Countefs  of  Flanders,  the  Count 
de  Joiguy,  and  to  other  of  her  Friends,  and  fhe  hcrlelf  railed  fome  Troops 

at 


PartIL       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.   61 

at  her  own  Charges,  of  which  her  elder  Brother  Alphonfus  de  Brenne,  Chap,  IV« 
Count  de  Eu,  and  Grand  Chamberlain  of  France,  had  the  Command.  And  v-v"*-* 
the  Countefs  of  Flanders  lent  an  Army  of  Flemmings,  under  the  Con- 
duel  of  her  Son  John  de  Auefnes,  who  befieged  the  City  of  Namttr.  But 
all  this  ferved  but  to  make  the  Triumph  of  the  Count  de  Luxemburg 
the  more  glorious ;  for  John  de  Ave  files,  inftead  of  prefling  the  Befieged, 
made  a  Truce  with  them  for  five  Days,  during  which  Time  he  put  nei- 
ther Provifions  nor  Succours  into  the  Caftle,  which  held  then  for  the  Em- 
perefs ;  which  made  the  Count  of  Joigny  fufpecf  that  he  kept  Correfpon- 
dence  with  the  Enemy,  whereupon  he  drew  off  his  Forces,  and  marched 
them  back  to  Champagne.  But  notwithstanding  the  Truce,  the  Count  de 
Luxemburg  fell  upon  him  in  his  Retreat,  and  defeated  his  Rear-guard,  and 
forced  the  Emperefs  to  raife  the  Siege,  and  took  the  Caltle  by  Compofi- 
tion,  and  in  fine  made  himfclf  Mafter  of  the  whole  County  of  Namttr  ;  of 
which  the  Emperefs  feeing  herfelf  fpoiled,  and  being  without  Hopes  of  re-> 
covering  it,  fold  her  Right  to  Guy  Count  of  Flanders. 

Baldwin  the  Emperour  had  no  better  Fortune  in  the  Eaft  than  the 
Emperefs  his  Wife  had  in  the  Weft ;  for  finding  himfelf  without  Forces 
at  the  Death  of  Vatacim,  he  could  not  take  that  Advantage  that  other- 
wife  he  might  over  Theodore  Lafcaris,  who  was  employed  in  defending 
his  own  Country :  But  he  fell  into  fo  great  Neceffity,  that  he  was  forced 
to  fend  his  Son  as  a  Pledge  to  fome  Noblemen  of  Venice,  for  a  Sum  of 
Money  which  they  lent  him,  and  to  make  Money  of  the  Lead  which  co- 
vered the  Churches  and  his  Palace,  that  he  might  be  able  to  maintain  his 
Family,  and  the  Soldiers  that  he  had  for  the  Defence  of  Conflantinople  :  • 
And  he  gave  Michael  'Faleologus,  newly  elected  Emperour  of  Nice,  an 
Opportunity  of  making  an  Attempt  upon  the  Capital  City  of  all  the  Ea- 
ftern  Empire,  after  he  had  had  good  Succefs  with  his  Army  in  Theffaly, 
where  he  defeated  the  Delpotp  of  Epirtts  and  Etolia,  in  the  Month  of 
Juguft,  12s 9-  1159- 

A  French  Gentleman  ill  affected  towards  the  Emperour,  being  a  Prifb- 
ner  to  Taleologns,  promifed  him  to  deliver  up  to  him  Conflantinople,  if 
he  would  advance  with  his  Army  before  it :  But  when  he  was  fent  to,  to 
make  good  his  Word,  whether  he  was  not  able  to  do  it,  or  whether  he 
changed  his  Mind,  he  fends  to  Michael  Taleologus,  that  the  Emperour 
had  conceived  fome  Sufpicion  of  his  Fidelity,  and  therefore  he  was  put 
from  keeping  that  Gate,  through  which  he  purpofed  to  have  let  him  in : 
Whereupon  he  retired  to  Afia,  waiting  for  a  more  favourable  Opportuni- 
ty.    And  in  the  mean  Time,  that  he  might  carry  on  his  Defign  the  more 
privately,  he  makes  a  Truee  for  one  Year  with  the  Emperour,  and  as  foon 
as  he  came  to  Nice  he  ratified  it,  in  the  Month  of  September,  i  260.    But     x  2$0 
in  the  Year  following,  he  fent  into  Theffaly,  with  an  Army,  Alexis  Melli- 
fent,  firaamed  Strategolupus,  one  of  the  great  Lords  of  his  Court,  and  ho- 
noured him  with  the  Title  of  Cafar,  and  charged  him,  that  in  his  palling 
by  Conflantinople  he  fhould  inform  himfelf  of  the  Condition  of  the  Place, 
that  if  there  was  an  Opportunity  he  might  befiege  it,  as. foon  as  the  Truce 
was  ended.     This  Alexis  in  his  March  met  with  ibme  Soldiers,  which  did 
belong  to  Conflantinople,  and  whom  Neceffity  had  forced  to  go  out  into 
the  Country  •  and  they  gave  him  an  Account  of  the  great  Mifery  of  the 
City,  the  great  Want  the  French  were  in,  and  the  Weaknefs  of  the  Place. 
And  he  promifed  to  give  them  a  great  Reward  if  they  would  let  him  into 
the  Place;  and  they  accepted  the  Offer,  and  promifed  him  to  do  it ;  and  he 
refolved  to  go  upon  the  Enterprize,  although  it  was  contrary  to  the  Truce, 
and  to  the  Orders  he  had  from  his  Mafter.     And  when  he  came  near  the 

Q.  City, 


62   Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  IV.  City,  every  Thing  fucceeded  fo  well  for  him,  that  he  entered  the  City  the 
v/-V^  isth  or  26th  of  July,  in  the  Night,  in  the  Year  1261,  Fifty  Seven  Years, 
1 16 1 .  Three  Months,  and  Three  Days,  after  it  had  been  conquered  by  the  French. 
His  Army,  Part  of  which  entered  through  a  Paffage  under  Ground,  which 
was  near  the  Houfe  where  one  of  the  Soldiers  dwelt  that  conducted  the 
Enterprize,  on  the  Side  of  the  Gate  called  Doree,  and  Part  fcaled  the 
Walls  on  the  lame  Side :  When  they  came  in,  they  found  no  Refiftance ; 
neither  in  the  Streets,  nor  in  the  Places  of  Arms ;  and  the  Confirmation 
in  the  City  was  fo  great,  that  the  Army  went  on  vi&orious.  The  Empe- 
rour  having  received  the  News  of  this  Difgrace,  when  he  was  at  his  Palace 
of  Blakeme,  and  having  no  other  Way  of  faving  himfelf,  puts  him- 
felf  in  a  Veffel  which  carried  him  near  the  great  Palace,  where  the  Fleet 
that  came  from  Daphnufie  received  him,  and  all  the  French  that  were\vil- 
ling  to  depart :  And  the  Number  of  them  was  fo  great,  according  to  the 
Monk  of  'Padua,  that  a  great  Part  of  them  died  with  Hunger,  before  the 
Fleet  could  arrive  at  Negropont,  where  the  Emperour  firft  landed :  From 
thence  he  failed  to  Apulia,  and  from  thence  he  went  to  the  Court  o^  Main- 
froy  King  of  Naples  and  Sicily,  from  whence  he  fent  Ambafladours  to 
Pope  Urban  IV.  who  publifhed  a  Crufade  againft  Michael  'Paleologus,  U- 
furper  of  the  Empire  of  Conflantinople ;  and  fent  divers  Nuncio's  to  the 
Kings  of  France,  England,  and  Cafiile,  to  fend  Succours  to  the  Empe- 
rour Baldwin  :  But  this  produced  nothing  but  bare  Hopes  ;  and  the  Em- 
perour was  conftrained  to  go  himfelf  into  France,  to  lbllicit  the  Crufade, 
the  Effeft  of  which  he  had  waited  Four  whole  Years  in  the  Court  of  King 
•  Mainfroy,  and  in  that  of  the  Pope.  At  his  Arrival,  having  found  that 
Hugh  IV.  Duke  of  Burgundy,  did  defign  to  crofs  himfelf  for  the  Reco- 
very of  the  Empire,  the  Emperour  promifed  him,  by  his  Letters  Patents, 
12.66.  dated  at  'Paris  in  the  Month  of  January,  1266 ,  to  furnifh  him  before 
Whitsuntide  with  Three  Millions  of  Livres,  to  help  to  defray  his  Charges 
in  his  Voyage  ;  and  the  more  to  perfwade  him  to  continue  in  his  Defign, 
he  did  give  to  him  and  his  Heirs  the  Kingdom  of  Theffalonica,  and  many 
other  Seigniouries  exprefled  in  the  fame  Letters :  And  he  fends  his  Ambaf- 
fadours to  other  Chriftian  Princes,  to  perfwade  them  to  enter  into  a  League 
for  the  Recovery  of  the  Empire.  But  when  he  had  attempted  it  in  vain, 
he  refolved  to  have  Recourfe  to  Charles  Duke  of  Anjou,  newly  crowned 
King  of  Sicily,  and  to  enter  into  an  Alliance  with  him,  whofe  Valour  and 
glorious  Actions  would  ftrike  Terrour  into  all  the  Eaft.  For  this  End  he 
1  i6j.  went  into  Italy  in  the  Year  1 267,  and  came  to  Vit erbium,  where  Pope 
Clement  IV.  then  kept  his  Court ;  and  King  Charles  was  there  at  that 
Time  with  the  principal  Lords  of  his  Kingdom ;  and  by  the  Interpofition 
of  the  Pope,  they  entered  into  a  Treaty  the  2jth  Day  of  May,  and  by 
that  Treaty,  which  is  amongft  the  Records  of  France,  Charles  the  King 
does  promiie  to  fend  Two  Thoufand  Men  at  Arms  at  his  own  Charge,  and 
to  maintain  them  for  one  Year  in  the  Empire,  befides  thole  that  he  will 
fend  into  the  Principality  of  Achaia ;  and  if  the  Emperour,  or  his  Heir, 
will  march  in  Perfon  for  the  Recovery  of  the  Empire,  he  will  fend  a  far 
greater  Number :  And  upon  this  Condition,  the  Emperour  does  yield  to 
the  King  the  Sovereignty  of  the  Principality  of  Achaia,  and  the  Morea  -y 
which  Principalities were  held  under  the  Emperour  by  William  Ville-Har- 
douin :  And  that  the  fame  William  Ville-Hardouin,  and  his  Succeflbrs,  Ihall 
hold  them  of  the  King  of  Sicily,  and  his  Heirs,  and  none  other.  And  he 
grants  likewife  to  him  many  Lands  and  Ifles,  depending  upon  the  Empire, 
that  are  mentioned  in  that  Treaty  :  And  by  that  Treaty  it  was  agreed,  that 
'Philip,  the  Son  and  Heir  apparent  of  Baldwin,  fiiould  marry  Beatrix,  the 

Daughter 


Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.    63 

Daughter  of  the  King,  as  foon  as  fhe  fhould  be  marriageable:  And  in  Cafe  Chap.  IV° 
that  the  Emperour  and  his  Son,  and  thofe  that  mould  be  defcended  from  \~^sr*^-' 
them  in  a  direct  Line,  mould  die  without  lime,  then  the  Right  of  the 
Empire  mould  devolve  to  Charles  and  his  SuccefTors,  Kings  of  Sicily.  And 
in  the  fame  Treaty  the  Emperour  does  oblige  himfelf  to  do  all  that  did 
lie  jn  his  Power  to  obtain  Succours  from  other  Chriftian  Princes,  that  by 
the  Help  of  them  he  might  be  able  to  recover  the  Empire :  And  in  order 
to  it  he  went  into  France  to  implore  the  Afliftance  of  St.  Lewis  the 
French  King,  in  the  Year  1268,  and  alfo  of  thibanld  King  of  Navarre,  126S. 
who  had  promifed  to  ferve  in  Perfon,  upon  Condition,  that  the  Empe- 
rour ftxould  yield  up  to  him  the  fourth  Part  of  his  Empire:  But  the  Ci- 
ty of  Conjlantinople,  and  the  Country  round,  as  far  as  a  Day's  Journey 
did  reach,  was  to  be  excepted  out  of  the  Grant.  The  Emperefs  Mary 
alfo  at  the  fame  Time  went  into  Spain,  to  endeavour  to  engage.  James 
King  of  Arragou,  and  Alphonfus  King  of  Cafiille,  her  Coufin-gernian,  to 
do  their  Endeavour  to  eftablifh  the  Emperour  her  Husband  in  the  Empire  \ 
and  alfb  to  endeavour  to  obtain  of  them  Money  for  the  redeeming  Prince 
Thili])  her  Son,  who  was  an  Hoftage  at  Venice  for  the  Debts  of  the  Em- 
perour :  But  her  Voyage  had  no  better  Effect,  than  the  Treaties  and  Pro- 
jects of  the  Emperour,  whofe  Ill-fortune  rendered  all  that  he  did  ineffectual. 
For  St.  Lewis  being  refblved  to  go  into  Africa,  as  he  did  in  the  Y^  3 
I2<5(;,  a  great  Part  of  the  Nobles  of  France  accompanied  him  in  that  Voy-  1260. 
age,  and  the  King  of  Navarre,  who  had  followed  King  Lewis,  died  the 
Year  following,  as  he  returned  into  Sicily :  And  King  Charles,  who  fhould 
have  failed  to  Epirus  with  the  Fleet  that  he  equipped  at  Brunduflum,  fail- 
ed away  for  the  Coaft  cfTwiis ;  and  the  Duke  of  Burgundy  became  fkkly, 
fb  that  he  found  himfelf  not  in  a  Condition  to  undertake  a  Voyage  to 
Conjlantinople,  which  he  had  promifed  the  Emperour.  And  the  Emperour 
Baldwin  died  in  the  Year  1272,  being  Fifty  Five  Years  old;  and  before  i^72t 
his  Death  deprived  of  an  Empire  fatal  to  his  Family.  He  found  it,  when 
he  firft  took  Poffeffion  of  it,  tending  to  its  Rujn,  and  attacked  by  power- 
ful Enemies;  but  he  kept  it  a  great  while  without  Forces  fufficient,  not- 
withftanding  the  great  Difficulties  and  Neceflitics  he  was  reduced  to  all 
the  Time  of  his  Reign,  having  oftentimes  by  his  Valour  repaired  the  Dif- 
graces,  which  by  his  bad  Fortune  he  did  from  Time  to  Time  receive.  The 
Time  of  the  Emperefs's  Death  is  not  known,  but  it  appears  fhc  was  liv- 
ing in  the  Year  1275:  For  becaufe  fhe  could  not  in  Perfon  render  the  At-  1275. 
tendance  and  Service  which  fhe  owed  as  Lady  Dowager  of  Courtenay  to 
the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Sens,  when  he  made  his  firft  Entrance  into  that  City, 
fhe  fent  a  Gentleman  in  her  Place,  with  a  Letter  dated  that  Year,  to  ex- 
cufe  herfelf,  which  Letter  is  at  large  in  Bouchet.  The  Emperour  Bald- 
win left  one  only  Son  by  his  Emperefs  Mary  de  Brenne,  named  T  hi  lip  de 
Courtenay,  Emperour  titular  of  Conjlantinople,  who  is  to  be  the  Subject 
of  the  next  Chapter. 


CHAP. 


6 4   Part  II.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I. 


Chap.  V.  C  H  A  P.    V. 

\HILPT  de  Court  enay,  titular  Emperour  of  Confian- 
tinople,  was  the  Son  of  the  Emperour  Baldwin ;  and 
although  this  Prince  was  thirty  Years  old  when  he  fucceed- 
ed  to  his  Father  in  his  Pretentions  to  the  Empire  of  Con- 
stantinople, Hiftorians  do  not  make  mention  of  him  'till 
259.  the  Year  1250,  and  then  they  fay  his  Father  did  fend  him 

as  an  Hoftage  to  fome  Gentlemen  of  Venice,  for  fome  confiderable  Sums 
of  Money  which  they  lent  him  in  his  Neceffities.     Some  modern  Authors 
do  write,  that  he  had  the  Title  of  King  of  Thejfalonica  during  the  Life 
of  his  Father  •  but,  through  a  Miftake,  they  have  confounded  him  with 
Thilip,  fecond  Son  of  Charles  I.  King  of  Sicily ;  for  in  his  Seal  which  he 
1 0.67.    Put  to  two  Deeds,  one  in  the  Year  1 267,  in  the  Month  of  January ',  the 
1 26  0.     other  in  the  Year  1 26  0,  he  is  only  ftiled  Thilip  the  eldeft  Son  of  the  Em- 
perour of  Conftantinople,  and  Heir  of  the  fame  Empire.     His  Father  ha- 
ving taken  him  out  of  the  Hands  of  his  Creditors,  Charles  the  King  of 
Sicily  did  affign  to  him,  by  his  Letters  dated  February  the  $th,  in  the  Year 
1260,  Six  Hundred  Ounces  of  Gold  yearly  for  his  Maintenance,  that  he 
might  live  according  to  his   Quality   in  the  Kingdom  of  Naples  'till  he 
mould  be  married  j  and  afterward  he  made  a  Voyage  into  Spain  to  Alphon- 
fus,    King  of  CaJIille,  and  fometime  after  he   confummated  his  Marriage 
with  the  Piincels  Beatrix,  who  had  been  promifed  him,  by  the  Treaty  of 
1274.    Viterbium;  and  the  Marriage  was  folemnized  at  Foggium,  October  4,  1274. 
He  ratified  alfo  at  the  fame  Time  the  Agreement  that  was  made  between 
the  Emperour  and  his  Father,  and  King  Charles,  for  the  Recovery  of  the 
Empire  of  Conjiantinople  from  Michael  Taleologus,  who  at   that  Time 
•was  favoured  by  Pope  Gregory  X.  For  that  Grecian  Prince,  knowing  the 
Valour  and  good  Fortune  of  King  Charles,  in  order  to  break  their  Defigns, 
was  relblved  to  get  the  Pope  on  his  Side ;  and  in  order  to  it,  he  fent  his 
Ambaffadours  to  the  Council  aflembled  at  Lyons,  for  to  fwear  Obedience 
in  his  Name,  and  in  the  Name  of  the  Greek  Church ;  which  Thing  fuc- 
ceeded  fo  well  for  him,  that  the  Pope  did  refolve  in  the  Council,  that  the 
Empire  of  the  Eaft  mould  remain  to  him,  notwithstanding  all  the  Oppofi- 
tion  that  Thilip  and  Charles  made  to  it.     But  Innocent  V.  did  afterwards 
equally  confidcr,  both  the  Intereft  of  the  Emperour,  and  the  Intereft  of 
the  Church ;  'and  when  he  fent  his  Nuncio's  to  Michael  to  keep  up  the 
Union  of  the  Greek  Church  with  the  Latin,  he  gave  them  Orders  to  treat 
with  him  concerning  the  Rights  and  Poffeffion  of  the  Empire.     Nicholas 
III.  did  the  fame  Thing  in  the  Beginning  of  his  Pontificate ;  and  he  writ, 
1278.     in  the  Year  1278,  to  Michael,  Thilip,  and  Charles,  to  fend  their  Ambaf- 
fadours with  full  Power  to  treat  with  him,  not  only  concerning  a  Truce, 
as  he  had  propofed  to  them  by  his  Nuncio's,  but  alfo  concerning  a  firm  and 
lafting  Peace.   But  afterwards  King  Charles,  not  having  anfwered  the  Pope's 
Defire,  which  he  had  lignified  to  him,  that  his  Niece  might  be  married  to 
one  of  King  Charles's  Sons,  he  embraced  the  Party  of  Michael,  and  con- 
fpircd  with  him  and  the  King  of  Arragon,  to  make  a  Revolt  in  Sicily  a- 
gainit  King  Charles.    The  Emperour  writ  to  Guy  Count  of  Flanders,  his 
128c.     Coufin,  May  27, in  the  Year  1280,  that  he  had  given  Power  to  Rcnaud  de 
Maigny,  Knight,  to  render  to  him,  in  his  Name,  the  Homage  that  was 
due  to  him,  for  all  the  Seigniouries,  and  Lands,  and  Rights  which  he  pof- 

:ed- 
ing 


Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.    6s 

ing  his  Father ;  and  this  Letter  was  feaied  with  his  Seal,  that  had  on  one  Chap.  V 
Side  of  it  the  Emperour  fitting  on  his  Throne,  with  his  Imperial  Crown   V«/-y-\-> 
on  his  Head,  and  on  the  other  Side  he  is  fitting  on    a   Horfe  armed,  the 
Effigies  of  which  is  in  Bouchet.     Pope  Nicholas  III.  died  the  nd  of  An- 
guji  the  fame  Year :  And  Pope  Martin  IV,  being  chofen  in  his  place  the 
February  following,  the  Affairs  of  'Philip  were  much  changed  for  the  bet- 
ter :  For  the  new  Pope  knowing  that  Michael  Taleologns  had  no  true  In- 
clination to  acknowledge  the  Pope  to  be  Head  of  the  Greek  Church,  and 
all  the  Pretences  that  he  made  were  only  to  gain  Time,  and  to  render  the 
Defigns  of  Thilip  and  Charles  ineffectual,  he   excommunicated  him  as  a 
Schifmatick,  and  all  other  Chriftian  Princes  that  had  any  Commerce  with 
him  ;  and  in  the  mean  Time  got  an  Alliance  to  be  made  between  the  Re- 
publick  of  Venice,  the  Emperour  Thilip,  and  his  Father-in-law  Charles, 
for  to  go  to  War  conjointly  againfl  Michael.     By  this  Treaty  it  was  a- 
greed,  that  the  Emperour  and  the  King  of  Sicily,  or  the  Prince  of  Saler- 
mim,  his  eldeft  Son,  lhould  go  in  Perfon  into  Romania  againfl  thofe  that 
held  and  occupied  the  Empire,  and  that  they  fhouid  be  accompanied  with 
an  Army  of  Eight  Thoufand  Horfe,   and  Infantry  proportionable :  And 
that  the   Duke  of  Venice  fhouid  go  in  Perfon  with  Forty  Gallies  well- 
mann'd  to  keep  the  Sea,  whilft  the  Emperour  and  the  King  fhouid  march 
againft  the  Enemy  by  Land :  And  that  they  fhouid  all,  in  the  Month  of 
April,  1283,  be  at  Brnndufium,  to  pafs  over  to  Romania;  and  that  they     1283, 
fhouid  fuccour  one  another  in  all  their  Enterprizes,  both  againft  the  Ufur- 
pers  of  the  Empire,  and  all  other  Enemies :  And  it  was  agreed,  that  one 
without  the  Confent  of  the  others  fhouid  not  make  a  Treaty  of  Peace,  or 
Truce,  with  Taleologus,  or  with  his  Heirs,  or  with  any  others  that  affift- 
ed  him.     And  that  they  might  keep  Taleologus  employed,  they  agreed  to 
have  at  Sea  a  certain  Number  of  Men  of  War,  feven  Months  in  the  Year : 
And  that  the  Venetians  fhouid  mann  out  Fifteen  Gallies,  and  the  Emperour 
and  the  King  the  like  Number,  with  large  Tranfports,  and  with  this  Ar- 
mament they  fhouid  be  at  the  Ifle  of  Corfu,  the  firft  Day  of  May  the 
Year  following,     According  to  this  Treaty,  King  Charles  made  great  Pre- 
parations for  War ;  the  Pope  and  all  Italy  contributed  towards  railing  the 
Army ;  and  fome  Hiftorians  do  fay,  that  in  fix  Months  King  Charles  had 
at  Sea  more  than  an  Hundred  Gallies,  Twenty  large  Veffels,  above  Two 
Hundred  Tranfports  to  carry  over  the  Army  •  and  more  than  Two  Thou- 
fand Horfemcn,  with  a  great  Number  of  Infantry,  and  that  he  was  ac- 
companied in  his  Voyage  with  Forty  Counts,     But  this  great  Preparation, 
(the  News  of  which  had  put  the  Eaft  into  a   Confirmation)  had  Succefs 
quite  contrary  to  the  Defigns  and  Hopes  of  the  Emperour  Thilip  and  King 
Charles;     For  when  the  Army  was  juft  ready  to  join  with  that  of  the 
Venetians  at  Corfu,  the  Sicilians,  by  an  uncommon  Treachery,  maffacred 
all  the  French  in  the  Ifland,  Men,  Women,  and  Children,  and  afterwards 
acknowledged  the  King  of  Arragou  for  their  Sovereign.     This  was  done  in 
the  Year  ia8a,  and  is  called  the  Sicilian  Vejpers,  becaufe  it  was  contrived     1282. 
to  be  done  when  the  Bell  tolled  to  Evening-Prayers,  or   Vefpers.     The 
King  upon  this  was  forced  to  turn  his  Arms  againft  the  Ufurper,  and  to 
abandon  the  Conqueft  of  the  Empire  of  Conftantinople ;  and  thefe  Difap- 
pointments,  and  the  Death  of  the  Emperour  Thilip,  which  followed  fbon 
after,  confirmed  Taleologus  and  his  Family  in  the  Empire. 

R  CHAP 


66    Part  II.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Bookl. 


Chap.  VI.  C  H  A  P.    VI. 

;  H  E  Emperour  Thilip  left  one  only  Daughter,  named  Ca- 
therine, which  he  had  by  Beatrix  of  Sicily  his  Wife :  And 
the  Emperour  at  his  Death  left  her  to  the  Tutorage  of  Marr 
garet  of  Burgundy,  Queen  of  Sicily,  fecond  Wife  to  King 
Charles  his  Father-in-law:  And  in  the  Year  1288,  the  Em- 
perour Androuicus  Taleologus,  lent  to  demand  her  in  Mar- 
riage for  Michael  his  eldeft  Son,  of  Robert  Count  de  Artois,  at  that  Time 
Regent  of  the  Realm  of  Naples,  in  the  Abfence  of  King  Charles  II.  then 
Prifoner  to  the  King  of  Arragon.    Pope  Nicholas  IV.  who  had  a  Defign 
to  renew  the  Treaty  of  Union  with  the  Greeks,  which  Pope  Martin  IV. 
had  broken  off,    defires  the  Count  of  Artois,  by  two  Letters,  that   he 
would  do  his  Endeavour  to  make  the   Alliance,  becaufe  it  was  the  fble 
Means  to  put  an  End  to  the  War  between  the  Greeks  and  the  Latins,  and 
to  unite  the  Pretentions  that  were  to  the  Empire  in  the  Perfbn  of  her  the 
prefumptive  Heir :  But  this  Defign  did  not  take  Effect.     And  Ibme  Time 
after  King  Thilip  le  Bell,  having  acquainted  the  Emperefs  by  his  Ambaf- 
fadours   that  her  Prefence  was  neceffary  in  France,  in  order  to  preferve 
the  Eftates  that  fhe  had  there, fhe  went  toTaris in  the  Year  1204.  Charles 
1 2.94.     King  of  Naples,  her  Uncle,  confented  to  her  going,  upon  Condition,  that 
King  Thilip  fhould  fend  her  back  within  one  Year  to  Italy ;  for  he  was 
afraid,'  that  whilft  fhe  was  in  France  fhe  would  efpoufe  fome  Prince   or 
other,  that  had  not  Intereft,  nor  Power  enough  to  undertake  with  him«the 
Conqueft  of  the  Empire  of  Confiantinople :  And  before  fhe  went  from  Na- 
ples, fhe  promifed,  by  Letter  dated  the  1  $th  of  May,  that  fhe  would  not 
marry  without  his  Confent ;  and  if  fhe  did  otherwife  than  what  fhe  pro- 
mifed, fhe  would  quit  all  Claim  to  thofe  Agreements  and  Bargains  which 
were  made  in  the  feveral  Treaties  between  the  Emperours  Baldwin  and 
Thilip,  and  King  Charles  I.  And  in  Consideration  of  the  great  Charges  that 
the  King  his  Father  had  been  at,  in  making  Preparations  of  War  for  Re- 
covering of  the  Empire,  and  alfo  for  the  maintaining  of  the  two  Empe- 
rours whilft  they   were  at  Naples,  where  fhe  alfo  was  bred  up,  fhe  con- 
firmed to  him  the  Gift  which  the  two  Emperours  had  made  to  his  Father 
King  Charles  I.  of  the  Sovereignty  of  the  Principality  of  Achaia  and  the 
Morea.    Surita  fays,  in  his  Annals,  that  by  the  Treaty  of  Peace,  which 
1295.     was  made  the  %^d  of  June,  1205,  DY  tne  Mediation  of  Pope  Boniface  the 
VHIth,  between  Charles  II.  King  of  Naples,  James  King  of  Arragon, 
and  Ferdinand  his  Brother,  it  was  agreed,  that  the  Emperefs  Catherine 
fhould  efpoufe  Ferdinand,  upon  Condition  that  he  fhould  yield  up  Sicily 
to  Charles;  and  that  he,  together  with  the  Pope,  fhould  be  obliged  in  four 
Years  to  pay  Ferdinand  One  Hundred  and  Thirty  Thoufand  Ounces  of 
Gold,  to  help  out  his  Charges,  that  he  fhould  be  at  for  the  Recovery  of 
the  Empire  of  Conflantinople.    Boniface  fent  a  Nuncio   into   France  to 
perfwade  the  Emperefs  to  confent  to  this  Marriage ;  and  he  defired  King 
Thilip  le  Bell,  by  divers  Letters,  not  to  hinder  it,  becaufe  the  Peace  did 
depend  upon  this  Alliance.     But  the  Emperefs  did  not  think  fit  to  marry 
fuch  a  Prince  as  Ferdinand,  who,  after  he  had  refigned  Sicily,  had  no  E- 
ftate,  and  the  Hopes  of  Recovering  the  Empire  was  very  uncertain. 

After  this,  Irene  of  Mountferrat,  fecond  Wife  of  the  Emperour  Andro- 
nicns, demanded  the  Emperefs  Catherine  in  Marriage  for  the  Defpote,  John 
Taleologus,  her  eldeft  Son ;  but  at  laft  fhe  agreed  to  marry  with  James, 

pldeft 


Part  II.       Nolle  Family  of  'Courtenay,      Book  I.  67 

eldeft  Son  of  James  de  Arragou,  firft  of  that  Name,  King  of  Majorca ;  Chap.  VL 
as  it  appears  by  the  Articles  of  Agreement  paffed  between  them,  the  0.4th  *-/~V"Vj 
of  June  in  the  Year  1200,  with  the  Content  and  in  the  Prefence  of  King  |a<pp, 
Thtlij)  le  Bell,  Queen  Joan  his  Wife,  and  many  great  Nobles  5  but  Provi- 
dence ordered  it  otherwise;  for  James  de  Arragon  having  preferred  the 
Religious  Habit  of  the  Order  of  St.  Francis  before  the  Crown  of  Majorca, 
and  Margaret  of  Sicily,  firft  Wife  to  Charles  of  France,  Count  ofValois, 
dying  that  fame  Year,  on  the  laft  Day  of  December,  the  Emperefs  Ca- 
therine was  efpoufed  to  that  Prince,  her  Goufin  in'  the  third  Degree ;  and 
the  Pope  by  his  Bull  difpenfed  with  the  Marriage.  The  Condition  of  the 
Marriage  was,  that  Count  Charles  mould  be  obliged  to  help  with  fuffi- 
cient  Forces,  at  his  own  Charges,  Charles  King  of  Naples,  againll  Ferdi* 
nand  King  of  Arragon,  who  had  taken  Sicily  from  him-  and  that  he  mould 
depart  from  France  in  February  the  Year  following  for  this.  Enterprize. 
The  Pope's  Bull  was  publilhed  by  the  Bifhop  of  Amiens  in  the  Church  of 
the  Jacobins  in  Taris,  the  %%th  Day  of  January,  1301-  and  the  fame  1301, 
Day,  by  an  Aft  paffed  at  St.  Cloud,  in  the  Prefence  of  Margaret  de  Bour- 
gogne,  Queen-Dowager  of  Sicily,  the  Count  de  Auxerre,  and  many  other 
Princes  and  Princeffes,  the  Emperefs  made  a  Deed  of  Gift  to  Charles 
Count  de  Valois  of  the  Seigniouries  of  Court enay,  Blacon,  Hellebek,  and 
Breuiller,  for  him  to  enjoy  -them  during  his  Life,  if  the  Marriage  mould 
be  accomplifhed,  and  then  to  defcend  to  their  Children :  And  if  fhe  had 
no  Child,  that  he  mould  enjoy  them  during  his  Life,  and  that  they  mould 
afterwards  defcend  to  her  lawful  Heirs.  And  befides,  fhe  granted  to  him 
the  whole  Right  that  fhe  had  in  the  Empire  of  Conftantinople,  and  the 
County  of  Jslamur ;  and  that  after  their  Lives  they  mould  defcend  to 
their  Heirs  and  Descendants ;  but  in  Cafe  fhe  had  no  Children,  then  the 
Count  and  his  Children,  which  he  had  by  his  former  Wife,  fhould  fucceed 
her.  Hiftories  do  not  mention  the  Day  when  this  Marriage  was  celebrated, 
but  we  may  be  fure  it  was  before  the  %th  Day  of  February;  for  on  that 
Day  the  Count  her  Husband  was  at  St,  Owen's  near  St.  Denis,  and  juft 
upon  the  Point  of  going  to  fuccour  the  Pope  and  the  King  of  Sicily ;  and 
he  promifed  T  hi  lip  the  French  King,  his  Brother,  to  return  again  to 
France  as  foon  as  he  could,  and  that  he  would  not  undertake  a  Voyage  to 
Conjtantinople  without  his  Permiffion.  This  Prince,  with  the  Emperefs  his 
Wife,  parted  from  Taris  the  Beginning  of  June,  accompanied  with  Five 
Hundred  Knights*  and  when  he  came  to  Italy,  he  was  received  by  the 
Pope  and  Cardinals  with  the  Honour  that  was  due  to  his  high  Birth  and 
Merit ;  and  the  Pope  created  him  Vicar-General  Defender  of  the  Church, 
Count  of  Romania,  and  Pacificator  of  Tufcany.  Charles  II.  King  of  Sicily 
having  come  to  meet  him,  ratified  his  Marriage  with  the  Emperefs  his 
Niece,  and  acknowledged,  by  his  Letters  Patents  of  the  $th  of  September, 
that  the  Marriage  was  made  not  only  by  his  Confent,  which  fhe  was  obli- 
ged to  have,  but  by  his  Advice  and  Perfwafion :  The  Pope  likewife  expe-r 
dited  a  Bull  in  favour  of  the  Emperefs,  and  declared,  That  neither  they 
nor  their  Succeffors  fhould  lofe  their  Right  that  they  had  in  the  Empire  of 
Confiantinople,  by  Reafon  of  the  long  Time  that  had  paffed  from  the  LT- 
furpation  made  by  Michael  Taleologus,  and  the  turning  out  the  Emperour 
Baldwin,  the  Emperefs's  Grandfather,  nor  by  reafon  of  any  Time  that 
fliall  pafs  until  they  fhall  recover  the  fame.  And  this  Bull  id  in  Latin  a~ 
mongft  the  other  Records  and  Writings  at  the  End  of  Bouchct's  Hiltory, 

Modern  Authors  do  fay,  that  in  Confequencc  of  this  Bull  the  Pope 
crowned  the  Emperefs  in  the  Church  of  St,  Teter  in  Rome,  but  Authors 
that  were  co-temporary  do  not  fpeak  of  any  fuch  Thing;  and  fhey  could 

not 


6$    Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  VI.  not  have  forgot  to  mention  fo  confiderable  a  Thing,  if  it  had  been  done.  But 
w-v^-*  this  is  certain,  that  the  Count  de  Valois,  and  the  Emperels  his  Wife,  did 
not  go  from  Anagni  in  Italy,  where  he  landed,  'till the  Month  of  October ; 
and  then  the  Count  went  to  Florence,  at  the  Defire  of  the  Pope,  to  make 
Peace  between  the  Citizens  of  that  Republick,  who  had  divided  them- 
felves  into  two  Factions,  and  he  returned  with  Succefs  about  the  End  of 
February  the  Year  following ;  and  after  that  he  went  to  Rome,  where  the 
King  of  Sicily  attended  him,  for  to  conduct  him  to  Naples,  in  order  to 
begin  the  War  againft  Ferdinand  of  Arragon.  That  Prince,  having  made 
lome  Progrefs  in  Apulia  and  Calabria,  abandoned  all  the  Conqueits  that 
he  had  made,  upon  the  Noile  of  the  Count's  Coming;  and  the  Count  was 
•  in  the  Beginning  fuccefsful,  and  Mafter  of  the  Field :  But  fbon  after,  his 
Army  being  infefted  with  Sicknefs,  and  being  in  great  Want  of  Provi- 
fions,  he  was  conftrained  to  accept  of  a  Peace  which  was  propofed  to  him 
by  Ferdinand,  and  which  was  disadvantageous  to  him,  and  difhonourable. 
The  War  being  ended,  the  Count  de  Valois  returns  into  France  with 

1303.  the  Emperefs  his  Wife;  and  being  both  at  Sens,  Sunday,  March  24,  1303, 
they  promifed  Robert  Duke  of  Burgundy,  and  Agnes  of  France  his  Wife, 
to  give  in  Marriage  Catherine  their  Daughter  to  Hugh  their'  eldeft  Son  : 
The  Duke  and  Dutchefs  alio  promifed  to  give  Joan  their  Daughter  to 
Thilip  the  eldelt  Son  of  the  Count  by  his  former  Wife.  This  Treaty  is 
found  amongft  the  Charters  of  France,  iealed  with  the  Emperefs's  Seal, 
in  which  is  the  Effigies  of  the  Emperels  with  the  Imperial  Crown  on  her 
Head,  and  a  Scepter  in  her  Hand :  But  this  Treaty  did  not  take  Effed  ; 
for  Pope  Clement  V.  and  King  Thilip  le  Bell,  did  think  that  the  Duke 
was  not  powerful  enough  to  undertake  fo  great  an  Enterprise,  as  the  Con- 
quer! of  the  Empire  of  the  Eaft;  fhe  efpoufed  therefore  afterward  Thilip 
of  Sicily,  Prince  of  Tarentum,  who  took  upon  him  the  Title  of  Emperour 
of  Conjlautinople  upon  her  Account.  The  Emperefs  her  Mother  had  be- 
fides  one  Son,  who  died  young,  and  two  Daughters,  Joan  who  was  mar- 
ried to  Robert  of  Artois,  Count  de  Beaumont-le-Roger,  and  Ifabel  Abbefs 

130.8.  of  Font eur and,  who  died  at  Taris,  Wednesday  the  3^  of  January,  1308, 
as  appears  by  an  ancient  Regifter  in  the  Chamber  of  Accounts. 

After  her  Death,  the  Count  de  Valois  her  Husband  renewed  the  Defign 
which  he  had  in  her  Life-time,  of  attempting  the  Conqueft  of  the  Empire 
of  Conjlautinople ;  and  for  that  Purpofe  he  made  an  Alliance  with  Vorofe 
King  of  Ruffia  and  Servia;  who  obliged  himfelf,  in  cafe  the  Count  would 
go  in  Perfbn  to  Greece,  to  follow  with  an  Army  at  his  own  Charge;  a?  it  is 
in  a  Treaty  made  in  the  Abbey  de  Lys  near  Melun,  in  which  the  Count 
is  ftiled  Emperour  of  Conjiantiuople  :  But  this  Treaty  did  not  take  Effed, 
no  more  than  that  which  he  made  with  the  Venetians  two  Years  after- 
wards; although  all  Europe  was  in  Expedation  of  fuch  a  glorious  Enter- 
prize,  feeing  he  was  the  moft  valiant  and  moft  generous  Prince  of  his  Time. 
But  he  preferred  the  Authority  and  Settlement  that  he  had  in  France,  be- 
fore the  Hope  of  an  uncertain  Crown,  and  contented  himfelf  to  fend  fbme 
Troops  into  Romania,  under  the  Condud  of  TJjibattt  de  Cepoy,  as  ap- 
peareth  by  an  Account  of  the  Charges  of  Arming  them,  which  was  com- 
municated to  Monfieur  Bouchet  by  Monfieur  de  Herouual.  Sometime  af- 
ter, being  at  ToiEiiers  with  Pope  Clement  V.  and  King  Thilip  le  Bell,  his 
Brother,  he  contraded  a  Marriage  a  third  Time  with  Maud  Daughter  of 
Guy  de  Chaftillon,  Count  of  St.  Taul,  Butler  of  France,  and  of  Mary 

13115.  de  Britain  his  Wife,  and  died  the  16th  Day  of  December,  1325.  It  is 
faid  of  this  Charles  Count  of  Valois,  That  he  was  Son  to  a  King,  Brother 
to  a  King,  Uncle  to  a  King,  and  Father  to  a  King,  and  yet  he  himfelf 
was  no  King.  And 


Part  II.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  69 

And  thus  ended  the  firft  Branch  of  the  Family  of  Teter  de  Courtenay,  Chap.  VI. 
Son  of  King  Lewis  le  Grojfe  and  Elizabeth  his  Wife.  And  as  the  War  v^ryN^ 
in  the  Holy  Land  was  very  unfortunate  to  France-,  and  other  Chriftian 
Kingdoms,  fb  more  efpecially  to  that  Branch  of  the  elder  Houfe  of  Courte- 
nay that  feated  itfelf  in  the  Eaft :  For  although  that  Family  fignalized  it- 
felf in  that  War,  as  much  as  any  other  Family  in  Europe,  yet  at  laft  the 
Affairs  of  the  Chriftians  declining  in  the  Holy  Land,  this  Family  declined 
alfo,  and  at  laft  was  extinguished,  about  the  Time  that  the  Chriftians  loft 
the  City  Jerufalem*  So  in  like  Manner,  as  the  War  in  Conftantinople  was 
unfortunate  to  the  French  in  general,  fb  more  particularly  to  the  Houfe  of 
Courtenay  defcended  from  Teter  of  France  ;  for  they  having  had  the  Ho- 
nour to  have  the  Empire  in  their  Family  for  three  Generations,  fpent  all 
that  they  had  in  Europe;  fo  by  that  Means  the  Grandeur  of  the  Family 
was  much  diminifhed ;  and  hence  it  came  to  pafs,  that  afterwards,  when 
thofe  of  the  Royal  Blood  came  to  be  advanced  above  all  others,  and  to 
have  diftinguifhing  Marks  put  upon  them,  this  Family  of  Courtenay,  al- 
though it  could  not  be  denied  that  they  were  of  the  Blood  Royal,  yet  could 
never  obtain  to  be  looked  upon  and  efteemed  as  Princes  of  the  Blood. 


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70    Part  II.    TheGeneahgicalHifloryofthe   Book  II. 


BOOK    II. 


Chap,  I. 


Chap.    I. 


■97- 


ETER  de  Courtenay,  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe  and  Eliza- 
beth his  Wife,  had,  as  was  faid  before,  i.  'Peter  Count  de 
Never s,  and  Emperour  of  Confiantinople,  of  whofe  Fami- 
ly we  have  treated  in  the  Firjt  Book.  i.  Robert  de  Courte- 
nay, Seigneur  de  Champgnelles,  &c.  3.  William  de 
Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  f§c.  We  come  now  to 
fpeak  of  Robert  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champg- 
nelles, de  Chafteau-Rennard,  de  Charney,  &c.  And  this  is  the  only  Son  of 
'Peter  de  Courtenay,  whofe  Pofterity  is  continued  down  to  our  Time: 
For  the  Family  of  the  elder  Brother,  Count  de  Never s,  which  poffefTed  the 
Empire  of  Constantinople,  lafted  but  for  four  Generations,  as  we  have  feen ; 
and  it  is  above  Two  Hundred  and  Forty  Years  fince,  that  the  Family  of 
his  younger  Brother,  William  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  ended.  And  we  may 
fay,  fays  Monfieur  de  Bouchet,  that  Providence  made  Choice  of  this  Ro- 
bert de  Courtenay,  as  well  as  Robert  of  France,  Count  de  Clermont,  fixth 
Son  of  St.  Lewis  the  King,  to  perpetuate  the  Royal  Family.  And  of  the 
Three  Branches  that  proceeded  from  Lewis  le  Grojfe,  viz  of  Bourbon, 
of  Dreux,  and  of  Courtenay,  which  have  produced  many  Kings  that  reigned 
in  Trance,  in  Italy,  in  the  Kingdom  of  Naples,  and  Sicily,  in  Hungary, 
in  Poland,  and  in  Navarre,  as  alfo  a  great  Number  of  Princes,  there  are 
but  two  of  them  remaining  at  this  Day,  viz.  That  of  Bourbon  that  holds 
the  Scepter,  and  that  of  Courtenay. 

In  the  Year  1 1 07,  Robert  de  Courtenay  confirmed  to  the  Abbey  of  Fon- 
tain-jean  that  which  'Peter  of  France  his  Father  had  given ;  and  that 
which  'Peter,  Count  de  Nevers,  and  William  de  Courtenay,  his  Brothers, 
had  afterwards  ratified.  And  a  little  Time  after  he  efpoufed  Mahud,  the 
only  Daughter  of  Thilij)  Seigneur  de  Mabun-fur-Tevre,  and  de  Selles  in 
Berry.  A  little  Time  after  his  Marriage,  King  'Philip,  firnamed  Augttfius, 
his  Coufin-german,  gave  him  the  Seigniouries  of  Conches  and  Nonancourt, 
in  the  Diocefe  of  Eureau  in  Normandy,  upon  Condition,  that  if  he  died 
without  Iffue,  they  fhould  revert  to  the  Crown.  And  fometime  after, 
Pope  Innocent  III.  being  about  to  raife  a  Tax  in  France,  againft  the  an- 
cient Ufage,  and  the  Liberties  of  the  Gallic  an  Church,  this  Prince  Ro- 
bert was  one  of  the  Nobles  that  counselled  the  King  to  oppofe  him,  and 
not  to  obey  the  Pope,  or  any  of  the  Clergy  that  did  favour  his  Enter- 
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Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  II.     7 1 

prize.    And  becaufe  by  his  Birth  he  was  one  of  thofe  that  were  chiefly    Chap.  I. 
concerned  to  defend  the  Rights  of  the  Crown,  he  promifed  the  King,  being    v_>'w«> 
at  Chinon  in  the  Month  of  June,  I2qj,  that  in  Cafe  the  Pope  did  come     not. 
over  to  France,  and  act  againft  his  Subjects  in  any  other  Manner  than  has 
been  ufed  in  the  Time  of  his  PredecefTors,  that  he  would  join  with  the 
other  Barons  of  France  to  hinder  his  Defign-,  which  pleafed  the  King,  and 
he  promifed  not  to  agree  to  any  Thing  with  the  Pope,  but  with  the  Con- 
ient  of  the  Barons  of  his  Realm.     But  this  generous  Refiftance  of  Robert  de 
Courtenay  againft  the  Head  of  the  Church,  did  not  diminilh  any  Thing  of 
that  Piety  with  which  his  Actions  were  accompanied;  for  we  may  learn 
by  the  Hiftory  of  Teter,  Monk  of  the  Abbey  de  Vaux  in  Cernay,  that  in 
the  Year  1210,  he  took  up  Arms  for  the  Defence  of  the  Faith  againft  the      1210. 
Albigenfes,  and  that  he  came  to  Languedoc  about  Chrijtmas,  with  a  great 
many  other  Nobles,  and  returned  with  them  to  France,  after  the  Taking 
the  Caftle  de  Lauaur,  where  during  the  Siege  he  endeavoured  with  a  great 
deal  of  Zeal,  although  it  proved  in  vain,  to  perfwade  the  Count  of  Tho- 
loufe,  his  Coufin-german,  infected  with  the  Herefy  of  the  Albigenfes,  to 
return  to  the  Church.     And  being  at  Lorris,  in  the  Month  of  March, 
io.li,  he  gave  to  the  Priory  of  Nofire-Dame  de  Flotain,  in  Favour  of     12 12,    • 
Blanche  of  Caftille,  Wife  of  Prince  Lewis,  afterward  King  by  the  Name 
of  Lewis  VIII.  the  Sum  of  Twelve  Pounds  Six  Shillings  Taris,  of  Rent, 
to  be  taken  out  of  the  Revenue  of  Chafteau-Rennard,  on  the  Octaves  of 
St.  Remy  every  Year,  for  the  celebrating  daily  one  Mais  in  Honour  of  the 
Virgin  Mary,  as  the  Princefs  Blanche  defired  it,  and  after  his  Deceafe  for 
the  Good  of  his  Soul. 

In  the  Year  1216,  in  the  Month  of  October,  William  Count  de  San-  1216. 
cerre,  his  Brother-in-law,  with  the  Confcnt  of  Blanche  Countefs  of  Cham- 
pagne, chofe  him  to  be  Guardian  of  his  Children,  and  his  Counteis,  whilft 
he  was  beyond  Sea,  where  he  was  about  to  accompany  'Peter  de  Courte- 
nay, Count  de  Auxerre,  who  went  to  take  PofTefiion  of  the  Empire  of 
Constantinople ;  but  the  Emperour  being  taken  Prifoner  in  the  Way  by 
Theodore  Commenius,  Pope  Honorius  III.  chofe  this  Prince  for  to  command 
the  Crufade,  which  he  had  ordered  the  Clergy  of  France  to  fend,  in  or- 
der to  put  him  at  Liberty,  as  Rainoldm  in  his  Ecclejlafiical  Annals  does 
obferve,  in  the  Year  1217.  And  two  other  Authors  do  fay,  'that  in  that  1 2 1 7.  * 
lame  Year  he  embarked  for  to  pafs  into  England  with  fbme  Troops, 
to  help  Prince  Lewis  of  France  his  Coufin,  who  had  been  forced,  by  the 
Perfidioufnefs,  as  Botichet  lays,  of  the  Englijh,  who  chofe  him  for  their 
King,  to  fortify  himfelf  in  London,  after  a  Defeat  of  a  great  Part  of  his 
Army  in  a  Battle  at  Lincoln  :  But  he  being  let  upon  by  many  Ships  of 
the  Englijh  upon  the  Sea,  on  St.  Bartholomew's  Day,  was  taken  Prifoner, 
after  a  long  and  ftout  Refiftance,  and  all  that  were  with  him,  of  whom 
fbme  were  put  to  Death:  But  he  was  not  Prifoner  above  nineteen  or 
twenty  Days;  for  there  was  a  Treaty  of  Peace  made  September  11,  be- 
tween Prince  Lewis  and  King  Henry  III.  and  in  that  it  was  agreed,  that 
all  the  Prifoners  on  both  Sides  fhould  be  fet  at  Liberty. 

In  the  Month  of  January,  121  p,  he  gave  fbme  Lands  with  the  Con-  121  p. 
fent  of  Princefs  Mahud  his  Wife,  for  the  Endowment  of  a  new  Parifh- 
Church,  which  at  his  Requeft  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Sens  gave  Leave  to 
be  erected  in  a  Village  near  Champignelles.  This  Prince  Robert  did  ano- 
ther Act  of  Piety  in  Honour  of  St.  Willi  am  Arch-Bifhop  of  Bourges,  Un- 
cle to  the  Princefs  Elizabeth  de  Courtenay  his  Mother,  whom  Pope  Ho- 
norins  III.  had  canonized  in  the  Year  12 18;  for  in  Honour  to  his  Me- 
mory, he  gave  to  the  Church  of  St.  Stephen  in  Bourges,  in  the  Month  of 

April, 


72    Part  II.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Book  II. 

Chap.  I.  April,  1223,  with  the  Confent  of  Princefs  Mahud  his  Wife,  Two  Pounds 
w~y~Vj  of  yearly  Rent,  to  be  paid  out  of  his  Lordfhip  of  Mehun,  for  to  main- 
tain a  Lamp  to  burn  both  Night  and  Day  before  the  Corpfe  of  that  illu- 
ftrious  Saint.  And  a  little  Time  after,  King  Thilip  Augujtm  dying,  his 
Son  and  Succeflbur,  Lewis  VIII.  having  a  particular  Love  and  great  Efteem 
for  Prince  Robert,  conferred  on  him  the  Place  of  Butler  of  trance,  which 
is  the  fecond  Place  in  the  Kingdom,  and  which  had  been  void  for  two 
Years  by  the  Death  of  Guy  de  Senlis :  And,  as  Butler  of  Trance,  did  he 
with  other  Princes  of  the  Blood  and  Grandees  of  France,  on  the  %th  of 

1223.  November,  1223,  take  an  Oath  to  obferve  the  Ordinance  made  by  the 
King  againft  the  Jews,  as  Du  Tillet  does  obferve.  And  feveral  Charters 
figned  by  him,  as  Butler  of  France,  do  teftify,  that  he  accompanied  the 

1224.  King  in  his  Voyage  to  ToiBou,  in  the  Year  1224;  and  he  was  at  the 
Siege  and  Taking  of  Niort,  of  6ft  John  de  Angely,  and  Rochelle :  And  a- 
bout  the  End  of  the  fame  Year,  he  aililted,  by  an  Order  of  the  Court, 
in  Quality  of  an  Officer  of  the  Crown,  in  a  Judgment  given  by  the  Peers 
againft  Joan  Countefs  of  Flanders,  for  John  de  Neelle,  Appellant.  And 
the  Grandees  of  France  being  called  together  to  Tar  is,  in  the  Year  1220, 
foi  to  counfel  the  King  in  a  Defign  that  he  had  to  go  in  Perfon  to  War 
againft  the  Albigcnfes,  he  was  one  of  thofe  that  approved  of  that  generous 
Refolution,  and  that  did  promife  to  follow  the  King,  and  to  ferve  under 
him  during  the  Time  of  the  War  :  And  before  the  King  went,  he  gave 
Prince  Robert  a  new  Mark  of  his  Favour ',  for  he  promifcd,  if  the  Prince 
died  before  his  Son  came  of  Years,  to  take  Pofleffion  of  the  Lands  that  he 
had  in  Normandy,  and  to  keep  them  for  his  Heir ;  the  Original  of  which 
Promife  of  the  King  is  in  Latin  amongft  the  Records  of  the  Caftle  de 
Chevillon. 

After  this  Prince  Robert  gave  to  the  Abbey  of  Fontain-jean,with  the  Con- 
fent of  Princefs  Mahud  his  Wife,  a  certain  Quantity  of  Corn,  to  be  taken 
yearly  from  his  Seignioury  of  Charney,  as  alfo  a  great  Quantity  of  Wine  to 
be  had  yearly  from  his  Vines  oiVermtnton,  to  ferve  for  Bread  and  Wine  for 
the  Celebration  of  the  Maffes  in  that  Monaftery,  founded  by  his  Prede- 
ceffors,  and  which  he  chofe  for  the  Place  of  his  Burial. 

In  the  Beginning  of  June  he   was  in  Languedoc  with  the  King,  who 
*  befieged  the  City  of  Avignon,  and  reduced  that  and  the  whole  Province 

in  four  Months  to  his  Obedience,  excepting  the  City  of  Tholcufe,  which 
he  had  refolved  to  attack  next  Campaign,  if  Death  had  not  prevented  his 
Defign ;  for  he  died  the  %th  of  November,  in  the  Caftle  of  Montfenfler  in 
Auvergne,  of  a  Dyffentery,  where  he  had  retired  from  Tar  is  by  Reafon 
of  his  Sicknefs.     St.  Lewis  the   King  having  called   the  Grandees  of  his 

1235.  Realm  to  St.  Denis,  in  the  Month  of  September,  1235,  to  receive  their 
Advice  about  the  Incroachments  of  the  Prelates  upon  the  King's  Courts 
of  Juftice,  Prince  Robert  was  in  that  famous  AfTembly,  and  together  with 
the  reft  did  fign  a  Letter  to  the  Pope  upon  that  Subject. 

1237.  1°  trie  Year  1237,  the  Prince  by  his  Infirmities  finding  that  his  Death 

was  not  far  off,  to  prevent  all  Feuds  and  Animofities  among  his  Children, 
divided  his  Eftate,  and  allotted  to  every  one  their  Part,  by  a  Deed  made 
in  the  Month  of  March,  before  the  Official  of  Bourges  ;  and  at  the  fame 
Time  he  founded  the  Abbey  of  Beavoir  near  his  Town  of  Mehun,  where 
he  put  Religious  of  the  Cijiertian  Order.  He  was  with  the  King  at 
Compenne  in  the  Month  of  June  that  fame  Year,  where  he  fubfcribed, 
as  Butler  of  France,  to  Letters  of  Confirmation  of  the  Appennage  of  Ro- 
bert Counts  Artois:  But  his  Piety  and  his  Courage  made  him  to  pais 
beyond  the  Sea,  for  to  help  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land,  with  Thi- 

bant 


Part  II.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  II.   73 

baut  King  of  Navarre,  'Peter  Count  of  Britain,  and  many  other  great    Chap.  I 
Princes;  and  he  died  there  in  the  Year  1235*.     The  Princefs  Mahud  his    \^/w* 
Wife  was  alive  in  the  Year  1240  ;  but  the  Time  of  her  Death  is  not     1239. 
known. 

The  Children  of  Robert  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champgnelles,  and  of  Mahud  his  Wife,  were  ; 

1.  Philip  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Conches,  de 
Mehun-fur-Terre,  de  Selles,  de  Chafieau-Rennard,  &c. 

2.  Philip  de  Courtenay,  to  whom  Robert  his  Father  gave  for  his  Partage, 
in  the  Year  1227,  the  Seignioury  of  Champignelles,  'k&c.  Matthew  Paris 
obferves,  that  in  the  Year  1245,  he  took  upon  him  the'Crofs,  to  go  fuc- 
cour  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land,  with  the  Count  de  Artois,  the  Duke 
de  Eurgogne,  and  many  other  great  Princes ;  but  he  died  a  little  after  with- 
out taking  the  Voyage,  and  without  being  married,  and  had  for  his  Suc- 
ceifor,  in  the  Lands  of  Champignelles,  his  younger  Brother  William,  and 
in  thofe  of  Chafieau-Rennard  and  Charney,  his  elder  Brother  Peter. 

3.  Raoul  de  Courtenay,  third  Son  of  Robert  de  Courtenay,  was  Seigneur 
de  llliers  in  Auxerrois,  and  had  other  Seigniouries. 

4.  Robert  de  Courtenay,  the  fourth  Son,  was  defigned  for  the  Church  in 
his  Youth,  and  for  that  Reafon  he  is  called  Clerk  in  the  Partage  of  his 
Eftate  that  his  Father  made  between  his  Brothers  and  him.  His  Father 
left  him  for  his  Appennage  but  Five  Hundred  Livres  of  Rent,  to  be  taken 
from  the  Barony  of  Conches  j  but  after  that  he  had  Part  of  the  Seignioury 
of  Baillet,  and  was  polTefled  wholly  of  that  of  Damville  and  NonancourU 
It  appears  by  an  ancient  Regifter  in  the  Chamber  of  Accounts,  that  he  and 
his  Brother  'John,  both  Eccleiiafticks,  received  an  Order  to  be  at  Chinon, 
April  28,  1242,  to  ferve  the  King  St.  Lewis  againft  the  Count  de  la 
March:  He  was  in  the  Year  1251  Dean  of  Chart  res,  as  appears  by  a  1251. 
Charter  in  the  Abbey  of  Du  Val,  near  the  Ifle  Adam.     And,  according 

to  William  of  Naugis,  he  was  elected  Biihop  of  Orleans,  after  the  Death 
of  William  de  Bujjy,  in  the  Year  1258;  and  he  affifted  in  that  Quality  in  i2c8. 
the  Year  following,  at  the  Contrad  of  Marriage  of  his  Niece  Amicia  de 
Courtenay  with  Robert  II.  Count  de  Artois.  Afterwards  he  accompanied 
the  King  St.  Lewis  in  his  Voyage  to  Africa ;  and  ten  Days  after  the  Death 
of  that  Prince,  he  paid  his  Homage  to  the  new  King,  Philip,  in  the  Camp 
before  Tunis,  for  the  Seigniouries  of  Damville  and  Honancourt ;  and  he 
gave  that  which  he  had  at  Vermentou  for  to  adorn  the  Choir  of  his  Epif- 
copal  Church,  and  died  on  Friday  the  Sth  of  Auguft,  in  the  Year  1270. 

5.  John  de  Courtenay,  fifth  Son  of  Robert,  Butler  of  France,  was  alio 
defigned  for  the  Church,  and  was  Canon  of  Chartres  in  the  Year  1251, 
and  Arch-Deacon  of  Paris.  The  Year  after  his  Brother  Robert  was  made 
Biihop  of  Orleans,  he  procured  for  him  a  Canon's  Place  in  that  Church,  and 
the  Dignity  of  Chancellour.  And  in  the  Year  1 264,  Thomas  de  Beaumez, 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Rheims,  his  Coulin,  dying,  his  great  Merit  and  high  Birth 
obliged  the  Chapter  to  chofe  him  for  Succeflbr :  But  becauie  William  de 
Bray,  a  Cardinal  of  France,  by  the  Title  of  Cardinal  of  St.  Mark,  and 
Arch-Deacon  of  the  Church  of  Rheims,  was  named  with  him,  Alphonfus 
de  France,  Count  de  PoiEiiers  and  de  Tholoufe,  Brother  to  St.  Lewis,  writ 
to  the  Pope  in  Favour  of  Prince  John  de  Courtenay,  his  Coufin ;  which 
had  fo  good  an  Effeft,  that  Prince  John  was  preferred  before  the  Cardinal, 

and  was  confecrated  Arch-Bifhop  of  Rheims  in  the   Year  1 2.66,  and  fat     1 266. 
There  till  the  Year  1271,  in  which  Year,  Auguft  20,  he  died.  12.71. 

6.  William  de  Courtenay,  fixth  Son  of  Robert,  was  the  firft  of  that 
Name,  Seigneur  de  Chainfiigncllcs,  Baillet,  Cloyes,  \§c.  and  was  he  that 

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74  Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  I.    continued  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  as  we  fhall  fliew  in  the  Third  Chapter 
\^-v — *   of  this  Book. 

7.  Mahud  de  Courtenay,  the  eldeft  Daughter  of  Robert,  efpoufed,  before 
the  Year  1220,  Lewis,  firft  of  that  Name,  Count  de  Sancerre. 

8.  Ifabel  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter  of  Prince  Robert,  was  married 
after  the  Year  1 224,  to  Renaud  de  Montfaucon,  firnamed  the  lounger,  the 
only  Son  of  Seigneur  de  Montfaucon  in  Berry,  but  he  died  without  Iffue ; 
and  fhe  married,  about  the  Year  124a,  John,  firft  of  that  Name,  Counts 
Burgogne  and  de  Chalon,  firnamed  the  Wife. 

chaP.  11.  Chap.  IL 

ETER  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Con- 
ches, &c.  eldeft  Son  of  Prince  Robert,  efpoufed  Tetronell  de 
Joigny,  Daughter  of  Gaucher  de  Joigny,  Steward  de  Niver- 
nois,  and  Amicia  de  Montfort,  Neice  to  Amaury  the  Fifth, 
Count  de  Montfort  and  Tholoufe,  Duke  of  Narbonne,  and 
Conftable  of  France. 
In  the  Year  1 248,  he  went  into  the  Eaft  to  make  War  againft  the  In- 
fidels ;  and  being  in  the  We  of  Cyprus  the  Year  after  with  the  King  St. 
Lewis,  he  did  Homage  to  him  for  the  Lands  which  fell  to  him   by  the 
Death  of  Gaucher  de  Joigny,  the  only  Brother  of  his  Princefs,  who  died 
in  the  Ifland :  And  he  died  in  Egypt,  in  a  Battle  that  was  between  the 
Chriftians  and  the  Infidels,  on  Tuefday,  February  8,  1250.     He  had  one 
Daughter  named  Amicia  de  Courtenay,  who  was  efpoufed  to  Robert  the 
only  Son  of  Mahud  Countefs  de  Artois,  Nephew  to  St.  Lewis,  on  Friday, 
June  13,  in  the  Year    1250,  in  the  Prefence  of  the  King,  the  Countefs 
'Mahud,  the  Princefs  Tetronell  de  Joigny  her  Mother,  Robert  de  Courte- 
nay Bifhop  of  Orleans,  Raoul  John,  William  de  Courtenay,  her  Uncles, 
and  Simon  de  Montfort,  her  Great-Uncle  by  the  Mother's  Side ;  but  by 
Reafon  of  their  Minority,  the  Marriage  was  not  confummated  until  the 
Year  1 262.    She  went  with  her  Husband  into  Africa  in  the  Year  1 270, 
where  St.  Lewis  the  King  was  gone  before ;  and  there  Prince  Robert  her 
Husband  gave   fignal  Proofs  of  his  Valour,   in   feveral  Encounters  with 
the  Saracens :  Afterwards  Prince  Robert  went  into  Naples  to  vifit  King 
Charles  his  Uncle,  and  there  he  ftaid  fome  Time ;  and  as  he  was  return- 
ing into  France  with  the  Princefs  Amicia  his  Wife,  who  accompanied  him 
1275.     in  that  Voyage  alfo,  fhe  died  at  Rome  in  the  Year  1275,  and  was  buried 
with  great  Pomp  and  Solemnity  in  the  Church  of  St.  Teter. 

Raoul  de  Courtenay,  third  Son  of  Robert  de  Courtenay,  was,  as  was  faid 
before,  Seigneur  de  Illiers,  and  other  Seigniouries.  Father  Labbe,  the 
Jefuit,  does  lay,  in  his  Genealogical  Tables  of  the  Family  of  France,  that 
in  the  Year  1 247  he  fold  his  Land  of  Illiers  to  Robert  de  Courtenay  his 
Brother,,  who  was  afterwards  Bifhop  of  Orleans :  And  it  appears  by  feve- 
ral Writings,  that  he  married  Alice  de  Montfort,  whofe  Family  was  very 
famous  for  its  noble  Anceftors,  and  the  great  Alliances  that  they  made. 
Charles  of  France,  Count  de  Anjou  and  Trovence,  Brother  to  St.  Lewis, 
having  enterprized  the  Conqueft  of  the  Realm  of  Naples,  Raoul,  or  Ralph 
de  Courtenay,  was  one  of  thole  that  followed  him  for  the  Execution  of 
fuch  a  glorious  Defign,  and  he  did  receive  great  Marks  of  the   Count's 

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Efteem  and  Liberality,  after  he  had  overcome   Conradine  \  for  he  made  Chap.  II. 
him  Count  of  Chief i,  the  chief  City  of  Abruzzo  within,  firft  named  Thetis    *&>J~+J> 
by  its  Founders,  in  Honour  of  the  Mother  of  Achilles,  and   afterwards 
Theate,  Teata,  and  Theatina  by  the  Greeks  and  Latines.     He  was  made 
Count  of  Chieti  in  the  Year  1 16  0  •  but  he  did  not  long  enjoy  it,  for  he 
died  in  the  Year  1271 :  He  left  one  Daughter  named  Mahaut  de  Courte-     1271, 
nay,  Countefs  de  Chieti,  and  fhe  ftiled  herfelf  in  fome  Writings  Matildis 
de  Courtiniaco,  Comitijja  de  theatina.    Charles  King  of  Naples  and  Si- 
cily having  refolved  to  marry  her  to  T  hi  lip  the  youngeft  Son  of  Guy  Count 
of  Flanders,  for  whom  he  had  a  great  Efteem,  fent  Ambafiadours  to  his 
Father  to  propofe  the  Marriage  to  him,  and  it  was  concluded  in  the  Ca- 
ftle  of  Winendale  in  the  Year  1284;  and  prefently  after  Thilip  went  to     1284. 
Naples  to  efpoufe  her ;  and  being  embarqued  in  one  of  the  Gallies  that 
the  Tufcans  had  armed,  in  order  to  make  a  Defcent  upon  Sicily,  he  was 
taken  Prifoner  by  Roger  de  Loria,  Admiral  of  the  Fleet  of  the  King  of 
An  agon:  But  it  appears  by  feveral  Writings,  that  he  was  fet  at  Liberty     1288. 
before  the  Year  1288;  for  he  was  then  returned  into  Flanders,  but  his 
Countefs  died  in  Italy  in  the  Year  1300.  1300. 

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Chap.  HI.  chap.  in, 

I L  LI  AM  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champignelles,  &c.  was,  as  was  faid  before,  fixth  Son  of  Robert 
de  Courtenay :  His  Father  had  defigned  him  for  the  Church, 
and  for  that  Reafon  he  is  ftiled  Clerk,  together  with  his  two 
Brothers,  in  the  Partition  of  the  Eftate  made  in  the  Year 
1237;  but  he  became  Seigneur  de  Champignelles  by  the 
Death  of  Thilip  his  fecond  Brother,  in  whofe  Place  he  was  put ;  and  he 
renounced  all  the  Advantages  which  his  high  Birth  could  make  him  hope 
for  in  the  Ecclefiaftical  State,  to  follow  a  Military  Life,  as  being  more  a- 
greeable  to  his  Inclination  and  Courage.  Some  Time  after,  conlidering 
that  his  Family  was  juft  going  to  be  extinct,  feeing  his  eldcft  Brother  that 
died  in  the  Eaft  left  only  one  Daughter  very  young,  and  that  Thilip  the 
fecond  Brother  died  without  Iffue,  and  that  Raoul  the  third  Brother  was 
dead,  and  left  only  one  Daughter,  he  being  willing  to  perpetuate  fuch  a 
noble  and  illuftrious  Family,  married,  about  the  Year  1252,  Margaret  de  11S2' 
Chalon,  the  Widow  of  Henry  de  Brienne,  Seigneur  de  Venejy,  who  died 
in  Egypt,  whether  he  accompanied  the  King  St.  Lewis  in  the  Year  1 250. 
She  was  the  Daughter  of  John  the  Firft,  Count  de  Chalon,  defcended  in 
the  Male  Line  from  Berenger  II.  King  of  Sicily. 

This  Prince  William  accompanied  the  King  St.  Lewis  into  Africa  to 
make  War  againft  the  Infidels  ;  and  we  find  that  he  had  fix  Knights  that  fol- 
lowed him,  and  that  he  had  Two  Thoufand  Two  Hundred  Livres  for  their 
Pay.  After  his  Return  he  confirmed  the  Sale  that  Robert  his  Brother,  Bi- 
ftiop  of  Orleans,  made  of  the  Seignioury  of  Nonancourt,  to  Teter  de  la 
Broce,  the  King's  Chamberlain ;  and  gave  in  Mortmain  to  the  Abbey  du 
Val,  near  the  Ifle  Adam,  certain  Lands  that  he  poflcfled  in  the  Seigniou- 
ry of  Baillet :  And  being  very  religious  and  couragious,  he  croflcd  himfelf 
for  to  go  and  fuccour  the  Chriftians  in  the  Holy  Land,  with  Thilip  the 
Hardy,  King  of  France,  in  the  Year  1 276  •  but  that  Monarch  being  obli-  1  %-j(ii 
ged  in  the  mean  Time  to  declare  War  againft  Alphonfus  X.  King  of  Ca- 

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76   Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  'the    Book  II. 

Chap.  III.  pile,  for  the  Intereft  of  his  Sifter,  Prince  William  de  Courtenay  accom- 
C/"Y^lJ  parried  him  -to  Sauueterre  fur-le-Gaue  d'Oleron,  where  the  Army  was  to 
rendevous,  with  which  the  King  was  to  enter  Spain*  And  Prince  William, 
before  he  went,  to  fhew  fome  Marks  of  his  Piety  and  Virtue,  did  order 
his  Heirs,  by  his  Will  made  Tuesday,  September  10,  to  repair  all  the  Inju- 
ries and  Wrongs  that  they  could  find  he  had  done,  and  to  pay  all  his  Debts, 
without  any  Diminution :  And  he  gave  a  great  deal  to  pious  Ufes,  to  feve- 
ral  Churches,  Abbeys,  and  Hofpitals,  which  Bouchet  in  his  Hittory  does 
particularly  mention  ;  and  ordered,  that  if  he  died  in  'France,  that  they 
fhould  bury  him  in  the  Abbey  of  Fountain-jean,  to  which  Abbey  he  gave 
a  considerable  Sum ;  but  it  is  not  known  when  he  died ;  though  it  is  cer- 
1280.  tain  that  he  did  not  live  beyond  the  Beginning  of  the  Year  1280,  and 
that  he  was  buried  at  Fountain-jean  in  the  Burying-Place  of  his  Anceftors. 
He  had  a  fecond  Wife  named  Agnes  de  Tocy,  but  had  no  Children  by  her. 
The  Children  of  William  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champignelles,  t§c.  and  Margaret  de  Chalon,  his  firft  Wife,  were, 

1.  Robert  de  Court  en  ay,  who  preferred  the  Ecclefiaftical  State  before  his 
Right,  as  elder  Brother,  to  the  Seignioury  of  Champignelles,  and  other  Seig- 
niouries  and  Honours.   He  was  prefent  at  the  Agreement  made  the  Tuefday 

1280.  after  the  Feaft  of  the  Nativity  of  St.  John  Baptift,  in  the  Year  1280,  be- 
tween the  Abbot  and  his  Religious  of  Fontain-jean,  and  the  Inhabitants 
of  Champignelles,  which  was  made  in  Favour  of  the  Abbey.     He  was  a- 

i2jjo.  tout  the  Year  1200  made  Canon  of  Rheims:  Some  Time  after  his  high 
Merit  advanced  him  to  the  high  Dignity  of  Arch-Bifhop  of  Rheims,  which 

1300.  happened  in  the  Year  1300:  He  held  a  Provincial  Council  at  Compienne 
on  Friday,  January  2,  1304.  Belief orreft  in  his  Annals  does  fay,  that  he 
was  one  of  the  four  Princes  of  the  Blood-Royal  that  affifted  at  the  Mar- 
riage of  Edward  II.  King  of  England,  then  Prince  of  Wales,  with  Ifabel 
of France,  Daughter  of  King  'Philip  le  Belle,  in  the  Year  1300;  and  he 
had  the  Honour  to  confecrate  in  his  own  Cathedral,  Sunday,  Augufl  24,  in 
the  Year  13 15,  King  Lewis  X.  firnamed  Hutin.  By  the  Order  of  that  King 
he  called  an  Aflembly  of  his  Suffragans  and  other  Bilhops  to  Senlis,  for  to 
examine  the  Caufe  of  Peter  de  Lot  illy,  Bifhop  of  Chalons  in  Champaigne, 
and  Chancellour  of  France,  fufpe&ed  of  being  the  Caufe  of  the  Death  of  his 
Predeceffor,  as  alio  of  King  Philip ;  but  there  being  not  Bilhops  enough, 
according  to  the  Canon,  he  called  a  National  Council  to  meet  May  15,  the 
Year  following,  which  was  put  off  to  Monday,  July  0.6 ;  but  King  Lewis 
Hutin  died  before  the  Council  had  given  Sentence,  who  declared  the  Bi- 
fhop  of  Chalons  innocent.  Prince  Robert  de  Courtenay  had  alfo  the  Ho- 
nour to  put  the  Crown  upon  the  Head  of  King  Philip  V.  firnamed  the 

13 17.  Long,  fhurfday,  January  6,  in  the  Year  13 17 :  He  confecrated  alfo  King 
Charles  IV.  firnamed  le  Bell,  Sunday,  February  21,  in  the  Year   1322, 

1323.  and  died  the  id  Day  of  March,  in  the  Year  1323.  According  to  his  Will, 
which  he  made  in  the  Year  13 14,  he  was  buried  near  the  high  Altar  of  his 
Cathedral  Church,  in  the  fame  Place  where  John  de  Courtenay,  Arch-Bi- 
fhop of  Rheims,  his  Uncle,  was  interred,  under  a  Tomb  of  Marble,  upon 
which  is  to  be  ieen  his  Effigies,  which  is  there  reprefented  in  his  Pontifical 
Habit,  with  the  Arms  of  Courtenay,  and  with  the  Fleur  de  Lys's  therein, 
as  a  Mark  of  his  Royal  Extraction ;  a  Copy  of  which  Bouchet  has  in  his 
Hiftory. 

2.  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champignelles, 
&c.  was  fecond  Son  of  William  Seigneur  de  Champignelles  and  Margaret 
de  Chalon ;  and  he  continued  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  as  fhall  be  feen  in 
the  next  Chapter. 

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3.  Teter  de  Courtenay  was  the  third  Son  of  William  de  Courtenay:  He  Chap.  IIL 
was  born  about  the  Year  1 2.69,  and  was  a  Minor  of  about  fourteen  Years  **s y^sj? 
old  when  his  Sifter  Margaret  de  Courtenay  was  married  to  the  eldeft  Son 

of  Raoul  de  Eftrees,  Marefchal  of  France.  After  the  Death  of  his  Father 
he  endeavoured  in  Parliament  to  make  void  the  Agreement  made  in  that 
Marriage,  becaufe  he  faid  it  was  difadvantageous  to  him :  But  by  an  Arreft 
made  in  Parliament  about  Whitsunday  1282,  his  Demand  was  reje&ed;  be- 
caufe, as  the  Arreft  fays,  the  Marriage  was  made  in  the  Prefence  of  the 
King,  and  by  his  Approbation;  and  that  the  Agreement  made  was  no 
Way  injurious  to  him :  He  died  without  being  married,  and  his  SuccelTion 
was  parted  between  his  Brothers  Robert  and  John  de  Courtenay,  on  the 
Feaft  of  St.  Denis,  October  %  in  the  Year  1  2  00. 

4.  Ifabel  de  Courtenay,  eldeft  Daughter  of  William  de  Courtenay  and 
Margaret  de  Chalon,  his  firft  Wife :  She  was  married  to  William  de  Bour- 
bon, firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Becay. 

5.  Margaret  de  Courtenay :  She  was  married  by  her  Father  in  the  Year 
1272  or  71,  in  the  Prefence  of  King  Thilip  the  Hardy,  with  the  eldeft 
Son  of  Raoul  de  Sores,  firnamed  de  Eftree,  Marefchal  of  France ;  but  he 
dying  without  Ifliie,  about  the  Year  1282,  ihe  efpoufed  afterward  Renaud 
de  Trie,  the  Son  of  Matthew  Seigneur  de  Trie,  Count  de  Dammartin. 

.  C  H  A  P.    IV.  Chap.  IV- 

0  HN  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Cham- 
pignelles,  &c.  his  eldeft  Brother  being  devoted  to  the  Church, 
and  his  younger  dying  unmarried :  He  was  the  only  Son  of 
William  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Champignelles,  that,  con- 
tinued the  Family.  This  John  de  Courtenay  efpoufed  Jane 
de  Sancerre,  the  only  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Stephen,  fecond 
of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  St.  Bricon,  and  de  Terenelle  St.  Milly.  Ste- 
phen Count  de  Sancerre,  her  Coufin-german,  Robert  de  Courtenay,  Canon 
of  Rheims,  and  other  great  Princes,  were  prefent  at  the  Marriage.  In  the 
Year  1 296  he  rendered  Homage  to  John  Bifhop  of  Nevers  for  the  Baro- 
ny of  Deconrs-les-Barres,  upon  the  Account  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
four  Barons  of  Nivernois,  who  are  bound  to  carry  the  Bifhop,  when  he 
makes  his  firft  Entry  into  his  City,  from  the  Church  of  St.  Martin  to 
that  of  St.  Cyre.  In  the  Year  1303,  King  Thilip  le  Bell  having  reiblved  1303. 
to  fuccour  Tournay,  that  was  befieged  by  the  Flemmings,  Prince  John  de 
Courteiiaywzs  one  of  the  Grandees  of  the  Realm  which  accompanied  him  in 
that  Expedition;  and  he  was  at  the  Battle  of  Mons  in  the  Year  1304,  i?c6. 
with  many  Knights  in  his  Retinue.  He  was,  about  the  Year  1306,  Go- 
vernour  of  the  Temporalities  of  the  Arch-Biftiop  of  Rheims  his  Brother, 
as  appears  by  a  Petition  made  to  him  by  the  Clergy  of  the  Town  of  1308. 
Monfoin.  In  the  Year  1308,  his  Wife  Jane  de  Sancerre  fell  fick,  and  he 
gave  her  Leave  to  make  her  Will,  which  ftie  did  on  Wednesday,  Janua- 
ry 10,  that  Year;  in  which  fhe  ordered,  that  her  Body  ftiould  be  interred 
in  the  Church  of  Champignelles  near  the  Altar  of  St.  John  Baptift :  She 
gave  Three  Hundred  Livres  Turnois  for  Mafs  to  be  laid  for  herfelf  and 
Prince  John  her  Husband  for  ever:  She  gave  many  Legacies;  as  to  the 
Abbey '  of  Font ain-je ait,  to  the  Church  of  St.  Stephen  in  Sens,  to  the 
U  Church 


78     Part  II.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  'the  Book  II. 

Chap.  IV.  Church  of  St.  Bricon,  to  the  Church  ofCours-les-Barres,  to  that  of  Altiry3  St. 
•^•"*—    Martin,  St.  Firmin-fur-Loire,  of  Courtenay,  and  Mareleville-,  to  the  Cor- 
deliers of  Nevers,  to  many  of  her  Domeiticks,  to  the  Nurfes  of  Robert 
and  Thilip  de  Court  en  ay  her  Children;  and  named  for  the  Executors  of 
this  latt  Will  the  Arch-Bilhop  of  Sens,  her  Husband,  and  John  de  Courtenay 
her  eldeft  Son :  But  it  is  not  certain  that  ftie  died  of  that  Sicknefs ;  though 
1 21 2.    .it  is  evident  fhe  did  not  live  after  the  Month  of  April  13 13.    And  Prince 
1 3 1 8.     John,  who  founded  two  Vicarages  or  Chapels  in  the  Year  1 3 1 8,  died  the 
fame  Year,  before  the  Month  of  December. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Court enay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champignelles,  &c.  and  Jane  de  Sancerre  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  John  de  Courtenay', fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champ gnelles. 
1.  'Philip  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  la  Ferte  Lupiere ;  an  Account  of 
whofe  Pofterity  we  fhall  find  in  the  Seventh  Book. 

3.  Robert  de  Court  enay,  who  was  firft  Canon  of  Rheims  and  Sens,  and 
afterwards  Provoft  of  the  Church  of  Lijle  in  Flanders  :  He  died  February 
the  16th,  according  to  the  Martyrology  of  Nofire-Dame  de  SoiJJons,  but 
it  does  not  tell  what  Year. 

4.  William  de  Court  enay  :  He  was  Canon  and  Vidame  of  Rheims,  and 
alfo  Canon  of  Montfaucon ;  and  had  in  the  Divifion  of  his  Father's  Eftate 
One  Hundred  Thirty  Seven  Livres  Four  Sols  of  annnal  Rent,  to  be  taken 
out  of  the  Lands  of  Ferte  Lupiere. 

5.  Stephen :  He  was  Canon  and  Provoft  of  the  Church  of  Rheims:  He  had 
for  his  Portion  One  Hundred  Thirty  Seven  Livres  out  of  the  Seignioury  of 

135  a.  Ferte  Lupere.  Hugh  d'Arcy,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Rheims,  dying  in  the  Year  1 35  2, 
the  Chapter  elected  him  in  his  Place ;  and  becaufe  his  eminent  Virtues  had 
got  him  the  Good-will  both  of  the  Clergy  and  the  People,  the  Magi- 
ftrates  of  the  City  wrote  to  Pope  Clement  VI.  for  to  confirm  the  Election, 
which  Letter  is  at  large  in  Bouchet's  Hiftory :  But  he  did  not  enjoy  that 
Honour  which  his  Merit  and  high  Blood  had  procured  for  him,  for  he 
died  before  he  was  confirmed  in  it,  November  7,  1352,  according  to  the 
Martyrology  of  Nofire-Dame  de  Soijfons,  and  had  for  his  Heir  Thilip  de 
Court  enay  his  Brother. 

6.  Teter  de  Court  enay :  He  was  defigned  for  the  Church,  but  he  after- 
wards leaving  that  Defign,  became  Seigneur  d'Autry,  Cours-les-Barres, 
Villeneufeu  des  Genets  :  He  married  Margaret  de  la  Loupere,  and  died 
the  yth  of  September,  as  the  Martyrology  of  Nofire-Dame  de  Soijfons  does 
fay,  but  the  Year  is  omitted.  He  was  the  Father  of  one  only  Daughter, 
named  Joan  de  Courtenay,  Lady  d'Autry,&c.  who  married  John  de  Beau- 
mont, Seigneur  de  Coudray  in  Berry. 

7.  Joan  de  Courtenay :  She  had  for  her  Portion  One  Hundred  Thirty 
Seven  Livres  Rent,  and  was  a  Religious  in  the  Monaftery  of  Nofire-Dame 
de  Soijfons^'m  the  Year  13 18,  according  to  the  Martyrology  of  that  Place, 
where  fhe  is  named  with  John,  Robert,  ThUip  Teter,  and  Stephen  de 
Courtenay  her  Brothers  ;  and  fhe  died  the  6th  of  March,  but  the  Year  is 
not  mentioned. 


C  H  A  P. 


Part  II.       Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  II.   79 


Chap.   V.  chap,  v. 

OHN  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Cham- 
pignelles,  &c.  was  the  eldeft  Son,  as  was  faid,  of  John  de  Cour- 
tenay, ftrft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champguelles  :  He  di- 
vided his  Father's  Eftate  with  his  Brothers  and  Sifters,  and  alio 
the  Eftate  that  came  by  his  Mother,  and  had  for  his  Share  the 
Lands  of  Champgnelles  and  St.  Bricon,  for  which  he  did  Homage  to  the 
Count  de  Saucer  re,  Friday  after  the  Feaft  of  All-Saints  in  the  Year  1327: 
He  died  Sunday  the  14th  of  December,  1334-  Margaret  de  St.  Verain  1334- 
his  Wife  remained  Tutorefs  to  his  Children,  and  in  that  Quality  ihe  did 
Homage  to  the  Count  de  Sancerre  for  the  Lands  of  St.  Bricon,  Friday 
after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Feter  and  St.  Faul,  in  the  Year  1335,  and  ihe  lived 
a  confiderable  Time  after  her  Husband. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champgnelles  and  St.  Bricon,  and  Margaret  de  St.  Verain,  Dame  de  Ble- 
neau,  were, 

1.  John  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Chamftgnelles 
and  St.  Bricon,  who  died  without  IfTue ;  of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak  in  the 
next  Chapter. 

2.  Feter  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Blenedu,  who  continued  the  Suc- 
ceilion,  and  who  fucceeded  his  Brother  in  the  Seigniouries  of  Champgnelles 
and  St.  Bricon. 

3.  Alice  de  Courtenay,  who  is  named  with  her  Brothers  in  an  Arreft 

of  the  Court  of  Parliament,  in  the  Year  1348  ;  but  to  whom  ihe  was  mar-     I34& 
ried  it  is  not  known. 

Chap.  VI.  Chap. vl 

|UPPL  OHN  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Cham- 
"V  111  Pine^es  anc*  St.  Bricon,  was  very  young  when  his  Father  died, 
*  |p  as  divers  Deeds  do  teftify ;  and  he,  his  Brother,  and  Sifter,  were 
under  the  Tutorage  of  their   Mother :  But   it  appears  by  an 
Arreft  of  Parliament  that  he  was  of  Age  June  16,  1344,  when     1344, 
the  City  of  Guines  was  furprized  by  the  Englijh.     This  Prince  was  one  of 
thofe  that  were  commanded  by  the  King  to  make  War  in  Ficardy  with 
Geojfry  de  Charny,  a  General  of  confummate  Experience :  He  was  alio  at 
the"terrible  Battle  of  Foittou,    in   the  Year   ijjtfy  according  to  Vilani, 
who  puts  him  among  the  Slain,  through   a   Miitake :  And  in  a  Treaty 
made  at  Calais,  October  24,  1360,  King  John  gave  him,  amongft  other     1360. 
French  Nobles,  for  an  Hoftage  to  the  King  of  England,  until  he  had,  ac- 
cording to  the  Treaty,  fur  rendered  to  him  the  County  of  Font  hi  eu.    And 
when  the  War  with  the  Englijh  was  kindled  again  in  the  Reign  of  Charles 
V.  this  fame  Prince,  John   de  Courtenay,  made  himfelf  famous   in  many 
Encounters  for  the  Defence  of  his  Country.     In  the  Year  1368,  he  mar-      1368. 
ried  Margaret  de  Thianges,  but  he  had  no  Child  by  her,  and  died  in  the 
Month  otjune  139a,  and  was  buried  in  the  Church  of  Champgnelles;  and     135)2- 
had  for  his  Succeflor  Teter  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  his  youn- 
ger Brother. 

CHAP. 


8o    Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the   Book  II. 


Chap.  VII. 


Chap.  VII. 


1361. 


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1395- 


1396' 
1415. 


ETER  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champgnelles,  St.  Bricon,  de  Bleneau,  &c.  continued  the 
Succeflion  :  He  ferved  King  John  in  the  Wars  which  he  had 
||  with  the  Englijh ;  and  he  got  by  his  Valour  the  Honour  of 
1  Knighthood,  before  the  Year  1361.  Under  the  Reign  of 
Charles  V.  he  appeared  again  in  Arms  for  the  Defence  of  his  Country  - 
and  he  accompanied  Philip  of  France,  Duke  of  Burgogne,  with  Eighteen 
Efquires,  when  he  was  fent  to  the  Frontiers  of  Picardy  with  the  Forces 
of  the  King  his  Brother  to  oppofe  the  Duke  of  Lancafler,  who  landed 
an  Army  at  Calais  in  the  Month  of  July,  1360.  In  the  Year  1382  he 
accompanied  King  Charles  VI.  when  he  went  to  fuccour  Lewis  Count  of 
Flanders  againft  his  Subjecb  that  were  in  Rebellion.  And  he  was  in  the 
famous  Battle  of  Roosbecque,  in  which  more  than  Twenty  Five  Thou- 
land  Flemmmgs  were  left  dead  upon  the  Place.  Afterward  falling  fick  in 
his  Caftle  of  Champgnelles,  he  made  his  Will,  Friday,  March  12,  13^5, 
and  chofe  for  the  Place  of  his  Burial  the  Church  of  Champgnelles,  near 
his  elder  Brother  John,  and  left  the  ordering  of  all  thofe  Things  that  he 
appointed  in  his  Will  to  his  Wife,  whom  he  ftiles  Noble  Dame  Agnes  de 
Melun. 

The  Children  of  'Peter  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Champgnelles,  and  Agnes  de  Melun  his  Wife,  Lady  de  EJprenne,  were, 

1.  "Peter  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champgnelles. 

2.  John  de  Courtenay. 

3.  Mary  de  Courtenay,  who  was  married  in  the  Year  13  op  with  Wil- 
liam de  Grange,  Son  of  'Thibaut,  Seigneur  de  Grange  in  Brie,  Knight. 

4.  Agnes  de  Courtenay :  She  was  married  twice ;  firft  to  a  Gentleman 
called  Monficur  de  Brion,  and  in  a  fecond  Marriage  to  John  de  St.  Julien, 
Seigneur  de  Mairroy. 

5.  Anne  de  Courtenay,  who  was  under  the  Tutorage  of  her  Mother  in 
the  Year  130-6;  but  fhe  died,  or  was  a  Religious,  before  the  Year  1415, 
becaufe  there  is  no  Mention  made  of  her  in  the  Divifion  of  her  Father's 
Eftate. 


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ChapVIII 


•.418. 


Chap.   VIII. 

ETER  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Cham- 
pgnelles, &c.  by  his  Merit  and  Valour,  obtained  from  Charles 
VI.  the  Dignity  of  Knighthood,  and  was  Counfellour  and  Cham- 
berlain in  Ordinary  to  the  King,  which  Places  were  looked  up- 
on as  very  honourable.  His  Mother  perfwaded  him  to  marry 
Joan  Braque,  the  only  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Blanchet  Braque,  Knight, 
Seigneur  de  St.  Maurice-fur-Laveron,  Mafter  of  the  Houfhold  to  Charles 
VI.  But  this  Marriage  was  not  of  long  Continuance,  for  he  died  in  the 
Beginning  of  the  Year  1411,  and  his  Widow  being  left  the  Mother  of  one 
only  Son,  married  again,  September  the  6th,  141 8,  with  John  the  Second, 
firnamed  Lurdin,  Seigneur  de  Saligny. 

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Part  II.       Noble  Family  of  Conrtenay.      Book  II.  8 


The  only  Son  of  "Peter  de  Court  enay,   third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  Chap  VIII 
de  ChamfigneUes,  ®c.  and  of  Joan  Braque  his  Wife,  was,  John  de  Cour-  ^TV*^ 
tenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champignelles,  t§c.  an  Account 
of  whom  fhall  be  in  the  next  Chapter. 

5fc    4&    .».    &    &.    :&     $£    ife.     M    &    4&    At    Si    i&     *     *     ,tj.     &     .y.     ,T.     „v.     ,T, 

Chap-  RC  Chap.Ix. 

0//iV  dfe  Conrtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  *&  Cftim- 
pgnelles,  gf.  in  the  Year  1435,  married  with  7/^<?/  ^  £#*-     1435. 
//7fc» ;  And  in  the  Year  1441  he  was  at  the  Siege  ofPontoife,     1441- 
where  the  King  was  in  Perfon.    Afterward,  having  loft  the 
Princels  Ifabel  de  Chafiillon  his  Wife,  who  died  without  IfTue 
he  married  Margaret-David,   Widow  to  Stephen  de  Vignolles,   firnamed' 
la  Hire,  Seigneur  de  Montmorillon.    He  accompanied  the  King  to  Nor- 
mandy, when  he  undertook  to  drive  the  Englijb  thence,  and  to  reduce 
that  Province  to  his  Obedience ;  and  was  one  of  thofe  that  accompanied 
the  King  when  he  made  his  Entry  into  the  City  of  Louuiers,  after  the 
Taking  of  Veruevil,  about  the  Month  of  Augufi  1445)  '■>  anc*  having  fpent     l449° 
all  his  Eftate  in  the  Wars,  he  retired  to  Chafiillm-fur-Loing,  where  being 
taken  fick,  he  made  his  Will  the  firft  Day  of  Augufi,  147a.    And  by  his     *472» 
Will  he  ordered,  that  his  Body  mould  be  buried  in  the  Collegiate  Church 
of  St.  "Peter  in  that  Place,  before  the  Altar  of  the  Blefled  Virgin,  and  gave      ' 
iix  Pounds  Turnois  to,  the  Chapter  for  the  Right  of  Burial :  He  gave 
Twenty  Sols  Turnois  to  the  Curate  of  Chafiillon  for  the  Pains  he  had  ta- 
ken with  him  during  his  Sicknefs;  and  he  gave  what  was  left,  after  his 
Legacies  were  paid,  to  "Peter  Conrtenay  his  natural  Son,  and  died  without 
lawful  Iffue,  although  he  had  been  married  twice ;  and  without  any  Eftate, 
although  he  had  been  poffefled  of  a  great  many  Seigniouries ;  and  for  his 
confuming  of  his  great  Eftate,  he  had  the  Name  given  him  of  John  fans 
Terre» 


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1466. 


Chap.    I. 


OHN  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  <fe 
Bleneau,  was  the  fecond  Son  of  Prince  Peter  de  Courtenay, 
fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champgnelles,  and  of 
Agnes  de  Melun  his  Wife;  and  this  is  he  that  continued 
the  Family  :  His  Mother  was  his  Tutorefs  in  the  Year  1306. 
The  Seignioury  of  Bleneau  was  given  him  for  his  Part  of 
his  Father's  Eftate,  when  it  was  divided  between  him,  his  Sifters  Mary 
and  Agnes,  and  his  Nephew  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Champgnelles. 
He  married,  in  the  Month  of  January  1424,  with  Catherine  de  Lojpital, 
Daughter  of  Francis  de  Lofptal,  Knight,  Seigneur  de  Soify,  Couniellour 
and  Chamberlain  to  the  King.  He  died  in  the  Year  1460;  and  by  his 
Will  ordered,  that  a  Monument  ihould  be  erefted  for  him  in  the  Choir 
of  the  Church  of  Bleneau,  in  which  he  is  reprefented  fitting  upon  a 
War-Horfe,  with  all  his  Trappings  upon  him ;  and  on  them,  according  to 
his  Order,  are  put  three  Coats  of  Arms ;  1.  That  of  Courtenay  with  that 
of  his  Mother :  2.  That  of  Courtenay  with  that  of  his  Grand-mother :  3. 
That  of  Courtenay  with  that  of  his  Great-Grand-mother,  which  were,  de 
Melun,  de  Verain,  and  de  Sancerre. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  and  of  Catherine  de  L'ofptal  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  John  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  who 
continued  his  Pofterity. 

a.  William  de  Courtenay:  He  had  for  his  Portion  the  Seignioury  of 
Croquet aine  in  Brie:  He  married  a  Lady  called  Antoniette  des  Marquets, 
and  had  by  her  two  Daughters,  Antoniette  de  Courtenay,  and  Charlotte  de 
Courtenay. 

3.  'Peter  de  Courtenay :  He  was  Seigneur  de  la  Ferte  Lupere,  &c.  an 
Account  of  whofe  Pofterity  fhall  be  given  hereafter  in  the  Fourth  Book. 

4.  Renaud  de  Courtenay :  He  was  Seigneur  de  Arrablay,  and  died  with- 
out Iffue. 

5.  Charles  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Arrablay,  de  I'Efpnay,  &c.  an 
Account  of  whofe  Pofterity  is  in  the  Sixth  Book. 

6.  Agnes  de  Courtenay :  She  efpoufed,  before  the  Year  1461,  John,  Seig- 
neur de  St.  Pierre  Efchamp,  and  was  a  Widow  1 466. 

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7.  Jfabel  de  Court  en  ay :  She  was  alfo  married  before  the  Year  1461^     Chap.  I. 
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ftate  in  the  Year  1461 ;  but  it  is  uncertain  whether  fhe  was  married;  for 
there  is  no  Mention  made  of  her  in  the  Tranfa&ion  paffed  between  her 
Brothers  and  Sifters,  and  Blanche  de  Sdnnes,  Widow  of  John  de  Lojpital, 
Seigneur  de  Soijy,  made  in  the  Year  1 460. 


Chap.  II. 


Chap.  II. 


OHN  de  Court enay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ble- 
neau, &c.  married  Margaret  de  Bouchart,  Daughter  of  Lan- 
celot de  Bouchart,  Knight,  Seigneur  de  Blancafort,  in  the 
Year  1457 :  And  in  the  Year  146 1,  he  divided  with  William,     1457. 
"Peter,  Renaud,  and  Charles  de  Court  en  ay,  his  Brothers,  the     1461. 
Eftates  both  of  his  Father  and  Mother  j  and  in  that  Divifion  he  left  to 
his  Brothers  the  Seigniouries  of  de  la  Ferte  Lupere,  de  Ropimerie,  de 
Arrablay,  de  Cheuillon,  de  Trenay,  and  Croqiietaine :  He  died  in  the 
Year  1480;  but  Margaret  his  Wife  lived  to  the  Year  1502,  as  an  Arreft     1480. 
of  Parliament  then  made  does  teftify,  in  which  ftie  is  mentioned.  150a. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that,  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  &c.  and  of  Margaret  de  Bouchart  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  John  de  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  of 
whom  I  fhall  fpeak  in  the  Chapter  following. 

1.  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  who  was  a  Religious,  and  died  after  the 
Year  1475). 

3.  Louife  de  Courtenay :  She  married,  before  the  Year  1470,  Claude  de 
Chamigny,  Seigneur  de  Briare ;  they  lived  together  home  to  the  Year  1516', 
as  a  Tranfa&ion  does  teftify,  made  between  them  and  their  Brother  John 
de  Courtenay,  concerning  the  Succeflion  to  their  Father's  Eftate. 

4.  Catherine  de  Courtenay :  She  was  married  during  the  Life  of  her  Fa- 
ther, and  before  the  Year  i\j$,  with  John  de  Longveau,  Seigneur  de 
Efcrignelles.  r  ^ 

Chap.  III.  chap.  in. 

^OHNde  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ble- 
neau, &c.  began  his  warlike  Actions  under  the  Command  of 
||  John  de  Amboife,  Seigneur  de  Bujfy,  his  Coufin,  in  Favour  of 
King  Charles  VIII.  againft  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  and  other 
Princes  of  the  Blood,  who  had  formed  a  Party  againft  the 
State,  under  Pretence  of  the  Regency,  during  the  King's  Minority.  He 
efpoufed  afterwards  Catherine  de  Boulainvillier,  Daughter  of  "Philip  the 
fecond,  Seigneur  de  Boulainvillier,  Ufa.  But.  fhe  dying  fome  Time  after 
without  IfTue,  he  married  again,  the  id  of February,  i45>4»  Magdalene  de  1494. 
Bar,  Daughter  of  Robert  de  Bar,  Seigneur  de  Baugy,  i^c.  He  was  in 
Italy,  June  24,  1497,  with  Gilbert  de  Bourbon,  Count  de  Montpnfier, 
Viceroy  of  Naples.     From  that  Time,  we  can  find  nothine:  of  this  Prince 

'till 


84  Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Htflory  of  the    Book  III. 

Chap.  III.  'till  the  Year  15 10,  when  being  fick  in  the  Caftle  of  Bleneau,  he  made  his 
C/W>  Will,  November  1 2,  and  made  his  Executors,  Magdalene  de  Bar  his  Wife> 
l5l°-     Francis  de  Bar,  Knight,  Seigneur  de  Baugy,  Hector  de  Courtenay,  Seig- 
neur de  la  Ferte,  and  John  de  Courtenay  his  Brother,  Seigneur  de  Cheu- 
illon,  his  Coufin-germans.     He  gave  many  Legacies  to  divers  Parifhes,  and 
chofe  to  be  buried  in  the  Church  of  Bleneau,  before  the  Crucifix,  near  his 
151 1.     Father,  and  died  on  ftueftay,  January  7,  151 1,  as  his  Epitaph  does  fhew. 
15 16.     His  Wife  died  Auguft  25,  15 16,  according  to  the  Epitaph  that  is  put  un- 
der that  of  her  Husband. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that   Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  and  Magdalene  de  Bar  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  Francis  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  who 
continued  the  Family. 

2.  Thilip  de  Courtenay,  Canon  de  Auxerre,  and  Curate  de  St.  Triue : 
He  is  fo  ftiled  in  the  Di  virion  of  his  Father's  Eftate,  made  in  the  Year 

151^.     1510. 

5.  Efme  de  Courtenay,  who  had  the  Seignioury  of  Villar  for  his  Por- 

j  ■  tion:  He  fignalized  himfelf  in  many  Battles  in  the  Reign  of  King  Henry 

II.  who  gave  him  the  Government  of  Juoy  in  the  Year  1552,  for  that  he 
behaved  himfelf  well  in  the  Siege  of  that  Place,  which  Count  de  Mansfeld 
defended  for  the  Emperour,  as  Monfieur  de  Thou  does  fay,  in  the  10th 
Book  of  his  Hiftory.  He  was  alfo  one  of  the  Gentlemen  in  Ordinary  of 
the  King's  Houfe ;  and  being  in  Favour  with  Anne  de  Montmorency,  Con- 
ftable  of  France,  the  moft  powerful  Man  in  the  Kingdom,  he  fpent  his 
Life  at  Court  and  in  the  Army  with  Honour,  and  died  without  having 
any  Iffue  by  Vandeline  de  Nice  his  Wife. 

4.  John  de  Courtenay,  Knight  of  the  Order  of  St.  John  of  Jerusalem 

1  j 25).     in  the  Year  1520. 

1.544.        5-  Antoniette  de  Courtenay,  who  efpoufed,  in  the  Year  1544,  Francis 
Seigneur  du  Monceau,  and  was  the  Mother  of  one  only  Daughter. 

Chap.  IV.  C  H  A  P.   IV. 

RANCIS  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  &c.  was  not  above  Eighteen  or  Nineteen   Years 
old  when  he  fought  in  the  Battle  of  Marignan:  His  firft 
military  Actions  were  fo  famous,  that  they  got  him  the  Dig- 
nity of  a  Knight  before  his  Time.     It  is  certain,  that  his  Re- 
putation and  high  Birth  were  the  Caufe  that  made  him  ob- 
tain in  Marriage  Margaret  de  la  Barre,  one  of  the  greateft  Fortunes  of 
that  Time :  She  had  for  her  Father  John  Seigneur  de  la  Barre,  Count  de 
1527.     Eftamps,  &c.  Francis  de  Courtenay  was  married  to  her  May  10,  1527; 
and  in  the  Year  following  the  King  gave  him  the  Office  of  Bailiff,  Captain, 
and  Governour  of  Auxerre,  in  Consideration  of  a  Sum  of  Money  that  he 
paid  the  King  to  help  him  in  his  Affairs :  And  having  loft  Margaret  de  la 
1547.     Barre  his  Wife,  he  efpoufed  in  his  fecond  Marriage,  in  the  Year   1547, 
Helena  de  £>uinquet,  his  Coufin  in  the  third  Degree :  And  it  was  this  fe- 
cond Marriage  that  made  him  the  Father  of  many  Children,  for  he  had  but 
one  Daughter  living  by  the  firft.     King  Henry  II.  had  fo  great  an  Efteem 
and  Veneration  for  his  Perfon,  and  for  the  great  Qualities  that  he  poffeffed, 
that  he  chofe  him  to  infpire  Royal  Virtues  into  thofe  that  fhould  one 

Day 


Fart  II.    Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  III.   85 

Day  fucceed  to  the  Crown.  And  without  doubt  Fortune  would  have  de-  Chap*  IV, 
clared  in  his  Favour,  after  it  had  been  fuch  a  cruel  Enemy  to  his  Ance-  C/~V"W 
ftors,  fays  Bouchet,  if  this  generous  Monarch  had  enjoyed  a  longer  Life ; 
but  his  untimely  Death  hindered  him  from  doing  that  Juftice  to  the  Prince 
of  Courtenay  which  was  due  to  his  high  Birth  and  to  his.  Merit ;  and  he 
dying  in  the  Year  1561,  two  Years  after  the  King,  his  Family  loft  the 
Fruit  of  all  the  Hopes  that  he  had  conceived  in  that  Conjuncture,  both 
by  Realbn  of  the  Minority  in  which  he  left  his  Children,  and  of  the  Com- 
motions that  were  raifed  in  the  Kingdom  afterwards. 

The  Children  of  Francis  de  Courtenay.,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  gfo  and  Margaret  de  Barre,  his  firft  Wife,  were, 

1.  Frances  de  Courtenay  :  She  was  married,  in  the  Year  ijo'o',  to  Antony     1566. 
Seigneur  de  Lignieres,  Knight  of  the  Royal  Order,   and  Governour  of 
Chartres. 

2.  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  who  died  young  before  the  Year  1570,  157^. 

The  Children  by  Helena  de  guinquet,  fecond  Wife,  were, 
1.  Gajpar  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  who 
continued  his  Family. 

1.  Odet  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  T  arc-Vieil :  He  died  without  Iflue. 

3.  Charles  de  Courtenay,  who  died  unmarried. 

4.  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Salles,  who  efpoufed  Magdalen  de 
Orleans,  the  Daughter  of  Lewis  de  Orleans,  Seigneur  de  Foiffeau,  by 
whom  he  had  James,  Magdalen,  and  John  de  Courtenay,  who  all  died 
without  Iflue.  He  retired  into  England  with  his  Coufin  John  de  Courte- 
nay, at  that  Time  Seigneur  de  Frauville,  becaufe  that  Juftice  was  refuted 
to  be  given  to  them,  after  their  prefenting  many  Petitions  for  the  recogn- 
izing and  preferving  the  Rights  of  their  Family  ;  and  he  did  not  die  'till 

the  Year  161$.  16 18, 

5.  Mary-Elizabeth  de  Courtenay :  She  efpoufed  Francis  de  Lor  on,  Ba- 
ron de  Limanton. 

6.  Sufan  de  Courtenay :  She  efpoufed  Joachim  de  Chafienay,  Seigneur 
de  Villars  en  Auxois,  but  left  no  Iflue. 

7.  Magdalen  de  Courtenay,  who  had  for  Husband  James  de  I'Enfernat, 
Baron  de  jhoigny,  ^r.  by  whom  fhe  had  two  Daughters. 


Chap.  V. 


Chap.  V, 


\ASTAR  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ble-  ^-^^ 
neau,  &c.  was  a  Minor  when  his  Father  died ;  but  if  he  had 
been  of  Age  to  take  the  Advantage  of  the  Efteem  that  his  Fa- 
ther had  been  in  with  Lewis  XII.  Francis  I.  and  Henry  II. 
he  had  added  a  new  Luftre  to  his  Family,  lays  Bouchet,  and 
had  difperfed  that  malignant  Star  that  had  fo  long  prefided  over  the  Houfe 
of  Courtenay  :  But  his  Minority  and  the  Meannefs  of  his  Fortune,  and  the 
Tumults  which  the  Difference  about  Religion,  and  the  Intereft  of  the 
Grandees  did  Itir  up  in  the  Kingdom,  oppofed  the  Change  of  his  Fortune* 
But  in  the  Year  idea,  he  was  forced  to  break  Silence,  and  to  demand  the  1602., 
Priviledge  of  other  Princes  of  the  Blood  :  And  this  Prince  Gafpar  de 
Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  with  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de 
Salles,  his  younger  Brother,  James,  Rene,  and  John  de  Courtenay,  his 
Coufins,  of  the  Branch  of  Che-Sillon,  preiented  a  Petition  to  Henry  the 

Y  Great, 


86    Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  HI. 


Chap.  V. 


Great,  the  15th  Day  of  January,  1603,  to  obtain  the  Recognizance  of 
their  Family :  And  the  fame  Prince  Gaffar  continued  to  demand  it  from 
that  invincible  Monarch,  and  from  his  Council  home  to  his  Death,  which 
1600.  happened  the  5th  of  January,  1600.  In  the  Year  1571  he  was  married 
to  Efmee  de  Chefnay,  Daughter  of  John  de  Chefnay,  Knight  of  the  King's 
Order:  But  fhe  died  May  io>  1604,  and  was  interred  in  the  Church  of 
Bleneau,  under  a  ftately  Monument  which  her  Husband  erected  for  him- 
felf  and  her -,  upon  which  is  his  Effigies  with  hers  upon  their  Knees,  clothed 
with  a  grand  Mantle  bordered  with  Fleur  de  Lys's  and  double  Ermines, 
with  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  and  thofe  of  France. 

After  the  Death  of  Efmee  de  Chefnay,  Prince  Gajpar  de  Courtenay, 
Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  married  with  Loifa  de  Orleans,  Daughter  of  Lewis 
de  Orleans,  Seigneur  de  Foiffeau^  and  left  her  Widow  and  Executrix  of 
his  Will,  by  which  he  ordered,  that  his  Heart  fhould  be  fent  to  the 
Church  of  the  Abbey  of  Fontain-jean,  the  Burying-Tlace  of  his  Anceftors. 
And  fhe  caufed  to  be  engraven  upon  a  Marble  Stone,  where  are  the  Arms 
of  Courtenay  parted  with  thofe  of  Orleans,  this  Epitaph;  Under  is  inclofed 
the  Heart  of  the  moft  high  and  moft  illuftrious  Trince  of  the  Blood  Royal 
Monfeigneur  Gafpar  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  who  died  in  his 
Houfe  of  Bleneau,  the  5th  Day  of  January^  1600. 

The  Children  of  Gajfar  de  Courtenay,  firlt  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  &c.  and  Efmee  de  Chefnay,  his  firft  Wife,  were, 

1.  Francis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Neufuy,  who  died  in  Hungary, 
where  his  Courage  carried  him  to  fight  againft  the  Turks. 

2.  Efme  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  &c.  of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak 
in  the  next  Chapter. 

3.  Joan  de  Courtenay,  Priorefs  of  the  Nunnery  of  Montargis :  She  died 
1638.    in  the  Year  1638. 

4.  Efmee  de  Courtenay,  Governefs  of  the  fame  Nunnery  after  her  Sifter : 
164 1.    She  died  in  the  Year  1641. 

5.  Claude  de  Courtenay,  who  was  married  to  Antony  de  Brenne,  Knight, 
Seigneur  de  Bombon,  &c.     She  died  in  the  Year  1612. 

6.  Gaff  are  de  Courtenay :  She  had  for  her  firft  Husband  Claude  Seig- 
neur de  Bigny ;  in  her  fecond  Marriage  fhe  efpoufed  James  de  Bofu,  Seig- 
neur de  Lougueval;  and  afterwards  fhe  married  Taul  de  Thianges,  Seigneur 
de  Creitzet. 


Chap.  VI 


16104 


Chap.  VI. 

I SME  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  &c. 
after  his  Father's  Death,  continued  to  demand  the  Rank  that 
was  due  to  his  Birth ;  but  being  wearied  with  the  Delays  of 
the  Court,  he  refblved  to  put  fome  Stop  to  his  Purfuits,  which 
were  rendered  of  none  Effect  by  his  Enemies,  and  thofe  that 
envied  the  Greatnefs  of  his  Family :  But  before  he  ceafed,  he  prefented, 
together  with  his  Uncle  and  Coufins  de  Chevillou  and  de  Frauville,  to  the 
King  a  Petition  in  the  Nature  of  a  Remonftrance,  which  they  delivered 
into  the  King's  own  Hands :  But  not  being  able  to  obtain  his  Requeft, 
by  Reafbn  of  the  Power  and  Greatnefs  of  his  Enemies,  he  went  into  Flan- 
ders 5  and  when  he  was  come  to  Thionville,  he  fent  to  the  King,  May  8? 
the  Reafons  that  made  him  to  retire  j  and  fent  likewife  an  Account  to  the 

Chancellour 


Part  II.      Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.     Book  III.   87 

Chancellour  of  all  what  the  Parliament  had  done  againft  him,  and  the  In-  Chap.  VI, 
tereft  of  his  Family,  to  inform  the  King  of  it :  But  the  Gentleman  that  y^yv 
he  fent  to  Court  found  the  King  dead;  for  he  was  affaffinated  the  14th 
of  the  lame  Month,  and  his  Letters  were  only  delivered  to  Monfieur  de 
Ville-roy,  one  of  the  Secretaries  of  State.  In  the  mean  Time  the  News  of 
the  Death  of  the  King  had  made  Monfieur  the  Prince  to  leave  Italy  to 
go  to  France ;  and  in  his  Paffage  he  met  with  Prince  Efme  de  Courtenay 
in  the  Low  Countries,  and  there  he  promiied  him  his  AfTiftance,  and  to 
make  Ufe  of  his  Interelt  with  the  Queen  and  the  Minifters  to  get  Juftice 
done  to  him.  The  Prince  de  Court enay  profecuted  the  Affair  with  fo  great 
Diligence,  that  the  Queen  aflured  him,  that  fhe  would  give  him  entire  Sa- 
tisfaction; and  afterwards  he  put  into  the  Hands  of  the  Chancellour  a 
Memorial,  which  was  afterwards  printed,  containing  all  that  related  to  the 
Intereft  of  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  for  him  to  make  Report  of  it  to  the 
Council:  But  this  did  not  anfwer  his  Expectation,  and  he  could  get  no 
Advantage  by  his  Petitions  and  Complaints,  which  did  not  end  but  with  his 
Life.  He  died  in  the  Year  1633,  and  was  the  Widower  of  Catherine  du  162  3, 
Sart  his  Wife,  who  was  Daughter  of  Adrian  du  Sart,  Seigneur  de  Ville- 
faint-Jaques. 

The  Children  of  Efme  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bleneau,  and  of  Catherine  du  Sart  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  Gafpar  de  Court  enay,  fecond  of  that   Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau, 
f£c.  of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter. 

1.  Ifabelle-Angelique  de  Courtenay,  Priorefs  of  the  Monaftery  of  Saint 
Dominique  in  Montargis. 

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Chap.  VII.  chaP.vii. 

AST  A  R  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ble- 
neau. The  Authority  which  Cardinal  Richelieu  had  got  in  the 
Kingdom  by  his  Merit,  and  the  Fame  of  his  great  Actions,  did 
oblige  this  Prince,  who  was  Son  to  his  Goufin-german,  to  apply 
himfelf  to  him,  that  he  might  have  Juftice  d6ne  to  his  pamily. 
And  that  great  Man  had  a  Defiign  to  do  all  that  did  lie  in  his  Power  to 
reftore  that  Family  to  the  Dignity  that  was  due  to  it :  But  his  Thoughts 
being  always  employed  in  procuring  Matter  for  the  Conquefts  and  Tri- 
umphs of  his  Matter,  and  in  diffipating  the  Factions  that  were  formed  a- 
gainft  him  by  the  Grandees  of  the  Realm,  he  was  hindered  from  bringing 
his  Defign  to  effect,  of  reftoring  the  Family  of  Courtenay  to  its  Rank  and 
Dignity,  at  a  Time  when  he  was  able  to  put  the  laft  Hand  to  that  Work. 
His  Death  put  an  End  to  the  Hopes  of  the  Prince  of  Courtenay,  who  lived 
fome  Years  at  Court,  and  died  in  the  Year  165J,  without  leaving  any  IfTue  I(j 
by  Magdalene  Durfort  his  Wife :  Two  Years  before  his  Death,  he  gave 
the  Seignioury  of  Bleneau  to  Lewis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Chevillou, 
his  Coufin. 


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Chap.  I. 


ETER  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  $e 
Ferte-Loupere,  &c.  This  Prince  was  the  third  of  the  five 
Sons  which  came  by  the  Marriage  of  John  de  Courtenay, 
fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  and  of  Ca- 
therine de  L'ojpkal,  and  had  for  his  Portion,  upon  the  Di- 
146 1.  Sy^SlllJiisl  virion  of  his  Father's  Eftate,  in  the  Year  1461,  the  Seig- 
niouries  de  Ferte- Louper e,  de  Chevillon,  and  de  Trenay  :  Six  Years  after  he 
married  with  Terrine  de  la  Roche,  delcended  from  an  illuftrious  Family  : 
She  was  the  Daughter  of  Vincent  Seigneur  de  la  Roche,  and  Mary  de  Trie, 
feventh  Daughter  of  James  de  Trie,  Seigneur  de  Money.  Thilip  de  Trie, 
her  Mother's  Uncle,  afterward  dying  without  IfTue,  and  leaving  great 
Riches  behind  him,  he  demanded  his  Share  of  his  Eftate,  together  with 
1483.  John  Seigneur  de  Valliquerville,  his  Brother-in-law,  in  the  Year  1483, 
againft  others  that  laid  Claim  to  it ;  and  the  Controverfy  lafted  longer  than 
his  Life,  for  he  died  in  the  Year  1504,  and  it  was  not  ended  'till  1514, 
as  we  mall  fee  hereafter. 

The  Children  of  Teter  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Ferte-Loupere,  He.  and  of  Terrine  de  la  Roche  his  Wife,  were,  . 

1.  Hector  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ferte-Loupere, 
of  whom  we  lhall  treat  in  the  next  Chapter. 

a.  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Chevillon,  and 
de  Frawville,  who  continued  his  Family,  and  of  whom  an  Account  ihall 
be  given  in  the  Fifth  Book. 

3.  Charles  de  Courtenay,  who  had  the  Seignioury  of  Bontin  in  part,  and 
1514.        died  without  IiTue,  in  the  Year  15 14. 

4.  Lewis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bontin  after  his  Brother :  His  Po- 
fterity  is  Ipoken  of  in  the  End  of  this  Booic. 

5.  Teter  de  Courtenay :  He  had  for  his  Portion  Part  of  the  Seignioury 
of  Martroy,  in  a  Divifion  made  of  his  Father's  Eftate  in  the  Year  1505; 
but  died  without  being  married. 

6.  Efme  de  Courtenay,  who  was  an  Ecclefiaftick,  and  divided  his  Fa- 
thers Eftate  with  his  Brothers  in  the  Year  1505:  He  is  alio  named  in 
the  Tranlaftion  that  pafled  in  the  Year  15 14,  concerning  the  Dividing  of 
his  Mother's  Eftate,and  lived  to  the  Year  15a j. 

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7.  Efmee  de  Courtenay,  eldeft  Daughter  of  Prince  Teter,  Seigneur  de     Chap.  I. 

Ferte-Loupiere,  and  of  Territte  de  la  Roche  his  Wife :  She  was  married  be-     \j^r^ 
fore  the  Year  15 14,  with  William  de  ghiinquet,  Seigneur  de  Montifaitt. 

'  8.  Blanche  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter:  She  had  for  her  Portion 
the  Seignioury  de  Trenay,  and  efpoufed,  after  the  Year  15 14,  Mark  de 
Matelan,  a  Scots  Gentleman,  Seigneur  de  Maranville,  Father  of  Charles 
de  Mat  elan,  Seigneur  of  the  fame  Place,  who  aflifted  at  the  Marriage  of 
Maximilian  de  Bethune,  Seigneur  de  Rofny,  with  Anne  de  Courtenay, 
Dame  de  Boutin,  in  the  Year  1583..  1583. 

Chap.  II.  c^Mi. 

ECTOR  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  </<?  Ferte- 
Loupiere,  &c.  In  the  Month  of  May  1505,  he  divided  his 
Father's  Eftate  with  his  Brothers  and  Sifters,  and  alio  that  of 
his  Mother,  and  had  for  his  Portion,  as  elder  Brother,  the 
Seignioury  of  Ferte-Loupiere :  He  married  in  the  Year  1508, 
the  14th  of  May,  with  Claude  de  Ancienville ;  and  in  the  Year  15 10,  John 
de  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  his  Coufin-ger- 
man,  chofe  him  for  one  of  the  Executors  of  his  laft  Will.  It  appears  by 
an  Arreft  of  Parliament,  that  this  Prince  continued  the  Suit  that  his  Fa- 
ther had  commenced,  touching  the  Succeffion  to  Thilip  de  Trie,  Uncle  to 
his  Mother,  and  that  it  was  ended  by  an  Agreement  made  the  laft  Day 
of  April,  15 14;  but  his  other  Actions  are  unknown:  He  lived  to  the 
Year  1548.  1548. 

The  Children  of  Hector  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
la  Ferte-Loupiere,  and  of  Claude  de  Ancienville  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  Rene  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  dela  Ferte-Loupiere  : 

He  divided  the  Eftate  of  his  Father  with  his  Brothers  and  Sifters,  May  26,     1550. 
1550,  and  efpoufed  Anne  de  la  Magdelaine,  Daughter  of  Gerard  de  la 
Magdelaine,  Seigneur  de  Raigny,  but  had  no  Child  :  He  was  flain  in  the 
Siege  of  Bourges,  after  he  had  given  many  Proofs  of  his  Valour,  and  ac- 
quired Glory  worthy  of  his  great  Birth,  in  the  Year  1562.  .  156 2. 

2.  Thilip  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Villeneuve-la-Cornue :  He  died 
without  being  married  in  the  Year  155 1. 

3.  Joan  de  Courtenay,  the  eldeft  Daughter,  Dame  de  Villeneuve-la- 
Cornue :  She  was  efpoufed  in  her  firft  Marriage  with  William  de  Saint 
Thale,  Seigneur  de  Nevilly,  by  whom  fhe  had  Children  :  Her  fecond  Hus- 
band was  Titus  de  Caftelneau,  Chevalier  of  the  Order  of  the  King,  g$r. 
but  he  being  aflalTinatcd  in  the  Year  1573,  died  without  Iflue;  and  fhe 
married  a  third  Time  with  Francis  de  Vernevil,  Seigneur  de  St.  Ejliu,  by 
whom  fhe  was  left  a  Widow,  in  the  Year  1507.  l597' 

4.  Barbe  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter :  She  had  for  her  Husband 
'Philip  de  St.  Thale,  Seigneur  de  Thou,  \?hom  fhe  married  before  the  Year 
154J?;  ^ut  ^e  ^ed  without  Children. 

5.  Marie  de  Courtenay,  third  Daughter :  She  had  for  her  Husband  John 
de  Sailly,  Seigneur  de  Hartanes. 

6.  Charlotte  de  Courtenay,  fourth  and  laft  Daughter ;  fhe  was  married 
before  the  Year  1550,  to  John  des  Marins,  Seigneur  de  I'Efchelle:  He 
died  without  Iflue,  and  fhe  married  again  with  Julien  de  Conde,  Seig- 
neur de  Boulages;  and  in  her  third  Marriage,  the  firft  of  Angufi,  1361, 
with  Nicholas  de  la  Croix,  Vicount  de  Semoine. 

Z  CHAP. 


90  Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hi flory  of  the    Book  IV. 


Chap.  III. 

OHN  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Che 
villon,   &(A     This  Prince  was  the  fecond  Son  of  'Peter  de 
Court  en  ay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ferte-Loupiere, 
and  of  Perrine  de  la  Roche.     In  the  Divifion  of  his  Father's 
1 5 jo.     ^PIQS)  i'A  Eftate  with  his  Brothers  and  Sifters,  made  in  the  Year  15 10, 
he  had  for  his  Share  the  Seigniouries  of  CheviUon  and  Frau- 
ville.    In  the  Month  of  November  the  lame  Year,  the  Seigneur  de  Ble* 
neau  left  him,  together  with  HeEtor  his  elder  Brother,  Executors  of  his 
15 1 3.     Laft  Will :  And  on  the  firft  Day  of  January,  1513*  he  married  with  a 
Lady  of  Quality,   called   Lovette  de  Chantier,  Daughter  of  William  de 
*534-     Chantier,  Seigneur  de  Moulins,  and  died  the  i\th  of  May,  1534,  as  the 
Infcription  upon  his  Tomb  fhews,  which  is  in  the  Church  of  CheviUon, 
where  is  his  Effigies  in  a  warlike  Habit,  with  his  Coat  of  Arms,  and  un- 
der his  Head  one  great  Fleur  de  Lys,  as  a  Mark  of  his  Royal  Extraction. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
CheviUon,  and  of  Lovette  de  Chantier  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  James  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  CheviUon,  who  undertaking  a  Voy- 
l5S7'     age  to  vifit  Jerusalem,  died  in  the  Ifle  of  Cyprus,  1557,  without  being 

married. 

2.  William  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  CheviUon,  who  continued  the 
Family. 

3.  Marie  de  Courtenay :   She  efpoufed  John  de  Sailly,  Seigneur   de 
Gaftines-. 

4.  Martha  de  Courtenay  :  She  had  for  her  Husband  Mark  de  Giverlay, 
Seigneur  de  Chajires. 

an.  IV.  C  H  A  P.     IV. 


I : j  .-■]  I L  LI  AM  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Che* 
jj  villon,  Sfa  His  Mother  marrying  the  fecond  Time,  had  10  much 
I  Confideration  for  him,  that  upon  her  Marriage  with  Seigneur 
1  de  Pacy,  with  his  Confent,  fhe  granted  to  her  Son  the  Right 
of  theHoufe  that  fhe  had  for  her  Dowry  in  the  Caftle  of  Che- 
viUon :  And  after  the  Death  of  his  Mother,  this  Prince  William  divided 
with  his  Brother  his  Father's  Eftate,  in  the  Year  1551,  and  had  for  his 
Share  the  Seignioury  of  Frauville,  &c.    Some  Time  after  he  married  with 
Margaret  Fretel,  defcended  from  Robert   Fretel,  one  of  the  Chevaliers- 
Bannerets  of  the  Count  de  St.  'Paul,  who  lived  in  the  Time  of  King  Phi- 
lip the  Auguft:  He  married  her  the  3^  Day  of  January,  1555,  and  at  that 
Time  he  was  only  Seigneur  de  Frauville  and  de  Briant;  but  his  elder 
Brother  dying  in  the  Ifle  of  Cyprus,  in  his  Voyage  to  the  Holy  Land,  he 
became  Seigneur  de  CheviUon:  He  died  in  the  Year  155/2,  and  his  Corps 
was  buried  in  the  Church  of  CheviUon,  near  that  of  his  Father,  where 
there  is  an  Infcription  which  fays,  that  he  was  of  the  Royal  Houfe  of 
France. 

The  Children  of  William  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
CheviUon,  and  of  Margaret  Fretel  his  Wife,  were, 

1,  Francis 


Part  II.     Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  IV.  9 1 

1.  Francis  de  Courtenay,  who  died  without  being  married,  before  his  Chap.  IV. 
Father,  in  the  Year  1583.  tTYV» 

2.  James  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Chevillon :     *i83» 
He  died  alfb  without  being  married,  and  was  interred  in   the  Abbey  of 
Fontain-jean,  where  his  Brother  and  Succeflbr  erected  for  him  a  rich  Mo- 
nument of  Marble,  in  which  he  is  repreiented  in  the  Kabit  of  a  Prince  of  the 
Blood,  and  there  is  a  large  Epitaph,  which  Bouchet  has  let  in  his  Hiftory. 

3.  Rene  de  Courtenay,  third  Son  of  Prince  William,  Seigneur  de  Che- 
villon :  He  was  defigned  for  the  Church,  and  was  Abbot  of  the  Abbey  de 
St.  Jumieges,  after  the  Death  of  Charles  Cardinal  de  Bourbon,  fecond  of 
that  Name,  Archbifhop  of  Roan  :  He  divided  his  Father's  and  Mother's 
Eftate  with  his  Brothers  the  \oth  of  September,  1596;  and  in  the  Year  1596. 
16 19,  Pope  Taul  V.  at  the  Nomination  of  Lewis  XIII.  gave  him  the 
Abbey  of  Efchalis,  to  hold  in  commendam  with  the  Priory  of  St.  Eutrope  de 

Cho(y  in  Brie,  and  that  of  Chevillon ;  and  the  Pope  lent  his  Bull  from  Tuf- 
culum,  dated  OtJober  1 7,  in  which  he  is  ftiled  Prince  of  the  Blood-Royal : 
He  lived  to  the  Year  1627.  1627* 

4.  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Chevillon,  &c.  He  continued  the 
Family. 

5.  Catherine  de  Courtenay,  only  Daughter  of  Prince  William  de  Cour- 
tenay: She  was  married,  in  the  Year  155)7,  to  Efme  Seigneur  de  Chevry,  &c. 

Chap.   V.  chap.  v. 

;  0  HN  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Che- 
villon. The  two  eldeil  Brothers  of  this  Prince  being  not  mar- 
ried, and  the  Third  devoting  himlelftothe  Church,  he  be- 
came the  Chief  and  only  Heir  of  that  Branch,  which  alone 
this  Day  remains  of  the  Houfe  of  Courtenay,  that  is  deicended 
from  Lewis  le  Groffe,  King  of  France ;  and  feeing  the  Seig- 
nioury  de  Frauville  was  given  to  him  upon  the  Divilion  of  the  Eftate,  un- 
der that  Name  he  firft  appeared  in  the  World,  and  did  fome  of  the  moft  fa- 
mous and  remarkable  Things  of  his  Life.  He  was  very  young  when  Henry 
IV.  came  to  the  Throne,  and  fhared  the  Glory  of  thole  great  A&ions  that 
were  performed  by  that  invincible  Monarch,  from  the  Beginning  of  his  Reign 
home  to  the  Peace  of  Vervin.  Afterward  he  married,  June  the  24th,  i.55>£,  ij^p. 
with  Magdalen  de  Marie,  Widow  of  Claude  de  Faulx,  Chevalier  Seigneur 
de  Tovilly,  and  Daughter  of  Jerom  de  Marie,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seig- 
neur de  Verfigny.  This  Prince,  not  being  able  any  longer  to  bear  the  In- 
juries done  to  his  Family,  defired  Leave  of  the  Queen-Regent,  Mary  de 
Medicis,  to  g6  out  of  the  Realm ;  and  having  got  Leave  he  went  into 
England,  with  John  de  Courtenay,  his  Coufin,  Seigneur  de  Salles  :  But 
before  he  went,  he  writ  a  long  Letter  to  the  Parliament,  which  contained 
the  Reafons  that  obliged  him  to  feek  Protection  amongft  Strangers,  until 
the  King's  Majority  might  be  able  to  give  fure  Protection  to  his  Family, 
and  to  do  him  Juftice,  which  he  did  not  doubt  but  the  King,  when  he  came  of 
Age,  would  do  to  his  Royal  Extra&ion.  And  the  King  of  England,  fix 
Months  after  they  came  to  his  Court,  did  write  a  Letter  to  Lewis  XIII. 
and  another  to  the  Queen-Regent  his  Mother,  in  both  which  he  did  recom- 
mend the  Cafe  of  the  Prince  de  Courtenay  to  them,  and  did  defire  that 
they  would  do  him  Juftice.     This  Letter  was  dated  at  Weftminfter,  July  9, 

16 14, 


92   Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  IV. 

]hap»  V.  1614,  and  is  at  large  in  Bouchet.  Some  Time  after  Monfieur  the  Prince 
s^tfSj  of  Conde  having  with  other  Grandees  taken  up  Arms  to  reform  fome  cer- 
tain Abufes  that  were  in  the  Government,  he  thought  that  the  Intereft 
of  the  Prince  of  Court enay  would  be  advantageous  to  him,  by  Reaibn  of 
the  great  Efteem  that  that  Prince  had  got  in  England:  He  fent  there- 
fore to  him  for  his  AiTrftancc,  and  withal  promiied  him  that  he  would 
do  all  that  did  lie  in  his  Power  to  get  Juftice  to  be  done  to  him:  And 
j  6 1 6.  the  Letter  that  he  fent  for  thisPurpofe,  was  dated  January  the  4th,  16 16. 
And  according  to  this,  in  the  Treaty  of  Peace  which  was  at  Loudon,  in  the 
Month  of  May  following,  this  Article  was  inferted,  viz.  That  Right  jhall 
be  given  to  Mefieurs  de  Courtenay,  according  to  the  Laws  of  the  Land, 
pirfuant  to  the  Requefis  that  were  often  prefented  by  them,  for  the  Con- 
servation of  the  Honour  of  their  Family,  both  in  the  Life  of  the  late  King 
and  afterwards :  Of  which  Monfieur  the  Prince  gave  Advice  to  Prince 
John  de  Courtenay,  then  in  England,  by  Letter,  and  allured  him,  that  he 
would  ufe  his  Power  at  Court,  that  the  Family  might  enjoy  their  Right, 
as  contained  in  the  Ninth  Article :  To  which  Article  the  King's  Commit 
fioners  writ  in  the  Margin,  That  they  would  acquaint  the  King  with  it, 
for  it  was  not  in  their  'Tower.  And  there  are  two  Letters  from  the 
Prince  of  Conde  to  that  Purpoie  in  Bouchet,  and  fubferibed,  From  Tour 
affectionate  Coufin  to  do  Ton  Service,  Henry  de  Bourbon. 
"  But  after  that  Treaty  at  Loudon^  the  Prince  of  Conde  being  fufpe&ed 
at  Court,  was  feized  in  the  Louvre,  and  made  Prifoner  the  if  Day  of 
16 16.  September,  1616;  and  his  Imprifonment,  and  the  Difordets  that  followed, 
broke  all  the  Meafures  that  Prince  John  de  Courtenay  had  taken,  to  put  an 
End  to  the  Difgraces  of  his  Family,  and  to  obtain  thofe  Advantages  which 
were  due  to  the  Blood-Royal,  from  which  he  took  his  Original. 

Being  thus  deprived  of  his  Hopes,  and  lofing  at  the  fame  Time  his  elder 
Brother,  who  died  in  the  Beginning  of  the  Year  16 17,  he  relblved  to  re- 
turn into  France,  where,  as  foon  as  he  arrived,  he  found  the  Malice  of  the 
Procurator-General  againft  his  Family  to  appear  more  than  ever ;  Tor  he 
not  only,  by  his  fole  Authority,  did  forbid  the  Notaries  of  the  Caftle  of 
Taris  to  give  the  Title  of  Prince  of  the  Blood  in  their  A&s  to  the  Houfe 
of  Courtenay,  but  did  forbid  alfo  the  Meflieurs  de  St.  Marthe  to  infert  their 
Defcent  in  the  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Family  of  France,  and  to  cite 
du  Tillet  in  their  Favour.  This  obliged  the  Prince  de  Courtenay,  and  the 
Seigneur  de  Bleneau  his  Coufin,  to  complain  to  the  King  of  the  Injury 
1620.  done  him,  February  3,  1620,  by  a  Petition,  which  wras  put,  by  the  King's 
Command,  into  the  Hands  of  Monfieur  de  Vair,  Keeper  of  the  Seals  of 
France,  and  given  to  Monfieur  de  Boijfife,  Counfellor  of  State,  for  him  to 
make  Report  of  it  in  Council :  There  were  Six  other  Counfellors  alio  no- 
minated with  him  to  examine  the  Matter;  and  the  King  promifed,  that 
the  Procurator-General  fhould  be  required  to  do  Juftice  to  the  Family. 

But  the  Princes  of  Courtenay  having  been  amufed  with  fair  Promifes 
only,  for  five  Years  together,  prefented  again  a  Petition  to  the  King,  on 
1626.  March  16,  1626,  in  which  they  demand,  That  all  thofe  Things  that  had 
been  done  to  the  Prejudice  of  their  Family,  as  Princes  of  the  Blood,  might 
be  void :  And  they  defired,  that  the  King  would  permit  their  Advocates 
to  aflift  in  the  Council;  and  that  the  Hiftorians  might  make  publick  all 
thofe  Proofs  and  Writings  that  did  ferve  to  ftiew  the  Glory  of  their  Family ; 
and  that  the  Omiflion  of  their  Branch,  made  by  Order  of  the  Procurator- 
General,  in  the  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Family  of  France,  by  Meflieurs 
St.  Marthe,  might  be  repaired.  And  home  to  the  Death  of  Prince  John 
de  Courtenay,  which  happened  at  Taris,  February  3,  163  0,  they  did  not 

ceafe 


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ceafe  to  defire  Juftice,  without  being  able  to  obtain  it  of  the  Court;  which     Chap.  V. 

neverthelefs  refufed  it  no  otherwife,  than  by  their  Silence ;  and  it  did  in    x^z-v-s^ ' 

effect  own  the  Right  of  thofe  of  the  Family  of  Court  enay,  by  their  Man^ 

ner  of  treating  of  them.     This  is  certain,  if  the  Court  had  not  been  fully 

perfwaded  of  the  Truth  of  their  Royal  Extraction,  at  that  Time   when 

they  demanded  their  Rank,  but  thought  fit  to  refufe  it  them  for  Politick 

Reafons,  it  would  not  have  hearkened  to  them,  and  received  their  Requefts,  *0 

and  Demands  made  by  them,  as  Princes  of  the  Blood:  Which  Title   of 

Prince  of  the  Blood,  the  Seigneur  de  Chevillon  took  in  all  his  publick  A&s 

and  which  Title  the  Pope  gave  to  the  Family  in  all  his  Bulls,  and  which 

was  engraven  upon  the  magnificent  Monument  that  was  erected  by  the 

Seigneur  de  Chevillon  for  his  Brother  and  him  in  the  Abbey  of  Fontain- 

jean.     Thuanus,  in  his  Hiftory,  'Rage  456",  fays,  Trincifis  nomen  mtfquam 

in  Gallia  tributum  nifi  iis  qui  per  mares  e  regibtts  noflris  originem  rePe- 

tmit,  qui  nunc  tantum  a  Ludovico  Nono  beata  memories  nitmerantur,  nam 

Curtinad  Drocenfes,  quamvis  a  Ludovico  CrafTb  genus  duceutes  hodie  inter 

eos  minime  recenfentur.    "  The  Name  of  Prince  is  never  in  France  given 

"  to  any,  but  to  thofe  that  are  defcended  from  our  Kings  in  the  Male  Line  • 

"  and  none  at  this  Time  are  counted  as  fuch,  but  thofe  only  that  are  de- 

"  fcended  from  Lewis  IX.  of  bleffed  Memory ;  for  thofe  of  the  Family  of 

"  Courtenay  and  Dreux,  although  they  derive  their  Defcent  from  Lewis 

"  le  Grojfe,  are   not  at  this   Day   reckoned  as  Princes  of  the   Blood." 

Thus  faith  Thnanus. 

Which  fhews  plainly  the  Reafon  why  the  Court  of  France  would  not 
allow  the  Family  of  Courtenay  the  Priviledges  of  Princes  of  the  Blood ;  be- 
caufe  they  go  no  farther  back  than  to  thofe  that  are  defcended  from  St. 
Lewis 3  and  the  Family  of  Courtenay  branched  out  from  the  Stock  before ! 
And  this  they  did,  becaufe  they  would  not  have  the  Princes  of  the  Blood 
too  numerous,  and  therefore,  although  they  do  not  deny  but  the  Family 
of  Courtenay  was  defcended  from  the  Royal  Stock,  yet,  notwithftanding 
their  many  Petitions  and  Remonftrances,  the  Court  ftill  refufed  them  the 
Rights  and  Honours  of  Princes  of  the  Blood,  and  fo  they  do  to  this  Day. 
There  was  one  Remonftrance  with  the  Pedigree  of  Courtenay  printed  in 
the  Year  1603  ;  the  fame  was  re-printed  fome  Years  after;  and  the  Fa- 
mily with  great  Charge  got  the  Opinions  of  moft  of  the  Univerfities  of 
Europe  concerning  their  Rights,  and  they  were  printed  in  Latin ;  but  all  to 
no  Purpofe. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Chevillon,  and  of  Magdalen  de  Marie  his  Wife. 

1.  Lewis  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Count  de  Cefy,  Seigneur 
de  Chevillon,  of  whom  we  ihall  treat  in  the  following  Chapter. 

2.  Robert  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Son :  He  was  appointed  by  Pope  Urban 
VIII.  at  the  Nomination  of  King  Lewis  XIII.  to  be  Abbot  of  the  Abbey 
of  Noftre-Dame  de  Efchalis,  in  the  Diocefe  of  Sens,  vacant  by  the  Refig- 
nation  of  Rene  de  Courtenay,  his  Uncle ;  as  the  Pope's  Bull  fhews,  dated  at     16:27. 
St.  Marie  Major,  July  6,  i6zj,  by  which  his  Holinefs  did  give  him  the 

Title  of  'Prince  of  the  Royal  Family  of  France. 

3.  Magdalen  de  Courtenay,  eldeft  Daughter;  at  the  Time  when  Bouchet 
did  write  his  Hiftory,  by  a  generous  Reiblution,  as  he  lays,  preferred  a 
iingle  Life  before  Marriage. 

4.  Amicia  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter,  was  married  to  James  de 
Belloy,  Seigneur  de  Cajlillon,  by  whom  fhe  was  left  Widow  and  Mother  of 
feveral  Children. 

A  a  CHAP, 


94    Part  II.   The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  IV. 


chap.  vi.  Chap.  VI. 

E  WIS,  firft  of  that  Name,  Prince  de  Courtenay,  Count  de  Cejy, 

and  Seigneur  de  Chevillon,  was  born  Auguji  25,  16 10  ;  and  the 

Charges  that  his  Father  was  at  to  bring  him  up  in  the  Belles 

Sciences,  and  other  Exercifes,  agreeable  to  his  Condition,  found 

fuch  a  favourable  Succels,  that  he  acquired  by  his  Merit  the 

general  Efteem  of  the  whole  World.    He  began  his  military  Actions  with 

162$.     the  Attack  of  the  Barricades  of  Sufa,  in  the  Year  1620;  and  afterwards 

the  War  being  declared  between  the  two  Crowns,  France  and  Spain,  his 

Courage  carried  him  to  all  the  Places  where  Honour  was  to  be  acquired  - 

and,  for  fbme  Years>  there  was  no  Siege,  nor  any  remarkable  A&ion,  where 

his  Valour  was  not  fignalized.  Afterwards,  in  the  Year  165%,  in  the  Month 

1638.     of  February,  he  married  with  Lucretia-Chrifiian  de  Harlay,  famous  both 

for  her  high  Birth,  and  for  her  eminent  Virtues. 

The  Children  of  Lewis,  flrft  of  that  Name,  Prince  de  Courtenay,  Seig- 
neur de  Chevillon,  and  of  Lucretia-Chrifiian  de  Harlay,  Countefs  de  Cefy 
his  Wife. 
io'40.  *■  Lewis-Charles,  Prince  de  Coou/tenay  :  He  was  born  May  5,  1^40, 
whole  growing  Merit,  lays  Bouchet,  does  give  Place  to  hope,  that  he  will 
one  Day  be  incompafTed  with  the  Glory  of  his  illuftrious  Anceftors,  and 
be  PofTeflbr  of  all  thofe  Advantages  that  are  due  to  his  Royal  Extraction. 

2.  A  fecond  Son,  born  July  26,  1644,  and  died  the  id  of  July,  1645, 
without  being  named. 
1 647.  3-  R°g>er  de  Courtenay,  born  May  20,  1647,  defigned  to  be  Count  of 
St.  John  de  Lyon,  and  was  afterwards  Purveyor  of  the  Abbies  de  Efchalis, 
and  of  Si.  Teter  de  Auxerre,  and  of  the  Priory  of  Choijy  in  Brie. 
1651.  4.  John  Arnaud  de  Courtenay,  born  May  7,  1632,  who  was  made 
Knight  of  Malta,  with  the  Difpenfation  of  the  Pope,  1656,  by  the 
Grand  Mailer  Lafcaris,  who  by  a  Letter  to  the  Prince  his  Father  did  te- 
stify his  Satisfaction  in  having  a  Perlbn  of  his  Birth  in  his  Order.  The 
Letter  is  in  Bouchet. 

5.  Gahriel-Charlote  de  Courtenay,  born  March  12,  1630,  and  died  July 

.12,    1652. 

6.  Chrifiian  de  Courtenay,  born  June  15,  1641. 

7.  Lucretia  de  Courtenay,  born  July  21,  1643,  Religious,  profefled  in 
the  Abbey  of  Noftre-Dame  in  Sens,  of  the  Order  of  St.  Bennet. 

8.  Elizabeth  de  Courtenay,  born  October  29,  164.7. 

And  this  is  the  Fourteenth  Generation  from  Lewis  le  Grojfe;  and  is 
the  only  Branch  remaining  of  the  Houfe  of  Courtenay  of  the  Royal  Fa- 
mily :  And  thefe  are  the  laft  that  Bouchet  does  mention,  for  they  were 
1661.     living,  when  he  wrote  his  Hiftory,  in  the  Year  166' 1. 


CHAP, 


Part  II.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  IV.  95 
Chap.  VII.  chaP.vii. 

Elf  IS  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  la 
Ville-au-Tartre,  f£)C.  was  the  fourth  Son  of  Prince  Teter  de 
Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ferte-Loupiere, 
and  of  Terrine  de  la  Roche,  and  divided  the  Eftate  of  his 
Father  and  Mother  with  his  Brothers  and  Sifters,  May  i  o 
1505.  At  that  Time  he  was  under  the  Care  of  his  Bro-  15°5» 
ther  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Chevillon,  and  he  had  for  his  Portion 
the  Seigniouries  de  la  Ville-au-Tartre  and  de  Tville  fur  Seine  ;  and  he  fuc- 
ceeded  to  that  of  Boutin  by  the  Death  of  Charles  de  Courtenay,  his  third 
Brother,  who  died  before  the  Year  15 14.  Afterward  he  efpoufed  Claude 
de  Mefnil-Simon,  the  Daughter  of  Lewis  de  Mefnil-Simon,  Seigneur  de 
Maupas.  This  Prince  Lewis  did  bear  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  with  a  Cre- 
Icent  and  a  Border  Componee  of  Argent  and  Gules.  It  is  not  certain 
when  he  or  his  Wife  died,  but  it  is  known  that  he  did  not  live  beyond 
the  Year  1545. 

The  Children  of  Lewis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Boutin,  &a  and  of 
Claude  de  Mefnil-Simon  his  Wife. 

1.  Francis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Boutin,  &c.   of  whom  we  fhall 
treat  in  the  next  Chapter. 

a.  Claude  de  Courtenay,  Chevalier  of  the  Order  of  St.  John  of  Jeru- 


1545- 


3.  Loup  de  Courtenay,  third  Son,  was  Seigneur  de  Beaulieu  in  Auvergne, 
and  died  without  being  married. 

4.  Joan  de  Courtenay,  ible  Daughter  of  Lewis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur 
de  Boutin,  and  of  Claude  de  Mefnil-Simon,  was  married  before  the  Year 

1547,  witli  Francis  de  Rochefort,  Seigneur  de  Chars  in  Au-vergue.  1547; 

Chap.  VIII.  ch.vnr, 

RANCIS  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bon-     x  *.c 
tin,  &c.   This  Prince  lucceeded  his  Father  in  the  Year  1545, 
and  fix  Years  after  he  was  prefent  at  the  Divifion  which  his 
Coufins  James  and  William  de  Courtenay  made  of  their  Father's 
Eftate :  He  was  alfo  prefent  at  the  Contracl  of  Marriage  made 
between  William  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Frauvillei  with  Margaret 
de  Fret  el,  January  3,  1555,  and  the  fame  Year  he  married  with  Louifa     I55S' 
de  Jaucour't,  of  a  moft  noble  and  ancient  Family.     It  appears,   by  a  Cri- 
minal Procefs  iffued  againft  this  Prince,  upon  the  Complaint  of  a  Gentle- 
man of  the  Houfe  of  Corquilleray,  his  Vaflal,  that  he  had  embraced  the 
Reformed  Religion  after  the  Death  of  his  Father ;  and  he  was  accufed  by 
that  Gentleman  for  taking  up  the  Corps  of  his  Daughter,  and  putting  it  out 
of  the  Choir  of  the  Church:  To  which  he  anfwei'd,  That  being  *  Haut  %^ba^f 
Jufticier,  Lord  Jufticiary  of  the  Tarifh,  it  did  not  belong  to  thofc  who  to  m  for  Life 
had  Fiefs  within  hisjurifdiction  to  tiQ'ume  to  be  buried  in  the  Choir  of  the 
Church,  without  having  obtained  his  Termifflon  :  That  the  Sieur  de  la 
Corquilleray.  was  not  of  his  Rank,  and  that  any  Man  that  had  but  the 
Vitality  of  a  Gentleman  could  not  pet  end  to  be  his  Competitor,  who  had 

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and  Death. 


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Ch.  VIII.    the  Honour  to  to  be  defended  from  the  Blood  Royal  0/ France,  and  had 
u^v— «-     Emperours  of  his  Family,  as  the  Hijtorians  do  give  amfle  'Tefiimony. 

It  is  not  certain  when  he  and  his  Wife  died  5  but  this  I  know,  lays 
Bouchet,  that  they,  did  not  live  beyond  the  Year  1578,  and  both  of 
them  died  in  the  Reformed  Religion. 

The  Children  of  Francis  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bmitin,  &c.  and  Louifa  de  Jacourt,  his  Wife,  were, 

1.  Frances  de  Court enay,  eldeft  Daughter :  She  was  married  before  the 
Year  1580,  with  Guy  de  Bethune,  Seigneur  de  Marevil:  He  with  his 
Wife  affifted  at  the  Contract  of  Marriage  between  Maximilian  de  Bethune, 
his  Coufin,  Seigneur  de  Rofny,  and  Anne  de  Courtenay,  his  Sifter-in-law, 
in  the  Year  1583,  and  died  fome  Time  after  without  having  any  lime. 

2.  Anne  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter,  Dame  de  Rofny,  &c.  of  whom 
we  mall  fpeak  in  the  Chapter  following. 


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very  young  when  her  Father  died,  and  me  was  put  under 

the  Tutorage  of  James  de  Jaucourt,  Seigneur  de  Villarnou^ 

her  Uncle  by  the  Mother's  Side  ;   and  it  was  by  his  Advice 

that  fhe  was  married  to  Maximilian  de  Bethune,  Marquefs 

de  Rofny,  afterward  Duke  of  Sully,  Peer  and  Marefchal  of  France,  whole 

Family  was  one  of  the  moll:  illuftrious  of  the  Realm  for  its  Antiquity  and 

great  Alliances.     This  Marriage  was  celebrated  in  the  Caftle  of  Bontin,  on 

the  4th  of  October,  1583,  in  the  Prefence  of  a  great  many  Nobility  •  but 

it  was  too  happy  to  be  of  long  Continuance,  for  this  Princels  died  in  the 

1585).    Month  of  June,  1580,  being  the  Mother  of  one  only  Son,   who  was 

born  at  Tarts  in  the  Year  1588,  and  was  named  Maximilian  after  his 

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Chap.  I. 

HARLES  de  Court enay,  Seigneur",  </*  Arrablay,  was  the 
fifth  Son  of  John  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bleueau,&- 
cond  of  that  "Name,  and  of  Catherine  de  Lofptal  his  Wife : 
When  his  Father's  Eftate  was  divided,  which  was  in  the 
Year  1 471,  he  being  then  under  the  Care  of  John  de  Cour- 
tenay, fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bricon,  his  Cou- 
fin-german,  had  for  his  Portion  the  Seignioury  of  Rommerie,  and  after- 
ward he  fucceeded  to  that  of  Arrablay,  by  the  Death  of  his  Brother  Re- 
nmi  de  Courtenay.  A  Roll  of  the  Chamber  of  Accounts  does  teftify, 
that  he  was  one  of  thofe  that  ferved  King  Charles  VIII.  and  who  were 
found  in  Arms  under  the  Command  of  Francis  de  Bourbon,  Count 
de  Vendofme,  in  the  Year  1485,  to  oppofe  the  Duke  of  Orleans,  after- 
ward Kin-  by  the  Name  of  Lewis  XII.  who  pretended  to  the  Regency 
to  the  Prejudice  of  Anne  de  France,  Dame  de  Beaujeu:  He  was  at  the 
Battle  of  St.  Aubin,  in  the  Year  1488  ;  and  if  he  did  not  die  then,  it  was 
a  little  Time  afterwards ;  for  on  the  i7th  of  Afrtl,  i^Jom  de  Chery 
his  Wife  was  married  with  a  Gentleman,  named  "Peter  de  Tolecinge,  Seig- 
neur de  Bomeville,  who  had  the  Government  of  his  Children  that  were 

The  Children  of  Charles  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Arrablay,  and  of 
Joan  de  Chery  his  Wife. 

1.  Francis  de  Courtenay,  firll  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Arrablay, 
of  whom  we  {hall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter. 

2;  Jane  de  Courtenay,  who  efpoufed  John  de  Guarchy,  Seigneur  de 
Blannay. 


Chap.  1 


1471. 


1485. 

1488. 

1502. 


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98    Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    BookV. 


Chap.  II.  G  H  A  P.    II. 

~  RANCIS,   firft  of  that   Name,  Seigneur  de  Arrablay,   f$c. 

This  Prince  being  a  Miner  when  his  father  died,  was  for  fbme 

Time  under  the  Tutorage  of  his  Mother,  and  of  Seigneur  de 

Borneville,  her  fecond  Husband.     Afterward  he  married  with 

Frances  de  Menipeny,  who  was  of  a  Family  that  was  moft  illuftrious  in  the 

Kingdom  of  Scotland,  and  which  came  and  dwelt  in  France  in  the  Reign 

of  Charles  VII.     This  Prince  Francis  de  Courtenay  and  his  Wife  died 

1540.     both  before  the  Year  1540,  as  does  appear  by  an  Arreft  of  Court,  dated 

July  24,  the  Year  following,  and  were  interred  in  a  Chapel  in  the  Church 

of  Arrablay  under  a  Tomb,  the  Writing  of  which  is  effaced ;  but   upon 

it  is  to  be  feen  a  Lady,  with  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  on  one  Side,  and  thole 

of  Menipny  on  the  other. 

The  only  Daughter  of  Francis  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Arrablay^ 
was  Gilberte  de  Courtenay,  Dame  de  Briar e  and  de  Arrablay :  She  was 
an  Orphan,  and  under  the  Tutorage  of  Prince  Francis  de  Courtenay,  Seig- 
neur de  Bleneau,  Governour  de  Auxerre,  her  Coufin,  in  the  Year  1540, 
and  by  his  Advice  me  was  married  to  Francis  de  Chamigny,  firft  of  that 
Name,  Seigneur  de  Briare,  one  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  King's  Houfe, 
and  Governour  of  Montargis :  He  died  the  fecond  of  March  iS77>  an<i 
1590.    his  Lady  Gilberte,  Princefs  de  Courtenay,  lived  to  the  Year  1  joo. 


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Chap.  I. 


HI  LIT  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Fer- 
te-Loupiere ;  amongft  the  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay, 
firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Champi'gndles,  and  of  Joan 
de  Sancerre,  Dame  de  St.  Bricon  :  This  Prince  is  named  the 
fecond  in  the  Divifion  of  his  Father's  Eitate,  made  Tuefday 
before  the  Feaft  of  St.  Nicholas,  1318.  He  was  afterwards 
Chevalier,  and  efpoufed  Margaret  d'Arrablay,  Daughter  of  John  Seigneur 
d'Arrablay,  Chevalier-Counfellor  to  the  King:  This  Prince  T  hi  lip  de 
Courtenay  accompanied  King  Thilip  de  Valois  in  his  March  to  Flanders, 
and  was  one  of  thofe  that  had  Part  of  the  Glory  of  that  famous  Victory 
which  he  had  over  the  Fkmmings  at  Mount  Cajfel,  Augufi  24,  1328.  In 
the  Year  1340,  John  Duke  of  Normandy,  afterward  King  of  France,  ha- 
ving entered  the  Country  of  Hainault  with  an  Army,  by  the  Order  of 
the  King  his  Father,  this  Prince  Thilip  de  Courtenay  was  with  him  at 
the  Siege  of  the  Town  of  Thin,  and  at  all  other  Times  that  Campaign 
home  to  the  railing  the  Siege  of  Tournay,  which  was  befieged  by  Edward 
III.  King  of  England.  Margaret  d'Arrablay,  his  Wife,  died  before  the 
Year  1344,  and  he  married  again;  but  I  know  not  the  Name  of  the  Lady 
nor  her  Family,  fays  Bouchet,  though  he  had  Children  by  her ;  and  the 
Martyrology  of  Noftre-Dame  de  Soifons  does  fay,  that  ihe  died  April  11, 
but  does  not  mention  the  Year. 

The  Children  of  Thilip  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Ferte-Loupiere. 

1.  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  which  he  had  by  his  firft  Wife,  before  the 
Year  1340 :  She  was  married  into  a  Family  that  was  one  of  the  moft  illu- 
ftrious  of  France,  which  took  its  Original,  according  to  the  common  Opi- 
nion, from  the  ancient  Counts  of  Senlis,  and  which  had  for  a  long  Time 
the  Office  of  Great  Butler  of  France,  one  of  the  five  great  Offices  of 
the  Crown :  And  all  thofe  of  that  Family,  from  the  Year  1 200  home  to 
this  Time,  have  taken  the  Sirname  of  Bouteiller  together  with  that  of 
Senlis. 

1.  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ferte-Loupiere  : 
He  was  by  the  Second  Wife,  and  continued  his  Family. 

3.  Joan  de  Courtenay:  She  was  likewife  by  the  fecond  Wife;  lhe  c- 
fpoufed  Gaucher  de  Bruillart,  Chevalier  Seigneur  de  Courfant,  with  whom 
flie  lived  home  to  the  Year  1382.  CHAP. 


1318. 


1340. 


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G  H  A  P.    II. 

OBN  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  delaFer- 
te-Loupiere.  This  Prince  was  unknown  to  Du  Tillet,  and 
thofe  that  have  writ  after  him  of  the  Family  of  Courte- 
nay; But  he  is  named  in  two  Accounts  given  to  the  Kingj 
one  in  the  Year  1380,  the  other  1304,  by  John  and  Lewis 
de  Noyers,  Counts  de  Joigny ;  and  he  is  alfo  named  Son  of 
Thilip  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  la  Ferte-Lonpicre,  in  fome  Royal  Letters, 
dated  May  5,  13557  :  And  an  Account  of  the  Demefnes  of  the  King  in 
the  Baillages  of  Sens  and  Melun,  in  the  Year  1300,  does  fay,  that  he  was 
efpoufed  to  Terenelle  de  Manchecourt,  Daughter  to  William  de  Manche- 
court, Chevalier.  Afterwards  he  married  with  Anne  de  Valery,  in  his  fe-, 
cond  Marriage,  who,  having  no  Iflue  by  him,  left  her  Eftate  to  John  de 
Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Bleneau,  in  the  Year  1417* 
The  Son  of  John  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  la  Ferte- 
Loupiere,  and'  of  Terenelle  de  Manchecourt,  his  firft  Wife,  was  John  de 
Court  en  ay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ferte-Loupiere,  who  lhall 
be  the  Subject  of  the  next  Chapter. 


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1418. 


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Chap.    III. 

OHN  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  la 
Fertc-Loupiere,  fucceeded  his  Father  before  the  Year  141 2, 
and  is  numbered  amongft  the  Vaifals  of  the  Count  de  Joigny^ 
in  the  General  Numbering  which  was  given  to  Charles  VI. 
in  the  Year  14 id.  Two  Years  after,  this  Prince  having  em- 
braced the  Party  of  the  Dauphin  of  Viennois,  afterwards  King  by  the 
Name  of  Charles  VII.  who  had  took  up  Arms  againft  the  Duke  of  Bur- 
gogne,  who  being  favoured  by  the  Queen  had  taken  upon  him  the  Go- 
vernment of  the  State,  the  King  declared  him  Rebel,  and  confifcated  his 
Eftate,  in  the  Month  of  June,  141 8,  and  afterwards  gave  the  Seignioury 
of  la  Ferte-Loupiere  to  Guy  de  la  Tremouille,  Count  de  Joigny;  but 
fome  Time  after  King  Charles  VII.  came  to  the  Crown,  and  this  Prince 
John  de  Courtenay  had  his  Eftate  reftorcd  to  him,  which  he  left  to  his 
Children.  But  I  cannot  find,  fays  Bouchet,  the  Name  of  his  Wife,  nor 
the  Family  from  which  ftie  was  defcended. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
la  Ferte-Loupiere. 

1.  Joan  de  Courtenay,  married  to  Guy  de  Cournoy,  Seigneur  de  Bon- 
nelle,  with  whom  fhe  fold  to  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name, 
Seigneur  de  Blenean,  in  the  Year  1 445,  her  Part  of  the  Seignioury  de  la 
Ferte-Loupiere. 

a.  Michelle  de  Courtenay,  fecond  Daughter,  efpoufed  Michellet  Bour- 
din,  Efq;  and  fold  with  him,  in  the  Year  1445,  her  Portion  of  la  Ferte- 
Loupiere  to  Jolm  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Ble- 
nean, her  Coufin;  and  in  theie  ended  this  Branch  of  the  Family  of  Cour- 
tenay. 

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I L  LI  AM  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  "Seigneur  de 
Tanlay.  Three  Charters  of  the  Abbey  of  Noft re-Dame  de 
Rofoy,  in  the  Diocefe  of  Sens,  in  the  Year  1 183,  1 184,  and  1 183. 
1 1  S<S,  do  teftify,  that  this  Prince  was  the  fourth  Son  of 
'Peter  of  France  and  Elizabeth  Dame  de  Courtenay;  and 
that  it  was  with  his  Confent,  together  with  that  of  his 
Brothers,  that  his  Mother  confirmed  to  that  Monaftery  the  Eftate  that 
her  Husband  had  giver).  The  Seignioury  of  'tanlay  falling  to  his  Share,  he 
took  his  Sirname  from  that,  and  left  it  to  his  Pofterity,  with  the  Arms 
of  Courtenay,  with  a  Label  of  five  Points  Azure,  as  a  Mark  of  his  being 
a  younger  Brother :  He  elpouled  Adeline  de  Noyers,  the  Daughter  of  Cle- 
rembaut,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Noyers,  and  of  Alice  de  Brenne, 
and  confirmed  with  her,  in  the  Year  1220,  fix  Shillings  of  Rent,  which 
Guy  de  Noyers,  her  Uncle,  had  given  to  the  Infirmary  of  Noyers :  After- 
ward, he  being  a  Widower,  married  with  a  certain  Lady,  whofe  Family  is 
not  known ;  but  ihe  is  named  Nicole  in  one  Charter  of  the  Abbey  of 
Rigny  :  He  died  before  the  Year  1248,  and  left  no  Iflue  by  his  ad  Wife.  1248; 
Some  do  write,  that  he  accompanied  King  Lewis  the  Toting,  his  Uncle,  in 
his  Voyage  beyond  Sea,  in  the  Year  n  47;  but  they  have  confounded  him 
with  William  de  Courtenay,  Brother  to  his  Grandfather  by  the  Mother's 
Side ;  for  Teter  de  France  his  Father  was  not  married  that  Year. 

The  Children  of  William  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur 
de  Tanlay,  and  Adeline  de  Noyers,  his  firft  Wife. 

1.  Robert,  firft  of  that  Name,  who  continued  the  Family. 

2.  John  de  Courtenay,  who  had  the  Seignioury  of  Joux  for  his  Portion, 
and  who  died  without  being  married,  after  the  Year  1 248. 

3.  Baldwin,  who  is  named  with  his  Father,  Mother,  and  Brothers,  in 
one  Charter  of  Rigny,  in  the  Year  1222,  and  died  alfo  without  IlTue. 

4.  Joa.n->.vrho  was  married  to  Teter  Coraily  Chevalier. 

5.  Alice,  fecond  Daughter :  She  was  married  to  Mi  Ion  de  Tonnere,  fir- 
named  TurbilloUy  Chevalier, 


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Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  VII. 


1360. 


Chap.  II. 

OBERT '  de  Court euay >,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  tan- 
lay:  In  the  Year  1222  he  is  ftiled  Chevalier,  in.  a  Charter  of 
the  Abbey  of  Rigny,  by  Miles,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur 
de  Noyers,  his  Uncle :  He  founded  a  Chapel  in  the  Caftle  of 
Tanlay,  in  the  Year  1 248  :  His  Princels  is  named  no  other- 
wife  than  Dame  de  Tanlay,  in  an  Inftrument  wherein  he  exchanged 
fome  Lands  with  the  Duke  of  Bmirgogne ;  but  being  ftiled  Sifter  to  the 
Bifhop  of  Auxerre  in  another  Writing,  in  the  Year  1 255,  we  are  given  to 
underftand,  that  fhe  was  of  the  illuftrious  Family  of  Mello,  commonly  called 
Merlo,  in  the  Diocefe  of  Beauvois,  defcended  from  the  Race  of  Charle* 
magne.  This  Prince  Robert,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  died  in  the  Year  1360, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey  of  gtuincy,  in  the  Diocefe  of  Langres,  where 
is  his  Monument  with  this  Epitaph  •  Here  lyeth  the  Body  of '  Meffire  Robert 
Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  Chevalier,  eldeft  Son  of  Monfieigneiir  William  Seigneur 
de  Tanlay,  who  died  in  the  Tear  1 360. 

The  Children  of  Robert,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  and  of 
Margaret  de  Mello  his  Wife. 

1.  John,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  of  whom  we  fhall 
fpeak  in  the  following  Chapter. 

2.  Marie  de  Tanlay:  She  was  efpoufed  to  William  de  Joinville,  Seig- 
neur de  Jvilly,  but  I  cannot  find,  fays  Bouchet,  whether  lhe  had  any 
Children. 


chap. in.  Chap*   III. 


128- 


•a87. 


OHN,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur^  Tanlay:  His  Wifej 
Margaret,  Dame  de  St.  Winemer,  was  the  Daughter  of  John 
firit  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Clancy :  This  Prince  John, 
Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  died  July  15,  in  the  Year  1285,  and 
was  interred  near  his  Father  in  the  Abbey  of  ^lincy,  under 
a  Tomb  of  Bafs-Relief,  charged  with  Semi-Fleur  de  Lys's, 
with  his  Effigies  upon  it  with  an  Epitaph,  of  which  thefe  Words  only 
can  be  read ;  Ojfa  Domini  tumulata  Johannis  Militis.  Hie  requiefcunt,  Tran- 
fiilanuis  1300,  Ter  quinque  retentis,  Julii  quint  a  die  dena — -.  In  the 
Month  of  Anguft  the  fame  Year,  the  Princels  his  Widow,  with  the  Con- 
lent  of  Robert  her  Son,  confirmed  the  Gift  of  Twenty  Five  Shillings  Rent, 
which  Thibaut  de  Tlancy,  Seigneur  de  St.  Winemer,  had  made  to  the  Pri- 
ory of  that  Place,  for  the  Celebration  of  an  Anniverfary  Mafs  for  him  and 
his  Brother :  And  lhe  married  again  with  Gaucher  de  Rochefort,  Vifcount 
de  Chartres,  as  it  appears  by  a  Charter  in  that  Priory,  dated  the  Month 
of  February,  1287. 

The  Children  of  John,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  and  of 
Margaret  de  Tlancy  his  Wife. 

1.  Robert,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  &c. 
1.  Stephen  de  Tanlay,  Seigneur  de  Tannerre :  He  died  without  Iffue. 
3.  Thilip  de  Tanlay,  who  died  likewife  without  Iflue,  and  was  interred 
in  the  Abbey  of  ghiincy,  with  this  Epitaph ;  Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Philip 

de 


Part  II.    Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  VII.  103 

de  Tanlay,  Seigneur  de  Ravieres  and  St.  Winemer,  who  died  In  the  Tear  Chap.  Ill, 
of  Grace  1300.  \^rv~%ji 

4.  John  de  Tan/ay,  who  entering  into  the  Ecclefiaftical  State,  was  Dean      1300. 
of  the  Abbey  of  putney,  where  he  was  interred  after  his  Death,  under  a 
Tomb,  upon  which  he  is  reprefented  clothed  in  his  Sacerdotal  Habit,  hold- 
ing a  Chalice  in  his  Hands,  and  by  each  Side  of  him  lies  a  Plalter  with 

four  Elcutcheons  about  him;  1.  That  of  Courtenay,  with  a  Label  of  five 
Points;  1.  of  Tlancy;  3.  of  Mello;  4.  of  Noyers. 

5.  Mar/e  de  Tan-lay ;  She  was  married,  before  the  Year  1  a £0,  with  Guy     1 2po. 
de  Montreal,  Seigneur  de  Athies.     The  Martyrology  of  the  Priory  of  No- 

f  re-Dame  de  I'lfle  de  Troyes,  where  ihe  was  interred,  doth  mention  the 
Day  on  which  fhe  departed,  in  thefe  Words ;  Undecima  Kalendas  Aprilis, 
Anniverfarium  Doming  Marine  de  Tanlaio,  quondam  Uxoris  Domini  Guidonis 
de  Monteregali :  And  there  are  to  be  feen  upon  the  Tomb,  which  is  on  the 
left  Side  of  the  Church,  four  Efcutcheons,  viz.  The  Arms  of  Court  enay- 
Tanlay,  Tlancy i  Mello,  and  Noyers. 

GHAP.   IV."  Chap.  IV. 

\0 B E RT  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  l302° 
Tan  lay:  In  the  Year  1302,  with  the  Confent  of  Agnes  de 
St.  Ton  his  Wife,  he  founded  a  new  Chapel  in  the  Caftle  of 
Tanlay,  upon  Condition  that  He  and  his  Succeflors  mould 
prefent  to  it :  But  after  this  Deed  of  Piety,  the  reft  of  his 
Actions  aire  unknown ;  only  it  is  known,  that  he  was  bu- 
ried in  the  Church  of  the  Abbey  of  gtyincy,  under  a  Tomb  filled  with 
Fleur  de  Lys's,  and  upon  which  is  his  Effigies,  with  his  Arms  on  the 
Right  Hand,  and  his  Sword  on  the  Leftj  with  this  Infcription ;  Latitant 
hie  ojfa  Roberti  Tanlaii  militis  experti.  Dominus  hie  fuit  abfeonfus^ 
Anno  1260,  Qiiinta  Vice  Deno  Anno  deceffif,  the  reft  is  effaced;  only  13 10. 
in  the  End  is  to  be  feen,  fumma  quies  ei  fit.  His  Wife  is  alio  interred 
in  the  fame  Abbey  near  him,  under  a  Tomb,  where  is  her  Effigies  encom- 
paffed  with  the  Arms  of  Courtenay,  St.  Ton,  Tlancy,  Mello,  and  Noyers, 
with  this  Epitaph;  Here  lyeth  Madam  Agnes  de  St.  Yon,  Dame  of ^ Tan- 
lay,  who  departed  this  Life,  Saturday  the  Eve  of  St.  Peter,  in  the  Tear  of 
Grace  1306.  .  J306"r 

The  Children  of  Robert,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  and 
of  Agnes  de  St.  Ton  his  Wife. 

1.  William,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  of  whom  we 
fhall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter. 

1.  Thilip  de  Tanlay,  who  is  called  the  Brother  of  William,  and  Prior 
of  Juilly,  in  the  A&  of  Homage  that  he  rendered,  as  Proctor  for  his  Bro- 
ther, for  the  Seigniouries  of  Ravieres  and  of  Champront,  to  John  de  Cba- 
lon,  Count  de  Auxerre,  in  the  Year  13 15.  1315 

3.  Agnes  de  Tanlay,  who  was  married  with  Robert  Seigneur  de  Roche- 
fort. 

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io4  Part  II.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the   Book  VII, 


Chap.  V. 


Chap.  V. 


iy. 


340- 


\ILLIJM,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay  ^c.  This 

Prince  was  one  of  the  Nobles  in  the  Counties  of  Auxerre  and 

Tonnerre,  that  entered  into  a  League  and  Aflociation  with  the 

Clergy  and  People,  after  the  Example  of  many  other  Provinces 

of  the  Realm,  againft  King  Lewis  X.  firnamed  Hutin,  to  op- 

pofe  divers  Exactions  that  were  put  upon  them,  in  the  Year   1304.     This 

Prince  died  in  the  Year  1328,  but  the  Name  of  his  Wife  is  not  known. 

The  Children  of  JVilHam,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay. 

1.  Robert,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay:  He  accompanied 
King  Thili]?  de  Valois  in  his  March  that  he  made  againft  the  Flemmings, 
in  the  Year  1328,  and  was  at  the  famous  Battle  of  Mont-Caffel,  the  nd 
of  Anguft  that  Year ;  and  there  are  many  Acquittances  in  the  Chamber  of 
Accounts  at  Taris,  which  do  fhew,  that  he  ferved  the  King  in  Flanders, 
with  feven  Efquires,  in  the  Years  1340  and  1341.  I  cannot  tell,  fays 
Bone  bet,  whether  he  was  married,  nor  the  Time  of  his  Death  ;  but  this  is 
certain,  that  he  left  no  Iflue,  and  had  for  his  SuccefTor  Thilip  de  Tanlay, 
his  Brother,  Seigneur  de  St.  Thierry. 

2.  John  de  Tanlay :  He  was  at  the  Battle  of  Mont-Cajfel  with  his  el- 
der Brother  in  the  Year  1328 ;  and  he  efpoufed  Odete  de  Tlee^age,  the 
Daughter  of  Guy  Seigneur  de  Tleepape,  and  died  without  Children,  after 
the  Year  1340;  for  that  Year  he  and  his  Brother  Ibid  to  the  Prior  and 
Convent  de  la  Sauffaye  the  Houie  of  Romeroy,  for  which  the  King  granted 
a  Mortmain  by  his  Letters  Patents,  January  1,  in  the  Year  following. 

3.  Thil/p  de  Tanlay,  who  continued  his  Family,  and  of  whom  we  mail 
fpeak  in  the  Chapter  following. 


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Chap.  VI. 


1346. 


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A  P. 


VI. 


HI  LIT,  fn-ft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  &  It  ap- 
pears by  the  Regifter  of  the  Chamber  of  Accounts  in  Tarts, 
where  he  is  ftiled  Chevalier,  that  he  was  at  the  bloody  Battle  of 
Crecy,  which  was  fought  Saturday  the  0.6th  of  Augujt,  1346', 
followed  by  twelve  Efquires,  who  were  paid  home  to  the  15th 
of  December  following,  by  the  Order  of  Charles  Seigneur  de  Montmo- 
rency, and  Robert  de  St.  Venant,  Marefchal  of  France.  In  the  Year  fol- 
lowing, the  King  having  fent  them  to  fecure  Calais,  befieged  by  the 
King  of  England,  he  accompanied  them  from  the  1 8th  of  June  to  the 
7th  of  Augufi,  as  long  as  the  Army  was  together :  He  died  before  the 
\ith  of  June  1385,  according  to  an  Arreft  of  Court:  And  his  Widow, 
who  lived  to  the  Year  1305),  was  married  afterwards  to  Teter  de  la  Fertey 
firnamed  le  Begue,  Chevalier. 

The  Children  of  Thilip,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  and  of 
Thilibert  de  Chajieauneuf  his  Wife. 

1.  Teter  de  Tanlay,  Chevalier:  He  ferved  King  Charles  V.  againft  the 
Englijh,  in  the  Year  1377,  with  one  Chevalier  and  feven  Efquires,  and 
died,  before  his  Father,  without  being  married,  in  the  Month  of  OcJober 
1383,  at  the  Siege  of  Bourbourg,  where  he  accompanied  King  Charles  VI. 

2.  Stephen 


Part  II.    Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay .    Book  VII.     1 05 

1.  Stephen  de  Tanlay,  Seigneur  de  Ravieres',  of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak  Chap.  VX 
in  the  next  Chapter.  n»^v~\-/ 

3.  Joan  de  Tanlay:  She  efpoufed,  in  the  Year   1375,  John  de  Cha- 
migny,  Chevalier,  Seigneur  de  Soufionr,  &c.  He  died  in  the  Year   135)0,     13^0. 
and  fhe  married  again  in  the  Year  13^2,  with  Hugh  Toftel,  Chevalier,  and 

had  no  Child  by  the  fecond  Marriage. 

4.  Alixant  de  tanlay:  She  was  Abbefs  of  the  Abbey  of  Noftre-Dame. 
de  Crifenon,  of  the  Order  of  St.  Bennet,  in  the  Dioceie  of  Auxerre;  and 
in  that  Quality  fhe  gave  an  Acquittance,  fealed  with  her  Seal,  on  which 

were  the  Arms  of  Court  enay -Tanlay,  f§c.  May  2,  14051.  140^. 

Chap.  VII.  chap.viL 


TETHEN  de  Tanlay-,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Tan* 
pT^jjff  lay,  &c.  It  appears  by  an  ancient  Roll  in  the  Chamber  of  Ac- 
k^HII  counts,  that  this  Prince  ferved  King  Charles  V.  againft  the  En- 
glijh  in  the  Year  1 369 :  And  the  Account  of  the  Money  that 
was  paid  to  the  Counts,  Barons,  Captains,  &c.  that  followed 
King  Charles  VI.  in  his  March  into  Flanders,  to  drive  away  the  Engli/b 
that  had  befieged  Bourbourg,  in  the  Month  of  October,  1383,  dothfhew, 
that  he  was  one  of  them.  An  Arreft  of  Parliament  doth  lhew,  that  he 
died  about  the  End  of  that  Year  ;  and  that  Margaret  de  Valery,  his  fecond 
Wife,  by  whom  he  had  no  Child,  married  afterwards  with  Gaucher  Seig- 
neur de  Melligny  :  It  appears,  by  an  Account  that  Lewis  de  Chalons  gave, 
in  the  Year  135)3,  to  T  hi  lip  de  France,  Duke  de  Bourgogne,  firnamed  the 
Hardy,  of  the  Counties  of  Auxerre  and  Tonnerre,  that  his  firft  Wife  was 
Daughter  of  Meffire  Teter  de  Marmeaux. 

The  only  Daughter  of  Stephen  de  Tanlay,  and  Joan  de  Marmeaux  his 
Wife  was, 

Joan  de  Tanlay :  She  was  fometime  under  the  Care  of  John  de  Blejy, 
Chevalier,  Chamberlain  to  the  King,  and  Captain  of  his  Guard :  And  fhe 
married  afterward  with  William  de  Blejy,  his  Son,  Chevalier ;  but  he  be- 
ing flain  in  the  Battle  of  Nicoplis,  in  the  Year  1396,  fhe  efpoufed  after- 
wards Robert  de  Chaflus,  Seigneur  de  Entr agues,  in  the  Year  140a  :  She  1402, 
died  without  Ifluej  the  Children  that  fhe  had  by  her  firft  Husband  being 
dead  before  her :  And  in  her  ended  that  Branch  of  the  Family  of  Courtem 
nay  that  was  firnamed  de  Tanlay. 


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io6  Part  II.  The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  'the    Book  VIII. 


BOOK    VIII. 


^*^*^**^*^^^^^^^**^***ft«, 


Chap.  I. 


.102,. 


1245. 


1155- 


Chap.  I. 

D  O  not  know  pofitively,  fays  Monfieur  Bouchet,  whence 
the  Seigneurs  de  Terre,  of  the  Sirname  and  Arms  of  Cour- 
tenay,  took    their  Original ;   but  I  have   great    Reafbns 
to   think,  that  they  defcended  from  John,  the  youngeft 
Son  of  Teter  of  France,  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe .-  For  be- 
fides  that  they  did  carry  the  Sirname  and  Arms  of  Courte- 
nay, charged  with  a  Label  of  five  Points  Sable,  and  did  affect  the  Names 
of  John,  William,  Robert,  and  Teter,  after  the  Example  of  the  Seigneurs 
de  Champgnelles,  de  Bleneau,  and  [de  Tanlay ;   this   is  certain,  that  the 
Seignioury  de  Terre,  diftant  about  "three  Leagues  from  Corbeil,  was  the 
Patrimony  of  the  Predeceffors  of  the  Mother  of  Princeis  Elizabeth  Dame 
de  Court enay,  and  that  ihe  had  in  Marriage  for  her  Portion  Part  of  it; 
of  which  Baldwin  du  Donjon,  her  Nephew,  Brother  to  St.  William,  Arch- 
Bilhop  of  Bourges,  called  himfelf  Seigneur,  in  the  Year   1 203  :  And  that 
it  came,  after  the  Death  of  John  du  Donjon,  his  Son,  who  poffeffed  it  home 
to  the  Year  1245,  as  appears  by  the  Charters  of  the  Abbey  of  Barbeau, 
to  William  de  Courtenay,  Chevalier,  who  was  fole  Seigneur  of  it  in  the 
Year  1255,  and  who  had  for  his  Father  John  Son  of Teter  of  France;  we 
may  be  affured,  becaufe  the  Time  does  exa&ly  agree :  And  the  Name  of 
William  feems  to  be  given  him  by  William  Seigneur  de  Tanlay,  who  re- 
ceived his  from  St.  William,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Bourges,  Coufin-german  to 
his  Mother  •  and  it  is  very  likely,  that  the  Prince  his  Father,  being  Son 
to  Elizabeth  Dame  de  Courtenay,  had  not  only  for  his  Portion  Part  of  the 
Seignioury   of  Terre,  which  his  Grandfather,  by  the  Mother's  Side,  had, 
but  lie  fucceeded  alio  to  that  which  was  feparated  upon  the  Death  of  John 
du  Donjon,  his  Coufin :  And  the  faid  Williatn  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that 
Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  was  alfo  Seigneur  de  Bondonfie,  de  Revigny,  and 
de  Coms-la-ville,  for  which  he  paid  Homage  to  Renaud  de  Corbeil,  Bifhop 
of  cParis,  at  his  Epifcopal  Seat  in  Moifly,  Wednesday  after  the   Feaft  of 
St.  John  Baftiji,  June  28,  1 255 :  and  was  the  Father  of  William  de  Cour- 
tenay, fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  and  of  Bandoufle,  and  of 
John  de  Courtenay,  firnamed  de  Terre,  Chevalier,  Seigneur  de  Coms-la- 
ville,  in  Part,  and  de  Revigny,  who  inverted  by  Letter,  in  the  Month  of 
October,  1 260,  fealed  with  his  Seal  of  the  Arms  of  Courtenay,  charged 
with  a  Label  of  five  Points,  Joan  Countels  of  Thouloufe,  in  one  Piece  of 

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Ground  that  fhe  had  bought  to  build  the  Abbey  of  Jercy  upon :  He  died     Chap.  I. 
without  Children  of  Alice  de  Soify  his  Wife,  after  the  Year  1 275).     Prince    \*rS*J* 
William  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  was  the  Fa-     *  -79> 
ther  alfb  of '  Willemette  de  Courtenay,  that  was  married  to  Nargeatidde  Fons, 
who  rendered  Homage  to  Stephen  Bifhop  of  Taris,  Wednesday  after  the 
Feaft  of  St.  Denis,  10.77,  f°r  that  which  William  de  Terre  had  given  his 
Daughter  in  Marriage  of  the  Seignioury  of  Coms-la-ville. 

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Chap.  II.  chap,  il 

I L  LI  AM  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Terre,  &c.  This  Prince  accompanied  St.  Lewis  in  his  firft  Voy- 
age beyond  Sea,  in  the  Year  1 248  ;  and  being  very  young,  his 
Courage  carried  him  lb  far  in  the  Battle  of  Majfoure,  that  he 
was  taken  Prifoner  by  the  Infidels  with  the  King,  who  paid  his  Ranfom : 
After  his  Return  he  efpoufed  Joan  de  Grignoles,  in  the  Year  116%;  and, 
in  the  Year  12.712,  King  Thilif  III.  firnamed  the  Hardy,  having  a  Defign 
to  march  with  an  Army  againft  the  Count  de  Foix,  who  was  gone  off 
from  his  Obedience,  he  was  one  of  the  Grandees  of  the  Realm  that  were 
commanded  to  accompany  him.  And  it  appears  by  a  Regifter  in  the  Cham- 
ber of  Accounts,  that  he  and  John  his  Brother  were  received  at  Tours 
by  Ferrar  de  Vemevil,  Marefchal  of  France :  He  died  feven  Years  after, 
and  was  buried  in  the  Church  of  the  Religious  of  Terre,  with  his  Wife 
under  the  fame  Tomb,  having  on  it  thefe  two  Infcriptions  •  Here  lyeth 
Monfieur  William  Seigneur  de  Yerre,  who  was  taken  at  Maffoure  with 
Monfeigneur  St.  Lewis,  and  ranfomed  by  the  fame  Saint  from  the  Trifon 
of  the  Saracens:  He  died  12.70,  on  the  Eve  of  St.  Catheline.  Here  lyeth  12.75). 
Madame  Joan  de  Grignoles,  Daughter  of  Monfieur  Renaud  de  Grignoles, 
who  was  Wife  to  Monfeigneur  William  de  Yerre,  and  departed  this  Life 
in: the  Tear  10.76.    Tray  God  to  have  Mercy  on  their  Souls. 

The  Children  of  William,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  and 
of  Joan  de  Grignoles  his  Wife. 

i.  John  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  &c. 

1.  William  de  Courtenay,  Seigneur  de  Bondonfie,  whofe  Pofterity  we 
fhall  find  after  that  of  his  Brother. 

3.  Robert  de  Courtenay:  He  died  without  Children  in  the  City  of  Tours, 
being  in  the  Company  of  Monfeigneur  Charles  de  Valois,  who  was  in  War 
in  Gafcogne,  in  the  Year  1 2. 5)7,  as  his  Epitaph  fhews,  which  is  to  be  feen     1 2.5)7. 
in  the  Abbey  of  Terre. 
■    4.  Jacqueline  de  Courtenay,  who  died  young. 

J.  Joan  de  Courtenay,  who  died  young  alfb. 


CHAP. 


io8  Part  II.  The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  'the  Book  VIII. 


chap. in.  Chap.  III. 

OHNde  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre: 
He  efpoufed  Isabel  de  Corbeil,  Daughter  of  John  de  Corbeily 
Seigneur  de  Grez  in  Brie,  and  Sifter  to  John,  firnamed  de  Grez, 
Marefchal  of  France.,  and  of  'Peter  de  Grez,  Bifhop  of  Au- 
x'erre :  She  lived  with  her  Husband  to  the  Year  13 15,  and 
was  Mother  of  Teter  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre, 
and  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  who  was  Abbefs  of  Terre,  as  appears  by  the 
Infcription  that  is  upon  her  Tomb  in  the  Church  of  that  Monaftery ;  upon 
which  Tomb  are  two  Efcutcheons,  1.  of  Courtenay,  charged  with  a  Label 
of  five  Points,  parted  with  a  Dragon  aifle,  which  is  the  Arms  of  Corbeily 
the  other  a  Dragon  by  itfelf :  The  Infcription  is,  Here  lyeth  Sifter  Marga- 
ret, Daughter  of  Monfieur  John  Seigneur  de  Yerre  j  Chevalier,  and  of  Ma- 
dame Ifabel  de  Corbeil  his  Wife,  Sifter  to  Monfeigneur  John  de  Grez,  Che- 
valier, Marefchal  of  France,  and  of  Mafter  Peter  de  Grez,  Bifhop  of  Au- 
xerre,  who  was  Abbefs  of  this  Church  One  Tear,  Three  Months,  and  Six 
[  1 3 1 2.  Days,  and  died  the  feventh  Day  of  June,  1 3 1 2.  Tray  for  her  Soul)  that 
God  may  have  Mercy  upon  it.    Amen. 

chap. iv.  Chap.  IV. 

E'TER  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Term 
&c.  Chevalier,  fucceeded  his  Father  before  the  Year  13 17, 
as  appears  by  a  Roll  containing  the  Names  of  thofe  who  did 
Service  to  the  Cattle  of  Corbeil,  which  Queen  Elizabeth, 
Widow  to  King  Lewis  Hutin,  had  in  Dowry :  He  was  mar- 
ried with  Joan  de  Courpalay,  and  interred  with  her  in  the 
Abbey  of  Terre,  under  the  fame  Tomb,  which  had  thefe  two  Epitaphs 
upon  it  j  Here  lyeth  Monfieur  Peter  de  Yerre,  Chevalier,  and  Seigneur 
de  Yerre,  who  died  in  the  Tear  1333,  in  the  Eve  of  Tent  ec  oft,  May  22. 
Tray  God  for  his  Soul.    Here  lyeth  Madame  Joan,  Wife  of  Peter  Mon- 
feigneur de  Yerre,  who  was  Daughter  of  Monfeigneur  John  de  Courpalay, 
and  died  in  the  Tear  13 10,  in  the  Eve  of  the  Decollation  of  John  Baptift, 
Tray  for  her  Soul. 

The  Children  of  Teter,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  and  of 
Joan  de  Courpalay  his  Wife. 

1.  John  de  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  of  whom 
we  fhall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter. 

2.  Margaret  de  Courtenay,  who  efpoufed  Teter  de  Voifins,  Chevalier, 
Seigneur  de  Montgry,  whofe  Tomb  is  to  be  feen  in  the  Abbey  of  Terre, 
with  an  Elcutcheon,  upon  which  was  an  Orle  of  Martlets  with  a  Canton 
of  Ermines,  parted  with  that  of  Courtenay,  charged  with  a  Label  of  five 
Points,  as  alfo  with  this  Epitaph ;  Here  lyeth  the  noble  Dame  Madame 
Margaret  de  Yerre,  Wife  of  that  noble  Man,  Peter  de  Voifins,  Cheva- 
lier, Seigneur  de  Montgry,  who  died  Tuefday  the  Eve  of  St.  Simon   and 

1360.    &  Jude,  in  the  Month  of  O&ober,  in  the  Tear  of  Grace  1360.    Tray  God 
for  her  Soul,  that  he  would  pardon  it. 

CHAP. 


Part  II.    Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  VIII.  109 


Chap.  V. 


C  H  A  Pi    V. 

fOHNde  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre. 
He  ferved  King  Thilip  de  Valois  againft  the  Englifh  in  ma- 
ny Rencounters  under  the  Command  of  John  of  France 
Duke  of  Normandy ;  and  he  was,  with  three  Efquires,  in 
the  Army  that  the  King  fent  into  Hainan  It,  in  the  Year 
340,  under  the  Command  of  his  Son,  that  Duke,  againft  the  Flemmings, 
as  appears  by  an  Acquittance  fealed  with  his  Seal,  in  which  we  may  fee, 
that  his  Creft  was  a  double  Fleur-de-  Lys,  as  that  of  the  other  Princes  of 
the  Royal  Family  is :  His  Wife  was  Mary  de  Vincy,  whom  he  left  a 
Widow. 

The  Children  of  John  de  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Terre,  &c.  and  Mary  de  Vincy  his  Wife. 

1.  John  de  Cotirtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre. 

1.  William  de  Cotirtenay,  who  died  without  Iflue  after  the  Year  1380.     1380. 


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Chap.    VI. 


r;"  "~.~T'    OHN  de  Courtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre  : 
UUP  iP|  -   j  He  elpoufed  in  the  Year  i$6'6,  his  Father  then  living,  Joan 
dii  Tleffoy,  Dame  de  Vienne,  Daughter  of  Geofroy  du  "Tleffby, 
g,  Chevalier^  Seigneur  de  Broville,  and  Widow  of  Robert  de 


Chap.  VI. 


Vieuxpont. 


Ifabel  de  Cotirtenay,,  his  only  Daughter,  fucceeded  in  the  Seignioury  of 
Courpalay*,  and  in  the  Moiety  of  that  of  Terre,  which  fhe  carried  in  Mar- 
riage to  Geofroy  de  Tout-outer,  Efquire :  She  did  not  live  beyond  the.  16th 
of  January,  1428.  In  the  Perfbn  of  this  Lady  ended  the  Seigneurs  of 
Terre  of  the  Royal  Family. 


1428. 


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Chap.  VII. 

1LL1AM  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bondoufle  and  de  Bufenval :  He  was  fecond  Son  of  William 
de  Cotirtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Terre,  and 
of  Joan  de  Grignoles,  and  had  for  his  Portion  the  Seignioury 
of 'Bondoufle,  in  Succeflion  from  his  Father.  In  the  Year 
1277,  he  was  prefent  with  John,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Seig- 
neur de  Terre,  his  Brother,  when  Nargeattd  de  Fons  paid  Homage  to  Ste- 
phen Bifhop  of  Taris,  for  that  he  held  in  Coms-la-ville,  being  the  Por- 
tion of  Guillemette  de  Cotirtenay  his  Wife  :  But  I  do  not  know,  fays  Bou- 
chet,'  what  Family  he  married  into,  nor  the  Reaibn  why  he  bore  a  Field 
Gules,  with  the  Arms  of  Cotirtenay  upon  a  Cheveron,  between  three  Lyons 
Or ;  unlefs  it  was  that  he  made  ufe  of  his  Mother's  Arms  to  make  him 
appear  more  noble;  only  I  find  that  he  had  one  Son  named  Gnillemit!y 
or  Little  William, 


Chap.  VII. 


1277. 


E  e 


CHAP. 


no 


Part  II.  The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  VIII. 


Ch.  VIII. 


[371. 


Chap.  VIII. 

ILLEM1N  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de 
Bondoufie  :  He  being  taxed  for  a  Houfe  that  he  had  in  Tar  is 
in  a  Subfidy  that  was  laid  upon  the  City,  was  difpenfed  from 
paying  of  it  by  the  King,  after  he  had  made  out  his  Nobili- 
ty, and  the  King  fent  a  Letter  to  that  Purpofe.  Time  has 
fuppreffed  the  other  A&ions  of  his  Life,  together  with  the  Name  of  his 
Wife  arid  her  Family :  But  many  Papers  that  are  in  the  Chamber  of  Ac- 
counts do  fhew,  that  he  was  the  Father  of  William,  third  of  that  Name, 
Seigneur  de  Bondoufie,  and  of  Teter  de  Courtenay,  who  was  employed  in 
the  Wars  in  the  Reign  of  King  John  and  Charles  V.  after  the  Year  1371, 
home  to  the  Year  1378:  And  he  ferved  in  Normandy  againft  the  King  of 
Navarre,  with  fix  Efquires,  as  appears  by  an  Acquittance,  fealed  with  his 
Seal,  in  the  Year  1366':  He  was  married  to  Jane  Bode',  but  her  licen- 
tious Life,  and  the  Hatred  that  he  conceived  againft  her  upon  that  Ac- 
count, made  him,  four  Years  afterwards,  to  throw  her  into  a  Pond  and 
drown  her,  for  which  he  obtained  the  King's  Pardon* 


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Chap.  IX. 


13^2. 


1405. 


Chap.  IX. 

IL  L I  AM,  third  of  that  Name,  SeigneUr  de  Bondoufiei  fcfo 
Chevalier,  was  put  into  the  Office  of  Mafter  of  the  Requefts 
I  of  the  King's  Houfe,  October  10,  1358,  by  Charles  of  France, 
llfl  Duke  of  Normandy,  Dauphin  de  Viennois,Res;ent  of  the  Realm* 
And  about  the  End  of  the  Year  following,  the  City  of  Tarts  committed 
to  him  the  Guard  and  Defence  of  the  Bridge  of  St.  Cloud  againft  the  En" 
slip',  and  he  had  Six  Hundred  Florins  a  Month  to  pay  his  Soldiers,  as 
nis  Acquittance  does  fhew,  fealed  with  his  Seal,  dated  February  11,  135^. 
In  the  Year  1351,  December  0,  he  gave  an  Acquittance,  fealed  with  the 
fame  Seal,  to  John  Aquile,  for  Money  that  was  due  to  him,  as  Mafter  of 
the  Requefts ;  but  fome  Time  after,  he  was  deprived  of  that  Office  by  the 
Reformators-General  (as  they  were  called)  of  the  Realm.  I  do  not  know 
the  Time,  fays  Bouchet,  when  his  Pofterity  ended :  It  does  appear,  by  Let- 
ters of  the  Duke  of  Normandy,  Regent  of  the  Realm,  that  he  had  at  that 
Time  eight  Children  -,  but  I  can  find  the  Names  but  of  two  Sons  and  one 
Daughter :  The  Sons,  John  and  Andrew,  were  both  Canons  of  the  Church 
of  St.  John  le  Rond  in  Tar  is,  in  the  Year  1302, ;  and  the  Daughter,  Jac~ 
queline  de  Courtenay,  made  Profeffion  in  the  Abbey  of  Gif,  in  the  Diocefe 
of  Taris  :  She  lived  a  licentious  Life  a  long  Time  with  a  Prior,  who  dy- 
ing, fhe  married  publickly  with  one  named  Jacquemin  le  Tourpointier. 
But  the  Bifhop  of  Taris  having  declared  the  Marriage  void,  fhe  took  up- 
on her  the  Habit  again,  and  was  put  into  the  Abbey  of  St.  Cyr,  in  the 
Diocefe  of  Chartres,  from  whence  fhe  was  taken,  in  the  Year  1 405,  to  be 
Priorefs  of  Villarceaux,  as  an  Arreft  of  Court  does  Ihew -,  and  fhe  was  at 
that  Time  above  Fifty  Years  old. 

In  fome  Regifters  of  the  Chamber  of  Accounts,  there  is  Mention  made 
of  one  John  Courtenay,  Serjeant  at  Arms,  in  the  Year  1342;  but  he  was 

not 


Part  II.  Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  VIII.  i  j  i 

not  of  this  Family,  but,  on  the  contrary,  a  Man  of  a  mean  Extraction,  of  Chap.  IX 

the  Town  of  Courtenay,  advanced  by  Fortune,  which  gave  him  the  Sir-  UY\i 

name  of  the  Place  of  his  Birth ;  but  he  was  called  de  Monteaux,  as  doth 

teftify  the  Letters  Patents  of  King  John,  that  were  made  in  his  Favour : 

And  this  I  thought  fit  to  fay,  to  difabufe  thofe,  fays  Bouchet,  that  might 

think,  that  he  was  of  the  Blood-Royal,   becaufe  he  had  the   Name  of 

Courtenay. 

And  thus  I  have  given  a  fhort  Account  of  the  Family  of  Courtenay  in 
France,  extracted  out  of  the  Book  of  Monfieur  Bouchet,  in  which  there  is 
a  very  large  Hiftory  of  the  Family,  and  of  the  Families  into  which  it 
matched ;  which  Book  he  dedicates  to  the  French  King,  Lewis  XIV.  and 
was  printed  in  the  Year  1661.  And  lince  that,  a  little  after  the  Death  of 
Lewis  XIV.  and  the  Coming  of  Lewis  XV.  to  the  Throne,  the  Princes  of 
Courtenay  did  make  a  Protection,  in  which  they  afferted  their  Right  to 
the  Rank  and  Privileges  of  the  Princes  of  the  Blood.  The  Protection  is 
as  follows  j 

A  Troteftation  that  was  made  by  Meffieurs  the  Trinces  of  Courtenay, 
for  the  Prefervation  of  the  Rights  of  their  Birth,  October  i,  17 15. 

SIRE, 

*~J~*HE  Trine  a  of  the  Houfe  of  Courtenay,  having  the  Honour  to  be  de- 
*  fc ended  in  Legitimate  Male  Line  from  Peter  ot  France,  Lord  of  Cour- 
tenay, lounger  Son  of  King  Lewis  VI.  called  le  Grofs,  ought,  under  the 
Trotetfion  of  your  Majefly,  and  in  confequence  of  your  Juftice,  to  enjoy  all 
the  Rights  that  belong  to  their  Birth :  In  Confidence  whereof,  they  renew 
to  your  Majefty  the  moft  humble  Remonftrances  and  Injiances  which  they 
and  their  Fathers  have  made  to  the  Kings  your  Tredeceffbrs,  for  obtaining 
the  Rank  that  belongs  to  them.  They  prefume  in  like  Manner,  Sire,  to 
renew  the  Troteftations  they  have  made  at  feveral  Times,  in  order  to 
have  preferved  to  them  all  the  Rights  of  the  Trine es  of  the  Family  and 
Blood  of  France.  They  ft  ou  Id  with  Reafon  fear  your  Majefty  would  judge 
them  unworthy,  if,  in  the  Beginning  of  a  Reign  fo  full  ofjuftice,  as  is  this 
of  you}\Majefty,  they  did  not  protest,  as  they  do,  with  profound  Rejpetf, 
againft  all  that  may  have  been  done  to  their  Trejudice  wider  the  late 
Reign,  or  may  be  done  hereafter,  contrary  to  the  lawful  Rights  of  their 
Birth:  Troteftingfrom  this  Time  to purfue  their  Right,  when  the  Ways  of 
Juftice  are  permitted  them,  as  they  have  always  demanded,  and  do  now 
actually  demand  of  your  Majefty;  Tfjey  will  never  ceafe,  Sire,  to  pray  to 
God  that  he  will  fhower  down  upon  you  all  Sorts  of  Favours. 

Louis-Charles  de  Courtenay. 
Charles-Roger  de  Courtenay. 
Roger  de  Courtenay. 

On  the  7th  of  May,  1730,  in  the  Morning,  the  Prince  of  Courtenay  was 
found  dead  in  his  Bed  :  He  has  left  no  IfTue  •  lb  that  there  remains  of  that 
Family,  only  his  Uncle  the  Abbot  Courtenay, 

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Book  I. 


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The  Genealogical 

HI  STORY 

O  F    T  H  E 

NOBLE  FAMILY 


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COURTENAT. 

Part  III. 
Book  I. 

Chap.  I. 


|W^^^>a  HE  third  Branch  of  the  moft  Noble  and  Illuftrious 
ffi>jk  Houfe  of  Court  enay  is  that  which  feated  itfelf  in  En- 
■:^M)  &and,  and  has  been  here  ever  fince  the  Beginning  of 
£|,^  the  Reign  of  Henry  II.  and  was  in  great  Grandeur  for 
*iM  a  long  Time  under  the  Titles  of  Barons,  Earls,  and 
i  MarquefTes,  allied  to  the  Royal  Family  by  feveral 
■  c.}  Matches,  and  does  ftill  flourifh  in  feveral  Branches. 
y^sLAr^  The  firft  of  this  Family  that  Js  preferved  from  Obli- 
vion, as  was  obferved  in  the  Firft  Part  of  this  Hiftory,  was  one  that  was 
Governour  of 'Cape-Ren 'and  in  Gaftinois  in  France,  and  he  had  a  Son  named 
Athon,  who  rendered  himfelf  famous  by  his  Valour  ;  he  fortified  the  Ca- 
ttle of  Court  enay,  and  from  thence  his  Family  took  its  Name,  about  the 
Time  that  Sirnamcs  came  firft  to  be  ufed  in  France,  in  the  Reign  of 
,  F  f  King 


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ii5  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of the     Book  I. 

Chap.  I.    King  Robert  of  France,  a  little  before  the  Norman  Conqueft.  This  Athon 

\^/-v~\_>    de  Courtenay  married  a  Lady  of  Quality,  whofe  Name  is  unknown,  and 

was  the  Father  of  Jofceline,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Courtenay: 

1060.  This  Jofceline  was  married  twice ;  he  married  firft,  about  the  Year  1060, 
with  Bildegarde,  Daughter  of  Geofry,  firnamed  Ferole,  Count  de  Gaftinois, 
by  whom  he  had   but  one  Daughter,  named  Hodierne,  who  was   after- 

1080.  ward  married,  about  the  Year  10S0,  with  Geofry,  fecond  of  that  Name, 
Count  de  Joigny.  In  his  fecond  Marriage,  after  the  Year  1 065,  he  efpou- 
fed  Elizabeth,  Daughter  of  Guy,  firft  of  that  Name,  Seigneur  de  Montle- 
herry,  and  by  that  fecond  Wife  he  had  three  Sons,  Miles,  Jofceline,  and 
Geofry :  Jofceline,  the  fecond  Brother,  went  into  the  Holy  Land  in  the 

1 10 1.  Year  1101,  with  Stephen  Count  de  Blois,  and  many  other  Seigneurs  of 
France,  and  was  the  firft  of  that  Family  that  was  planted  in  the  Eaft,  of 
which  I  have  fpoken  in  the  Firft  Part  of  this  Hiftoiy ;  Geofry,  firnamed 
de  Chaplay,  his  younger  Brother,  went  with  him :  He  was  famous,  faith 
William  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tyre,  for  his  high  Birth  and  military  Actions,  and 

H35>.  died  fighting  againft  the  Infidels  in  the  Holy  Land,  in  the  Year  1130} 
and  of  him  I  have  fpoken  likewiie  in  the  Firft  Part.  Miles,  firft  of  that 
Name,  Seigneur  de  Courtenay,  the  elder  Brother,  efpoufed  Ermangarde, 
the  only  Daughter  of  Renaud,  or  Reginald,  fecond,  Count  de  Never s,  a- 

105)5.  bout  the  Year  1005}  and  in  the  Year  1124,  he  founded  the  Abbey  of 
Fontain-jean  of  the  Cijlertian  Order,  where,  according  to  his  Order,  he 
was  buried,  in  the  Year  1127:  But  that  fame  Year  he  was  prefent  with 
King  Lewis  le  Grojfe  at  the  Donation  of  the  Church  of  St.  Saviour  to  the 
Abbey  of  St.  John,  by  the  Chapter  of  Sens  :  In  the  Grant  are  thefe  Words; 
Affifente  Rege  Ludovico  ^  proceribus  Regni,  Milone  Curtiniacenfi  ^  An- 
drea Dapifero,  Comitis  Theobaldi.  The  Time  of  the  Death  of  Ermati- 
garde  his  Wife  is  not  known,  but  he  had  three  Sons  by  her,  William,  Jo- 
fceline, and  Reginald;  Of  Jofceline,  faith  Bouchet,  in  his  Genealogical  Hi- 
ftory,  I  know  nothing  but  the  Name.  William  he  ftiles  Seigneur  de 
Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name ;  he  accompanied  King  Lewis,  firnamed  the 
Toung,  to  the  Holy  Land,  where  he  died,  as  Bouchet  faith,  becaufe  he 

§did  not  hear  of  him  afterward :  Before  he  went,  he  gave  to  the  Abbey  of 
Fontain-jean  Forty  Shillings  a  Year  Rent,  for  to  maintain  Lights  in  the 
Church.  Reginald  de  Courtenay  became  fole  Heir  of  the  Family,  faith 
our  Author,  and  was  Seigneur  de  Courtenay,  Montargis,  Cajile-Renaudy 
Champignelles,  Tanlay,  Charnay,  Chante-coq;  and  other  Seigniouries ;  and 
this  is  he  that  came  over  into  England,  and  from  whom  the  Courtenays 
in  England  are  defcended.  The  Author  of  the  Life  of  Lewis  the  Toung 
faith,  that  this  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  whom  he  firnames  de  Montargis, 
becaufe  he  had  that  Land  in  Partage,  was  one  of  the  Great  Men  of  the 
Realm  that  went  with  that  King  to  the  Holy  Land ;  and  he  ftaid  there 
but  a  little  while,  becaufe  his  Brother  died  by  the  Way,  or  a  little  Time 
after  he  came  into  the  Eaft,  and  becaufe  he  was  obliged  to  return  to  look 
after  his  private  Affairs,  is  the  Reafon  that  Bouchet  gives.  But  William 
Arch-Bilhop  of  Tyre,  in  his  Hiftory  does  fay,  that  the  Emperour  of  Ger- 
many, and  Lewis,  firnamed  the  Toung,  King  of  France,  who  went  into  the 
Holy  Land  with  great  Armies,  did  nothing  confiderable,  being  betrayed 
by  the  Syrians  at  the  Siege  of  Damafcus,  and  therefore  the  Emperour 
went  home  prefently,  but  the  French  King  ftaid  longer  to  vifit  the  Holy 
Land,  and  to  fee  whether  he  could  be  ferviceable  to  the  Chriftians  there; 
but  when  he  found  the  Count  de  Blois,  and  a  great  many  other  Nobles 
were  gone  home,  he  refolved  to  go  alio :  And  among  thofe  Nobles  that 
Went  home  before  the  Kingj  in  all  likelihood,  was  Reginald  de  Courtenay, 

fo 


Part  III.       Nolle  Family  0/Conrtenay.      Book  L  114 

fo  that  he  did  not  go  home  fo  foon,  as  Bouchet  thinks,  becaufe  his  Bro-  Chap.  I. 
ther  was  dead,  for  that  he  feems  to  fay,  becaufe  he  did  not  hear  of  him  w~v~\^ 
afterward ;  but  he  went  before  the  King  in  Company  with  many  other 
Nobles  ;  and  perhaps  becaufe  there  happened  out  a  Difference  between  the 
King  and  the  Duke  of  Normandy,  and  fome  other  Nobles,  and  Reginald 
de  Courtenay  was  of  the  Duke  of  Normandy's  Side :  But  whatever  was  the 
Reafon,  it  is  certain,  that  he  was  in  France  before  the  Return  of  the  Kingj 
as  appears  by  a  Letter  01  Thibaud  Count  of  Champagne,  in  which  he  writes 
to  Sugerius,  Abbot  of  St.  Denis,  Governour  of  the  Realm  in  the  King's 
Abfence,  to  this  Effed ;  This  is  to  let  Ton  know,  that  Renaud  de  Courte- 
nay hath  done  great  Injury  to  the  King,  and  to  Tou,  who  are  the  Guar- 
dian of  the  Realm-,  for  he  hath  fei  zed  on  certain  Royal  Merchants  that 
are  the  King's  Subjects,  who  have  difcharged  their  'Toll  at  Orleans  and  at 
Sens,  and  fathficd  for  all  the  Cuftows  or  Duties  that  are  paid  in  the 
King's  Territories,  and  moreover  hath  f  ripped  them  of  all  their  Goods  : 
It  is  therefore  necejfary,  that  Tou  order  him,  in  the  King's  Name,  and  in 
Tours,  that  they  be  fet  at  Liberty,  and  that  all  that  belongs  to  them  be  re- 

flored  to  them  again  :  But  in  cafe  he  Jhould  refufe  to  obey  this  Order,  and 
Tou  fhould  be  dsfirous  to  march  an  Army  againjl  him,  to  compel  him  there** 
to,  let  me  know  it,  and  I  will  fend  Tou  Aid,  that  Tou  may  be  able  to 
bring  him  to  his  Obedience. 

By  which  Letter,  as  Eouchet  faith,  it  appears,  not  only  that  the  King  was 
abfent  when  this  was  done,  but  that  Renaud  de  Courtenay  was  one  of  the 
moft  powerful  Seigneurs  of  the  Realm,  becaufe  he  could  not  be  forced 
to  give  an  Account  of  what  he  had  done  without  marching  a  confidera- 
ble  Army  againft  him. 

This  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  when  he  was  in. France,  married  a  Sifter 
of  Guy  du  Donjon^  one  of  the  moft  famous  Chevaliers  of  that  Time,  that 
took  his  Original  from  the  ancient  Counts  of  Corbeil ;  he  had  by  her  two 

■  Daughters,  the  younger  was  married  to  Avelon,  Seigneur  de  Selegny,  in  the 
Diocefe  of  Auxerre,  of  whom  there  is  nothing  more  faid.  The  Elder,  na- 
med Elizabeth,  was  married  to  "Peter  the  youngeft  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe 
King  of  France,  who  upon  his  Marriage  took  the  Name  and  Arms  of 
Courtenay :  And  this  "Peter,  as  we  have  fhewn,  was  the  firft  of  the  Fa- 
mily of  Courtenay  that  claim  the  Priviledges  and  Rank  of  Princes  of  the 
Blood,  next  to  the  Houfe  of  Bourbon,  of  which  we  have  fpoken  in  the 
Second  Part  of  this  Hiftory ;  and  that  Renaud,  or  Reginald  de  Courtenay, 
Father  of  this  Princefs  Elizabeth,  was  he  that  came  into  England  with 
Henry  II.  and  was  the  firft  of  the  Family  of  Courtenay  in  England Teems 
plain ;  for  we  do  not  read  of  any  Courtenay  in  England  before  the  Time 
of  Henry  II.  and  we  find  him  in  England  accompanying  Henry  II.  almoft 
wherefoever  he  went :  And  the  Reafon  of  his  coming  home  from  the  Ho- 
ly Land  before  King  Lewis,  was,  in  all  likelihood,  as  I  faid;  becaufe  there 
happened  to  be  a  great  Difference  between  King  Lewis  and  his  Queen, 
who  went  with  him  to  the  Holy  Land ;  and  the  Duke  of  Normandy,  and 
Reginald  de  Courtenay,  with  fome  other  of  the  Nobles,  fided  with  the 
Queen ;  and  this  Difference  arifing  in  the  Holy  Land,  might  make  Regi- 
nald de  Courtenay  to  ufe  the  King's  Subjects  as  he  did,  and  to  be  at  open 
Defiance  with  the  King :  For  the  Nobility  of  France  at  that  Time  had 
greater  Power  and  Authority  than  they  have  now,  and  were  not  fo  much 
under  the  Command  of  the  King  as  they  now  are.  And  King  Lewis  be- 
ing divorced  from  his  Queen,  Eleanor,  who  was  Dutcheis  of  Aquitain  ^fjf*'^ 
and  Countefs  of  PoicTiers,  Reginald  de  Courtenay  was  inftrumental  in  ma-  „m  7,x'fn 
king  the  Match  between  her  and  the  Duke  of  Normandy,  who  was  after-  /«<"». 

wards 


i 1 6    Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  I.  wards  King  of  England,  by  the  Name  of  Henry  II.  and  by  that  Means 
>yVN_  was  in  great  Favour  both  with  the  King  and  Queen :  And,  no  doubt,  up- 
f/'/f"  B°t°k  on  t'le  King's  promifing  greatly  to  promote  him  in  England,  he  left  all 
/Vio>/.mp  °"  his  Eftates  to  Teter  the  King's  Brother,  who  married  his  Daughter  about 
the  Time  he  came  into  England,  and  made  him  promife  upon  their  Marriage 
to  take  the  Name  and  Arms  of  Court enay;  and  he  had  not  been  here  long 
before  the  King  procured  for  him  a  rich  Match ;  for  he  married  Hawife, 
the  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Robert  de  Abrincis,  or  Averinches,  by  whom 
he  was  Baron  of  Oakhampton,  Hereditary  Sheriff  or  Vifcount  of  Devon--- 
fhire,  and  Governour  of  the  Caftle  of  Exeter.  Bouchet,  in  his  Genealo- 
gical Hiftory,  doth  not  fay  any  Thing  of  this  Reginald,  Father  of  the 
Princefs  Elizabeth,  after  his  Seizing  the  Merchants  •  neither  does  he  fay 
when  he  died,  or  where  he  was  buried;  which  is  an  Argument  that  he  came 
over  here,  feeing  the  French  Hiftorians  do  make  no  Mention  of  him  after 
that  Action.  Indeed  Bouchet  faith  he  believes,  that  Athon,  who  firft  for- 
tified Court  enay,  and  gave  that  Name  to  the  Family,  had,  befides  his  Son 
Jofceline,  that  is  mentioned  in  Hiftory,  another  Son,  that  cattle  with  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror  into  England,  and  gave  Original  to  the  Family  there ; 
and  this  he  fays,  becaufe  he  could  not  tell  the  Original  of  the  Family  in 
England,  and  he  knew  nothing  of Reginald  de  Court  en  ay's  coming  hither; 
and  becaufe,  in  Du  Cheyue's  Hiftory  of  Normandy,  he  finds  the  Name  of 
Court  enay  amongft  thole  that  came  in  with  William  the  Conqueror.  But 
in  the  Continuator  of  Aimon's  Hiftory,  from  which  he  has  an  Account  of 
the  Family,  there  is  no  Mention  of  any  other  Son  that  Athon  had  befides 
Jofceline.  And  as  for  the  Roll  of  Battle- Abbey,  it  has,  as  Fuller  oblerves, 
been  often  practifed  upon,  and  has  had  feveral  Additions  made  in  it  from 
Time  to  Time. 

After  the  Conqueft,  a  great  many  French  of  great  Quality  came  into 
England,  at  feveral  Times,  chiefly  at  the  Marriage  of  King  Henry  II. 
with  Queen  Eleanor,  who  brought  him  the  Dukedom  of  Aquitain  and 
County  of  Foicliers ;  and  then  at  the  Marriage  of  Edward  II.  with  Isa- 
bel Daughter  of  Thilip  the  Fair,  when  Three  Thoufand  French  came 
over  and  fettled  here,  which  was  complained  of  as  a  great  Grievance  ; 
and  the  Names  of  many  of  thefe,  no  Doubt,  were  put  into  the  Catalogue 
of  thofe  that  came  over  with  William  the  Conqueror,  and  particularly 
that  of  Court  enay ;  for  in  thole  Catalogues  or  Copies  of  Roll- Abbey,  in 
which  Courtenay  is  put,  there  is  an  R  put  before  it ;  and  there  was  no 
Courtenay,  whofe  Chriftian  Name  began  with  the  Letter  R,  as  the  Pedi- 
gree doth  fhew,  before  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  Father  of  Elizabeth,  the 
Wife  of  Teter  of  France,  who  came  into  England  with  Henry  II.  And 
Cambden,  in  his  Remains,  doth  fay,  Whoever  doth  confider  the  Roll  of 
Battle-Abbey  fhall  find  it  forged,  and  thofe  to  be  inferted  which  the  Times 
in  every  Age  favoured,  and  were  never  mentioned  in  the  authentic al  Re- 
cord. There  is  a  Copy  of  Battle-Abbey  Roll  in  Stow,  another  in  Hollin- 
fhed;  but  they  do  agree  neither  in  the  Number,  Order,  or  Spelling  of 
the  Names:  In  both  thefe  the  Name  of  Courtenay  is.  And  John  Brorn- 
ton,  in  his  Chronicle,  puts  Courtenay  amongft  thofe  that  came  in  with 
William  the  Conqueror :  But  in  the  Catalogue  that  is  in  the  Chronicle  of 
Normandy,  written  in  French  by  William  Tay leu r,  Courtenay  is  not. 

Reginald,  or  Renaud  de  Courtenay,  then,  the  firft  of  the  Family  in 
England,  came  here  with  Queen  Eleanor,  Wife  to  King  Henry  II.  And 
this  Holland,  in  his  Additions  to  Cambdens  Britannia,  doth  fay :  He 
was  brought  hither,  faith  he,  by  Henry  II.  and  by  him  advanced  with 
the  Marriage  of  the  Heir  of  the  Barony  of  Oakhampton,  for  that  he  pro- 
cured 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.       Book  I.  1 1 7 

cured  the  Marriage  between  the  [aid  King  and  Eleanor  Heir  of  Poi-  Chap.  L 
ctiers  and  Aquitain  •  but  whether  he  -was  branched  from  the  Houfe  of  s^-v-*-* 
Courtenay  before  it  was  matched  into  the  Royal  Blood  of  France,  or  af- 
ter, which  oar  Monks  affirm,  but  Du  Tillet,  Keener  of  the  Records  of 
France,  donbteth,  I  may  fay  fomething  in  another  Tlace :  Thus  faith  Dr. 
Holland.  Du  Tillet  did  think  that  he  was  defcended  from  the  Counts 
of  Edejfa ;  but  it  appears  to  the  contrary  by  the  Firft  Part  of  this  Hifto- 
ry.  The  Monks  of  Ford- Abbey,  in  their  Regifter,  do  lay,  that  the  Fa- 
mily of  Courtenay  in  England  is  defcended  from  Florus,  Son  of  Lewis  le 
Groffe,  and  fo  does  Sir  William  Dugdale,  and  other  of  our  Hiftorians  after 
them ;  But  Lewis  le  Groffe  had  no  Son  called  Florus ;  for  it  was  Teter,  the  • 
youngeft  Son  of  Lewis  le  Groffe,  that  was  the  firft  of  the  Family  of  Cour- 
tenay in  France,  as  ail  the  French  Hiftorians  fay ;  and  Reginald  de  Cour- 
tenay, firft  of  that  Family  in  England,  could  not  be  defcended  from  him, 
as  the  Time  in  which  each  of  them  did  live  doth  ihew :  They  went  both 
of  them,  together  with  Lewis  firnamed  the  Toung,  into  the  Holy  Land,  in 
the  Year  1147,  and  a  little  Time  after  they  came  back,  Reginald  came  114ft 
into  England,  in  the  Year  iijr;  and  Bouchet  faith,  that  Teter,  Son  of  1151. 
Lewis  le  Groffe,  married  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Reginald  de  Courtenay, 
after  the  Year  1150;  fo  that  it  is  impoflible  that  Reginald  de  Courtenay  1150. 
fhould  be  the  Son  of  Teter  the  King's  Son,  but  was,  as  it  feems  plain,  the 
Father  of  his  Wife.  And  in  the  Difcourfe  that  King  James  I.  had  with 
the  Princes  of  Courtenay,  that  came  over  in  his  Time,  to  defire  that  King 
to  ufe  his  Intereft  with  the  Court  of  France,  that  they  might  have  the 
Rank  and  Privileges  of  Princes  of  the  Blood,  which  was  then  denied  them, 
in  that  Dilcourfe  the  King  faith  to  them,  There  are  feme  in  England  of 
your  Name  whom  I  love  and  eft e em ;  and  the  Princes  of  Courtenay  made 
Anfwer,  that  they  were  of  the  Elder  Houie  •  as  we  may  fee  in  the  End  of 
Bouchet,  among  the  Records  of  that  Family.  The  Monks  of  Ford  might 
fay,  that  Reginald  de  Courtenay  was  defcended  from  Florus,  Son  of  Lewis 
le  Groffe,  through  Ignorance,  or  they  might  do  it  to  aggrandize  the  Fa- 
mily, who  were  their  Patrons ;  but  they  had  no  need  to  do  that ;  for  Bou- 
chet faith,  that  Elizabeth  de  Courtenay,  with  whom  Teter  the  King's 
Son  did  marry,  was  defcended  by  her  Father  from  Robert  King  of  France, 
and  that  they  were  near  a-kin  in  Blood,  as  he  ftiews  by  a  Genealogical 
Table :  And  he  faith  moreover,  that  ftie  was  a  Perfon  that  was  allied  to 
ibme  of  the  greateft  Families  of  that  Age ;  and  in  his  Book  he  reckons 
them  up,  and  ihevvs  who  they  were :  And  that  the  Family  of  Courtenay 
in  France  is  defcended  from  the  lame  Original  with  this  in  England  (al- 
though by  a  Female,  as  has  been  fhewn)  is  proved,  becaufe  they  have  the 
lame  Coat  of  Arms,  viz.  In  a  Field  Or,  three  Torteaux  :  And  it  is  obler- 
vable,  that  a  younger  Daughter  of  Teter  of  France  and  Elizabeth  de 
Courtenay  his  Wife,  was  named  Euftachia,  and  fo  was  the  Daughter  of 
Gilbert  Bajfet,  Lord  of  Burcefter,  and  Egeline  his  Wife,  Daughter  of 
Reginald  de  Courtenay  here  in  England. 


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Chap.  II.  C  H  A  P.   II. 

'.REGINALD  de   Court  enay  then,  firft  of  the  Family  in 
j^4  England,  came  into  England  with  Henry  II.  and  Eleanor 
1 151.     fflSfR  Ifljf  ^s  Wife,  in  the  Year  1151,  as  was  faid  before,  and  he  mar- 
ried Hawife  Daughter  of  Robert  de  Abrincis;  and  he  was 
by   her  Hereditary  Vifcount  or  Sheriff  of  Devonjhire,  and 
Baron  of  Okehampton  :  She  and  her  Sifter  Matilda  came  in- 
to the  King's  Hands  as  Wards  j  and  the  King  granted  the  Wardfhip  of 
them  to  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  a  famous  Soldier  and  Nobleman,  faith 
the  Regifter  of  Ford- Abbey-,  and  he  took  to  himfelf  the  Eldeft,  and  the 
Younger,  Matilda,  he  difpofed  of,  as  fhall  be  fhewn  in  the  next  Chapter. 
After  King  William  I.  had  conquered  this  Kingdom,  he  gave  to  thofe 
Great  Men   that  came   over  with  him,  and  fignalized  themfelves  in  his 
St  w.  Pok'*  Service,  great  Eftates;  and  amongft  thofe  there  was  one  Baldwin  de  Bri- 
Defoiftun  of  oniis,  (fo  named  from  a  Place  in  Normandy)  to  him  William  the  Conque- 
Devon,  Mj[.    rQr  gave  large   £an(js>  an(j  conferred  upon  him  great  Honours :  He  was 
alfo  called   Baldwin  de  Molis,  and  Baldwin  de  Sap,  from  other  Places 
in  Normandy :  He  was  fecond  Son  unto  Gilbert  de  Griffin,  Count  de  Bri- 
oniis,  Son  of  Godfrey  Count  de  Ewe,  natural  Son  unto  Richard,  the  firft 
of  that  Name,  Duke  of  Normandy,  Great-grandfather  to  the  Conqueror  * 
ren  -age  of  En-  He  married  Albreda  Niece  to  the  Conqueror,  being  his  Sifter's  Daughter, 
fSt.?86.L  anQhad  by  her  a  Son  named  Richard,  and  a  Daughter  named  Adelizai 
or  Adelicia ;  and  becaufe  Baldwin  was  fo  near  of  kin  to  King  William, 
and  becaufe  he  greatly  affifted  him  in  his  Conquefts,  therefore  did  the 
King  confer  on  him  the  Barony  of  Okehampton,  to  be  held  of  the  King, 
and  gave  it  to  him  and  his  Heirs  for  ever :  He  gave  alfo  to  him  the  Caftle 
of  Exeter,  and  the  Cuftody  of  the  whole  County  of  Devon,  for  an  An- 
nual Rent  to  be  paid  to  the  King;  upon  the  Account  of  which  he  was 
Rifflt>  fi""    cal*ec*  Vifcount  or  Sheriff  of  Devonjhire,  and  is  fo  ftiled  in  Domefday-Book ; 
vey  0}    *\<  a.   ^   .^  ^at  .^  ^  ^.^  ggidwinus  yjcecomes  tenet  Ockementum  de  Domino 
Rege  &  ibi  habet  Caftellum  quatuor  Burgenfes  £*>  Mercatum.   This  Barony 
of  Okehampton  was  a  noble  Barony,  and  it  was  held  of  the  King  by  the 
Service  of  three  Knights,  and  had  Ninety  Two  Knights  Fees  belonging 
to  it  s  And  Baldwin  the  Vifcount  had  bcfides  the  Manours  of  Samfford, 
Duelton,  Chymleigh,  Kenn,  Whimfle,  and  Mufberrie,  all  in  the  County  of 
Devon ;  in  all  which  he  had  Furcas  and  Tumbrell,  and  all   other  Things 
which  do  belong  unto  the  View  of  Frank-Pledge,  together  with  the  Ad- 
Ford-  Abb  y    vowfbns  of  the  Churches :  He  had  alfo  Free-Chafe  unto  the  Ends  of  the 
Uu^daie'7      Foreft  of  Dartmore,  and  Free- Warren  in  all  his  Lands  lying  within  the 
Monapcon,      County  of  Devon. 

To  Baldwin  fucceeded  his  Son  Richard,  who,  as  he  was  a  ftout  Sol- 
dier in  his  younger  Years,  fb  was  he  in  his  elder  Days  very  devout  and 
much  gi^en  to  Ads  of  Piety,  fay  the  Monks  of  Ford;  and  he  gave  all  his 
Lands  at  Brightly,  in  the  Parifh  of  Chittle-hampton,  in  the  North  Part  of 
Devonfaire,  within  the  Honour  of  Okehampton,  for  the  Founding  of  an 
Abbey  there  for  Monks  of  the  Ciftertian  Order.  It  was  begun  in  the  33^ 
i*32'  year  0f  t'ae  Reign  0f  King  Henry  L  in  the  Year  1 132,  3nd  in  the  i(l  of 
King  Stephen  he  placed  therein  Twelve  Monks  of  that  Order:  Thele 
Monks,  at  his  Requeft,  were  lent  from  the  Abbey  of  Waverly  in  the  Dio- 
cefe  of  Winchefter,  in  the  County  of  Surrey,  by  Gilbert  the  Abbot  of  that 
Place :  And  they  let  out  from  Waverly  on  Holyrood~dayx  and  went  with 

Richard 


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Richard  their  Abbot,  by  Way  of  Proceffion,  with  the  Crofs  carried  be-  Chap.  IL 
fore  them ;  and  when  they  were  come  to  Brightly,  the  Vifcount  devoutly  KS~v~\-j 
received  them,  and  made  a  Deed,  by  which  he. gave  them  a  Right  to  the  Jw?'ftbbey 
Abbey  and  the  Lands  that  he  had  appropriated  to  it ;  and  fo  having  ob- 
tained his  Defire,  he  did  not  ceafe  to  help  them  in  carrying  on  the  Build- 
ings, and  providing  Things  neceflary  for  them  'till  his  Death,  which  hap- 
pened on  the  yth  of  July,  or  15th  of  June,  in  the  Year  1137,  in  the  fe-  113-'. 
cond  Year  of  King  Stephen,  and  was  buried  in  the  Chapel  belonging  to 
that  Monaftery :  His  Bones  were  afterwards,  with  the  Body  of  Richard 
the  Abbot,  carried  by  the  Monks  to  Ford-Abbey,  and  there  put  in  diftinct 
Graves  in  the  Choir  near  the  High  Altar.  This  Richard  de  Brioniis  had 
no  Child,  but  left  his  whole  Eftate  and  Honours  to  his  Siiter  Adelicia^ 
who  was  his  Heir,  and  after  him  called  Vifcountefs  of  Devonjhire :  And 
after  the  Monks  had  ftaid  five  Years  in  the  Monaftery  of  Brightly,  after  the 
Death  of  their  Patron,  by  Reafon  of  the  Barrennefs  of  their  Country,  and 
their  Want  of  Neceffaries,  they  were  not  able  to  ftay  there  any  longer, 
and  they  were  forced,  with  Robert  de  Tenington,  their  fecond  Abbot,  to 
return  to  their  Old  Houfe  of  Waverly,  whom,  when  the  Vicountefs  faw 
going  through  her  Manour  of  Thorncomb,  two  and  two  with  the  Crofs 
before  them,  as  they  went  down  fhe  called  them  to  her ;  and  when  they 
had  declared  the  Caufe  of  their  Returning,  fhe,  being  much  grieved,  faid 
unto  them,  "  Far  be  it  from  me,  Holy  Fathers,  that  I  fhould  lie  under 
"  fuch  a  great  Difgrace,  as  not  to  be  able  or  willing  to  perfecl:  that  which 
"  my  Lord  and  Brother  Richard  the  Vifcount  had  begun,  for  the  Ho- 
"  nour  of  G  O  D,  and  for  the  Good  of  you  all :  Behold  my  Manour  in 
"  which  you  ftand  is  a  fertile  Place,  and  aboundeth  with  Fruits  of  all 
"  Sorts ;  I  do  give  it  you  for  ever  in  Exchange  for  your  barren  Country  of 
"  Brightly,  with  my  Manfion-Houfe  in  which  I  live ;  ftay  here,  until  in 
"  Ibme  other  Part  of  the  Manour  there  be  a  Monaftery  built  more  fit 
"  to  receive  you ,  and  I  will  help  you  all  that  I  can  to  build  it. "  And 
lb  that  pious  and  religious  Lady  .gave  to  the  Monks  for  ever  her  Seat,  or 
Principal  Houfe  of  the  Manour  of  Thorncomb,  which  was  then  called  Ford, 
but  now  iVefiford,  and  in  that  Houfe  they  lived  near  fix  Years,  until 
there  was  fbme  convenient  Building,  in  the  Manner  of  a  Monaftery,  erect- 
ed for  them^  in  a  Place  called  Heresbath,  but  now  Ford,  from  a  Ford  or 
Paffage  through  the  River  Ax,  near  which  it  ftandeth.  Mr.  Tanner,  in  TanneiV  No- 
his  Notitia  Monajiica,  fays,  that  the  Monaftery  of  Brightly  was  built 
by  Richard  Redvers,  Sheriff  of  Devonpire,  in  the  Year  1 1 36 ;  and  that 
in  the  Year  114a,  the  Monks  were  removed  to  Ford,  by  Adelicia,  Wife 
to  Richard  de  Brioniis :  Thus  he  confounds  the  two  Families,  de  Brio- 
niis and  de  Ripariis,  or  Redvers,  together,  one  whereof  was  Hereditary 
Vifcount  or  Sheriff  of  Devonpire,  being  made  fo  by  William  the  Conque- 
ror, and  the  other  made  Earls  of  Devonjhire  by  King  Henry  I.  He  might 
be  led  into  this  Miftake  by  Sir  William  Dugdale,  who  does  more  than 
once  take  one  for  the  other  •  and  the  Ground  of  the  Miftake  might  be, 
becaufe  the  Family  of  Courtenay  did  defcend  from  both  of  them,  and  did 
enjoy  the  Lands  and  Honours  of  both ;  and  whereas  Mr.  Tanner  fays  it 
was  Adelicia,  the  Wife  of  Richard,  that  placed  the  Monks  in  Ford,  fhe 
was  not  his  Wife,  but  his  Sifter. 

This  Abbey  of  Ford  was  finifhed  in  the  Year  1 141,  and  dedicated  to  the     j  14 
Bleffed  Virgin  Mary,  and  at  the  Suppreffion  of  it  was  valued  at  374/.  xo  s. 
6  di  ob.  The  laft  Abbot  was  Thomas  Chard:  He  was  born  at  Tracey,  in  the 
Pariih  of  Aulis -combe  in  Devonjhire,  and  educated  in  St.  Bernards  College, 
now  St.  John  Baptift  in  Oxford,  and  took  his  Doctor's  Degree  in  Divinity 

Ocfober 


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1 20  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  II.    October  2,  1505)  22  Henry  VII.  being  ftiled  in  the  publick  Regifter,  Vir 
CXW;  DoEirina  &  Virtute  clarus,  to  which  Place,  being  afterwards  a  Benefactor, 
his  Memory  was  preferved,  as  a  Token  of  it,  in  leveral  of  the  Glafs  Win- 
dows in  that  Houfe  •  particularly  in  a  middle  Chamber  Window  on  the 
South  Side  of  the  Tower,  over  the  common  Gate  of  the  College  Tower,where 
was,  if  not  ftill,  his  Name  contra&ed  in  golden  Letters  in  an  Efcutcheon 
Sable,  and  hath  behind  it,  pale-ways,  an  Abbot's  Crofier:  He  repaired, 
built,  and  adorned  much  of  his  Monaftery,  which  I  think,  fays  Mr.  Wood, 
W   d'i  Athc-  ^e  *ivec* to  *"ee  dhTolved.     Mr.  Trince  and  Mr.  Wood  fay,  that  he  founded 
■nJoxomcnfes,  an  Hofpital  in  Honiton  :  But  I  think  it  is  a  Miftake;  for  that  is  a  Lazar- 
et. I.  .p.  646.  houfe,  or  an  Hofpital  for  Leprous  Perfons,  built  long  before  his  Time. 
The  Manour  of  Thorncomb,  in  which  Ford  ftands,  was,  with  other  Ma- 
nours,  given  to  Baldwin,  Father  of  Richard,  by  William  the  Conqueror -y 
and  becaufe  it  did  belong  to  the  Vifcount  or  Governour  of  Devon/hire, 
therefore  it  is  highly  probable  it  was  made  Part  of  Devon/hire,  although 
it  lies  off  from  other  Parts  of  Devon/hire,  and  is  encompaffed  with  Dorfet- 
Jhire  and  Sowerfetjbire. 

The  Lady  Adelicia,  Foundrefs  of  Ford- Abbey,  was  married  to  a  certain 
Nobleman  whofe  Name  is  unknown,  and  had  by  him  one  only  Daughter 
named  Alicia,  who  was  her  Heir  •  and  in  the  fecond  Year  after  the  Trani- 
lation  of  the  Monks  from  Brightly  to  Ford,,  in  the  7th  Year  of  King 
1 142.  Stephen,  in  the  Year  1 142,  Anguji  24,  this  Vifcountefs  died,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Chapel  of  the  Monaftery  of  Ford,  and  her  only  Daughter  Alicia 
fucceeded  her  in  the  Honour  of  Okehampton,  and  had  alfo  the  Cuftody  of 
the  County  of  Devon,  under  an  Annual  Rent,  and  the  Caftle  of  Exeter  : 
She  married  Randulph  Avenel,  by  whom  fhe  had  one  only  Daughter 
named  Matilda,  or  Maud,  which  Matilda,  her  Parents  being  dead,  had 
all  that  her  Mother  poffefled:  She  was  twice  married,  firft  to  Robert  de 
Abrincis  or  Averinchis.  Mr.  Camden  in  his  Remains  fays,  that  there 
was  one  Simon  de  Albranc,  or  Albrancor  de  Aueringis,  that  was  Lord  of 
Falkjlone,  and  one  of  the  eight  Barons,  to  each  of  whom  many  Knights 
Fees  were  affigned  for  the  Defence  of  Dover  Caftle,  and  each  of  them  to 
maintain  a  Tower  there  .•  Simon  de  Abrincis  Arms  were,  Five  Chcverons 
Gules,  in  a  Field  Or. 

Robert  de  Abrincis,  above-mentioned,  had  by  his  Wife  Matilda  three 
Daughters,  one  named  Hawife,  and  two  others  that  were  Nuns :  Robert 
de  Abrincis  being  dead,  his  Lady  Matilda  married  again  to  Robert,  na- 
tural Son  of  Henry  I.  King  of  England,  by  whom  fhe  had  another  Daugh- 
ter, called  after  her  own  Name  Matilda.  Matilda,  the  Mother,  was,  as 
the  Monks  fay,  a  great  Benefactorefs  to  the  Monks  of  Ford,  and  did  bear 
towards  them  the  Affections  of  a  Mother ;  and  fhe  gave  at  one  Time  to 
the  Value  of  Sixty  Marks  to  her  Interceflours,  as  fhe  called  them,  and  at 
feveral  other  Times  fhe  conferred  upon  them  many  large  Gifts.  Her  fe- 
cond Husband,  Robert,  natural  Son  to  Henry  I.  died  the  laft  Day  of  May, 
1 172,  and  the  Vifcountefs  his  Wife,  called  Matilda  de  Abrincis,  Septem- 
1 173'  her  ai,  1 173.  The  19th  of  Henry  II.  both  her  Daughters  came  into 
the  Hands  of  King  Henry  as  Wards,  as  was  faid  before,  and  the  King 
granted  the  Wardfhip  of  them  to  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  and  he  took  to 
himfelf  the  eldeft  of  them,  viz.  Hawife,  as  being  moft  noble,  being  ftiled 
Vifcountefs,  and  the  younger,  Matilda,  he  gave  to  William  de  Courtenay, 
his  Son  that  he  had  by  a  former  Wife  in  Normandy ;  fo#fay  the  Monks  of 
Ford.  But  if  the  French  Hiftorians  fay  true,  William  was  not  his  Son, 
but  his  Brother;  befides  he  did  not  come  from  Normandy,  as  the  Monks 
lay,  but  from  a  Town  called  Courtenay  in  Gajlinois  in  France. 

Sir 


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Sir  William  'Pole,  a  learned  Antiquary  and  a  diligent  Searcher  into  the  Chap.  II. 
Records  in  Devonjhire,  doth  give  a  different  Account  of  the  Family  de    vvv 
Brioniis :  He  lays  that  Baldwin  de  Brioniis  had  Iffue  Richard,  Adela,  Slt  lviH'a"i 
and  Emma ;  Adela  was  married  to  a  Kentifh  Knight,  and  died  without  ^fofoivon. 
Iffue;  Emma  was  firft  married  to  William  Avenel,  by   whom  ihe  had  Mjf/ 
Iffue  Ralph,  and  fecondly  to  William  de  Abrincis,  by   whom  fhe  had 
Robert.     Richard  de  Brioniis  loved  Robert  de  Abrincis,  and  caufed  all 
the  Tenants  of  the  Manours  belonging  to  his  Barony  of  Okehampton  to 
fwcar  Fealty  to  him,  as  their  Lord :  Shortly  after  the  faid  Robert  depart- 
ed out  of  England,  and  took  to  Wife  a  Daughter  of  Godwin  Dole,  beyond 
the  Seas,  and  begot  on  her  Matilda  his  Daughter,  who  was  married   to 
the  Lord -  of  Ainconrt.     Richard  Lord   of  Okehampton,  and  Robert  de 
Abrincis  dying,  Adela,  the  eldeft  Sifter  of  Richard,  fucceeded  in  the  In- 
heritance, and  made   Ralph  Avenel,  eldeft  Son  of  her  Sifter   Emma,  to 
fucceed  her  in  the  Honour  of  Okehampton,  unto  whom  Reginald.,  Earl  of 
Cornwall,  Uncle  to  King  Henry  II.  offered  his  Daughter  in  Marriage; 
but  the  faid  Ralph  neglecf  ing  the  Offer,  and  taking  to  Wife  a  Daughter 
of  Richard  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devonfhire^  Reginald  Earl  of  Cornwall 
grew  angry,  and  fwore  he  would  caufe  him  to  lofe  the  Honour  of  Oke- 
hampton ;  and  he  did  it,  by  fending  for  Matilda,  the  Daughter  of  Robert 
de  Abrincis,  remaining  beyond  the  Seas. 

King  Henry  II.  by  the  Advice  of  the  faid  Reginald  Earl  of  Cornwall^ 
gave  the  faid  Matilda  to  Robert,  Natural  Son  to  King  Henry  I.  and  Bro- 
ther to  the  faid  Reginald,  who  begat  on  her  Matilda,  who,  after  the 
Death  of  her  Father  Robert,  was  married  unto  Reginald  de  Courtenay, 
whom  Queen  Eleanor  brought  with  her  into  England:  Alio  the  King 
gave  unto  William  de  Courtenay,  Son  of  the  faid  Reginald,  the  Manour 
of  Sutton  near  Oxford;  which  William,  by  the  Advice  and  Command  of 
his  Father,  took  unto  Wife  Hawife,  the  Sifter  of  Matilda,  his  Father's 
Wife  by  a  former  Husband,  and  begat  on  her  Robert  de  Courtenay. 

Matilda,  the  Wife  of  Reginald  de  Courtenay,  continuing  barren,  the 
Honour  of  Okehampton  came  unto  Robert  de  Courtenay,  Son  of  Hawife 
de  Arncourt,  who  took  unto  Wife  Mary  de  Redvers,  Daughter  of  Wil- 
liam de  Redvers,  firnamed  de  Vernon,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  whofe  Pofte- 
rity  afterwards  came  to  be  Earls  of  Devon :  So  faith  Sir  William  Tole  in 
his  Account  of  the  Barony  of  Okehampton,  put  before  his  View  of  Devon- 
fbire ;  and  he  fays,  that  his  Account  is  taken  out  of  the  Leiger-Book  of 
Okehampton. 

Sir  William  Dugddle,  and  fome  other  Writers,  do  give  the  fame  Ac-  Dugdale'ifl.t- 
count  of  the  Family  de  Brioniis,  that  the  Regifter  of  Ford-Abbey  does,  ronagc' Vo1' L 
and  they  do  take  it  from  that;  but  Mr.  Weflcott,  in  his  View  of  De- 
von/hire,  does  follow  Sir  William  'Pole;  and  fo  does  Mr.  'Prince,  in  his 
Worthies  of  Devon ;  but  which  of  the  two  is  the  right  Account,  it  is  not 
material  at  this  Diftancc  of  Time  to  know :  But  I  think  that  Reginald 
de  Courtenay  married  Hawife  the  Elder  Sifter,  and  William,  Matilda  the 
Younger;  and  that  for  thefe  Reafbns;  Becaufe  Hawife  being  the  Elder 
Sifter  did  carry  with  her  the  Barony  of  Okehampton  to  her  Husband : 
And  it  is  plain,  that  William  was  never  Baron  of  Okehampton,  but  Regi- 
nald; and  both  Reginald  and  Hawife  were  Benefactors  to  the  Abbey  of 
Ford,,  if  the  Monks  fay  true,  and  were  buried  there,  and  the  Time  of 
their  Deaths  is  regiftered  in  the  Abbey-Regifter  :  But  neither  William  or 
Matilda  are  mentioned  by  them  as  Patrons  or  Benefactors;  neither  were 
they  buried  there,  nor  is  there  any  Mention  made  of  them  in  the  Regifter 
at  all :  But  certainly  there  would  be  Mention  made  of  Matilda,  if  fhe 
had  been  Baronefs  of  Okehampton,  and  Wife  to  Reginald  de  Courtenay  : 
H  h  AM 


1 11  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  II.  And  befides,  there  was  a  Monument  ere&ed  in  Ford-Abbey  Chapel  for 
V^"V"Vi  Robert  de  Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehampton,  who  immediately  fucceeded 
£r^f.bbey  Reginald;  and  the  Inlcription  that  was  upon  it  faid,  That  he  was  the  Son  of 
Reginald,  and  not  the  Son  of  William,  as  Sir  William  Tole  doth  fay: 
And  one  would  think,  that  if  there  had  been  no  fuch  Monument,  or  no 
fuch  Inlcription,  the  Monks  would  not  have  put  it  in  their  Regifter.  The 
Reafon  why  Sir  William  Tole  did  fay,  that  Robert  de  Courtenay  was 
Son  of  William,  and  not  of  Reginald,  might  be  becaufe  he  did  find  in  fome 
Deeds,  that  William  had  a  Son  called  Robert :  But  it  is  plain  there  were 
two  Robert's  de  Courtenay,  one  the  Son  of  Reginald,  and  the  other  the 
Son  of  William,  as  we  fhall  fhew  hereafter. 
Kennet'jP:-  Dr.  Kennet,  in  his  Tarochial  Antiquities,  does  in  one  Place  fay,  that 
r°^aUn"iU!"  Matilda  was  Widow  of  William  de  Courtenay ;  and  afterwards  in  another 
Place,  that  fhe  was  Wife  of  Reginald,  (forgetting  what  he  had  faid  before) 
but  he  finding  that  there  was  a  Law-fuit  between  Matilda  de  Courtenay 
and  the  Prior  of  Burcefter,  about  fome  Lands  in  Waddefden,  and  that  Ma- 
tilda did  fay,  that  fhe  had  thofe  Lands  as  a  Portion  from  Reginald  de 
Courtenay,  this  made  him  fay,  contrary  to  what  he  had  faid  before,  that 
fhe  was  the  Wife  of  Reginald  de  Courtenay :  But  Reginald  might  give 
thefe  Lands  to  her  as  a  Portion,  becaufe  he  had  with  her  Sifter  the  whole 
Barony  of  Okehamflon.- 

Reginald  de  Courtenay  then  married  Hawife,  the  Heirefs  of  the  Barony 
of  Okehampon,  and  was  by  her  not  only  Baron  of  Okehamfton,  but  Vif- 
count  likewife  of  Devonshire,  and  Governour  of  the  Caffie  of  Exeter ; 
and  he  was  in  great  Favour  with  King  Henry  II.  for  he  did  accompany 
him  almoft  wherever  he  went,  and  was  with  him  in  his  Wars ;  for  he  was 
efteemed  a  noble  and  valiant  Soldier  :  And  that  he  was  often  with  him,  we 
may  learn  from  his  being  a  Witnefs  to  many  Deeds  and  Charters  that  the 
King  made. 
Hromton'j  John  Rromton  in  his  Chronicle  fays,  that  there  was  an  Agreement  made 

Chromcia  between  King  Henry  II.  and  Roderick  King  of  Connought,  in  the  Ocbaves 
of  St.  Michael,  1 1 75,  witneffed  by  Richard  Bifhop  of  Winchefler  and 
DupdaleV  Reginald  de  Courtenay :  And  Sir  William  Dugdale  has,  in  his  Mouafticon 
Anglicauum^  feveral  Charters  made  by  this  King,  to  which  Reginald  de 
Courtenay  was  a  Witnefs.  King  Henry  II.  granted  to  the  Nuns  <Jf  Cler- 
kenwell  near  London  the  Ground  whereon  their  Houfe  flood,  and  the  Wit- 
nefTes  to  this  Grant  were,  William  Bifhop  of  London  and  Reginald  de 
Courtenay:  And  Reginald  de  Courtenay  is  alfo  a  Witnefs  to  a  Charter, 
wherein  King  Henry  II.  confirmed  to  the  Church  of  St.  James  in  Brifiol, 
all  that  William  Earl  of  Gloucester  had  granted  to  it :  He  is  alfo  a  Wit- 
nefs to  a  Charter  of  that  King,  wherein  he  confirmed  the  Grant  of  Robert 
Earl  of  Leicefter^  made  to  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  de  Lira,  and  the  Monks 
ferving  GOD  there,  dated  at  Chinon  :  He  is  likewife  a  Witnefs  to  a 
Charter  of  that  King,  wherein  he  confirms  the  Gift  made  to  St.  Mary  de 
Suviuejhead,  and  the  Monks  ferving  GOD  there :  And  again  Reginald  de 
Courtenay  is  a  Witnefs  to  a  Charter  made  by  that  King  of  the  Founda- 
tion of  the  Abbey  of  Witham  in  Somerfetjhire,  which  Charter  was  dated  at 
Marlcburough :  A  Charter  of  the  Foundation  of  St.  Mary  de  Voto  at 
Charbury,  that  is  dated  at  Roan,  is  witneffed  by  Reginald  de  Courtenay. 
There  is  a  Charter  likewife  by  this  King  for  the  Foundation  of  a  Colle- 
giate-Church in  Waltham  in  Normandy,  witneffed  by  Reginald  de  Cour- 
tenay :  He  is  a  Witnefs  likewife  to  a  Charter  of  Henry  II.  concerning  an 
Immunity  of  the  Hermitage  of  Wadhern  in  the  County  of  Effex,  dated  at 
Weftminjhr  :  He  is  likewife  a  Witnefs  to  a  Charter  of  that  King,  where- 
in he  confirms  the  Gift   made  to  the   Abbey  of  Gemet  in   Normandy, 

dated 


Monnjlicon. 


Part  HI.       Nolle  Family  #/~  Courtenay.      Book  I.  123 

dated  at  Roan:  He  is  alio  a  Witnefs  to  a  Charter  of  that  King,  where-   Chap.  II. 
in  he  confirms  the  Gift  of  William  Son  of  Adelicius,  the  King's  Sewer     v^w^ 
to  the  Church  of  St.  Tliomas  in  Dublin ,  dated  at  Oxford.    And  Dr.  Ken-  Kenneth  y7- 
nety  in  his  "Parochial  Antiquities,  lays,  that  to   a  Charter  of  King  Hen-  r°f?flJin':r!u'1' 
ry  II.  made  to  the  Church  of  St.  Aujiin  in  Canterbury,  dated   1177,  23 
and  24  of  that  King's  Reign,  are   Witneffes,  Gilbert  Lord  of  Burcefter, 
Reginald  de  Courtenay  his  Father-in-law,  and  Thomas  Bajfet  his  Brother. 
And  Sir  William  Dugdale  faith,  that  in  the   14th  of  Henry  II.  Reginald 
de  Conrtenay,  having  obtained  the  Wardfhip  of  Walter  de  Bulbech,  ac- 
counted 61.   14  s.  3d.  for  the  Knights  Fees  of  his  Inheritance. 

The  Monks  of  Ford  do  fay,  that  he  continued  the  Devotion  and  Af- 
fection of  his  Anccftors  towards  GOD  and  the  Monks  of  Ford;  and  be- 
fides  other  Things,  that  he  did  for  their  Defence,  and  for  the  enlarging  of 
their  Privileges,  he  commended  himfclf  to  their  Prayers,  by  giving  to 
them  One  Hundred  Marks  in  Money,  befides  many  other  Gifts :  For,  fay 
they,  he  trufted  more  to  their  Prayers  than  to  his  Lands  and  Eftates: 
Being  therefore  beloved  both  by  G  O  D  and  Man,  and  his  Memory  bleffed, 
he  died  September  27,  11 04,  6th  of  Richard  I.  and  was  buried  at  Ford 
in  the  North  Side  of  the  Chancel.  His  Wife,  who  was  called  from  him 
Hawife  de  Conrtenay,  lived  a  Widow  for  fome  Time,  and  whilit  fhe  was 
lb,  was  intent  upon  doing  Works  of  Charity  and  Piety,  and  ftie  gave  to  her 
Abbey  of  Ford  her  Land  in  Herbeyne,  for  the  Maintenance  of  three  poor  fclijiey-.  ey 
People  in  the  Infirmary  for  ever ;  and  other  good  Things  fhe  did  for  the 
Abbey,  fhe  died,  in  a  good  old  Age  ;  the  laft  Day  of  July,  1200,  the  \oth 
of  King  John,  and  was  buried  in  the  Abbey-Church  of  Ford  in  the  South 
Side  of  the  Chancel. 

Reginald  de  Courtenay,  Lord  of  Okehampon,  and  Vifcount  of  Devon, 
had  by  Hawife  his  Wife,  1.  Robert,  who  fucceeded  him  in  all  his  Titles 
and  Eftates:  1.  Reginald;  and  that  he  had  a  Son  named  Reginald  appears 
from  a  Deed  that  Hawife  de  Courtenay  made,  which  was  witneffed  by 
Robert  and  Reginald  her  Sons.  3.  Henry.  Dr.  Kennet  fays,  that  in  the  Kmnet  ut  /«« 
Year  1182,  20  Henry  II.  Gilbert  Bajfet,  Baron  of  Hedingtcn,  and  Lord  p*- 
of  the  Manours  of  Burcefter,  Wretclj-wick,  and  Stratton,  who  had  his 
Manfion-Houfe  and  Park  of  Burcefter,  founded  a  Religious  Houfe  for  a 
Prior  and  eleven  Canons  of  the  Auguftine  Order,  dedicated  to  St.  Edburg, 
writh  Confent  of  Egeline  de  Courtenay  his  Wife  :  Amongft  other  Witneffes 
to  the  Grant  was  Henry  de  Courtenay.  This  Name  Reginald  gave  to  one 
of  his  Sons,  in  all  likelihood,  in  refpect  to  his  great  Benefaclor  King  Hen- 
ry II.  4.  Egeline  de  Courtenay :  She  was  married  to  Gilbert  Bajfet,  Ba- 
ron of  Hedington;  and  he  had  with  her  ibme  Larid  in  the  Manour  of 
Waddefden  in  Buckingham/hire,  which  Manour  was  given  to  Reginald  de 
■Courtenay  by  King  Henry  II.  Gilbert  Bajfet  had  by  Egeline  de  Courte- 
nay one  Son  called  Thomas,  who  died  young,  and  a  Daughter  named  Eu- 
ftachia,  married  to  Richard  de  Camvil;  and  he  had  by  her  one  Daughter 
named  Idonea,  who  was  married  to  William  Longjftee,  Earl  of  Salisbury, 
Son  to  William  Longfjee,  Earl  of  Salifbury,  who  was  Natural  Son  to  Hen- 
ry II.  by  Rofamond  Clifford.  There  was  one  Gcrvais  de  Courtenay  in  thofe 
Days :  It  is  probable  he'  was  the  Natural  Son  of  Reginald;  for  he  had  fome  w&zot'sMf. 
Lands  given  him  in  Mufberrie,  which  was  Part  of  the  Barony  of  Okehamf- 
ton,  and  did  belong  to  Reginald:  He  married  the  only  Daughter  of  Sir 
William  Tracy,  who  was  one  of  thole  "that  killed  Thomas  a-Beckct,  and  he 
had  by  her  a  Son  named  William,  who  took  the  Name  of  Tracy,  becaufe 
his  Mother  was  an  Heirefs ;  and  this  William  Tracy,  Son  of  Sir  Gervais 
Courtenay,  gave  to  the  Canons  of  Torr  all  his  Lands  that  he  had  in  North 
Chillingford,  which  he  held  of  Dru  Mongirun,  and  the  Grant  was  made 
10  Richard  I.  CHAP, 


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[24    Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  'the    Bookl. 


Chap, 


C HAP.  III. 


I L  LI  AM  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  is  by  all  our 
Hiftorians  faid  to  be  the  Son  of  Reginald  de  Court enay: 
But  if  Eouchet  the  French  Hiftorian  does  fay  true,  he  was 
not  his  Son,  but  his  Brother  •  for  he  fays,  that  Reginald, 
whilft  he  was  in  France,  had  no  Son,  but  only  two  Daugh- 
ters, the  eldeft  of  which  was  married  to  Teter  the  King's 
Son  :  He  faith  indeed,  that  Reginald  de  Courtenay  had  a  Brother  called 
William,  who  went  with  him  to  the  Holy  Land,  when  Lewis  firnamed 
the  Toting,  and  Teter  the  King's  Brother  went  thither;  and  that  before 
he  went  he  gave  in  Alms  to  the  Abbey  of  Fountain-jean  Forty  Shit- 
lings  a  Year  Rent  to  provide  Lights  for  the  Church.  And  Favine  fays, 
Favine,  lib.  9.  William  Courtenay  qui  fuit  inter  Milites  Cruce  Jlgnatos,  who  was  one 
?•'<?•  54 2-  amongft  thofe  Soldiers  that  crofted  themfelves  to  go  to  the  Holy  Land, 
bore  Or,  Three  Torteaux,  Gules. 

The  Monks  of  Ford,  whom  all  our  Hiftorians  do  follow,  fay,  that  he 
was  the  Son  of  Reginald  which  he  had  in  Normandy,  before  he  came  in- 
to England :  But,  as  was  obferved  before,  Reginald  de  Courtenay  was  not 
of  Normandy,  but  of  Gajiinois  in  France ;  and  if  the  Monks  were  mi- 
ftaken  in  that  Particular,  why  might  they  not  be  in  another?  I  rather 
therefore  think  that  he  was  his  Brother.  Bouchet  does  fay  indeed,  that 
William,  Reginald  de  Courtenay's  Brother,  died  as  he  was  going  to  the 
Holy  Land,  or  in  a  little  Time  after  he  came  there :  But  this  he  faid,  be- 
caufe  he  could  find  no  Mention  made  of  him  in  Hiftory  afterwards. 

This  William  de  Courtenay  then,  in  all  Probability,  came  into  Eng- 
land with  his  Brother  Reginald,  being  invited  over  by  Henry  IL  and 
Eleanor  his  Queen ;  and  being  in  England,  he  married  Matilda,  younger 
Sifter  to  Hawife,  Reginald  de  Courtenay's  Wife :  She  was,  as  was  faid  be- 
fore, Daughter  of  Robert,  Natural  Son  to  Henry  I. 

King  Henry  had  two  Natural  Sons  named  Robert ;  firft,  he  that  was  Earl 
of  Gloucejier,  who  did  valiantly  fight  for  the  Emperefs  Maud  againft  King 
Stephen,  and  took  the  King  Prifoner.  This  Robert  Earl  of  Gloucejier  was 
the  King's  Son,  by  Nejia  Daughter  of  Rice  ap  Tudor,  Prince  of  South 
Wales,  and  he  married  Mabel  the  Daughter  of  Robert  Fitz-Hamon,  Earl 
of  Gloucejier :  But  King  Henry  I.  had  this  Son  Robert,  who  married  Ma- 
tilda, by  Edith,  Sifter  to  Foe,  Son  to  Fdrme,  Son  to  Segewolf,  great  Ba- 
rons in  the  North :  And  no  Wonder  that  the  King  had  two  Sons  called  by 
Speed**  thro-  the  fame  Name ;  for  Speed,  in  his  Chronicle,  reckons  up  thirteen  Natural 
nick.  Children  of  his.     This  Robert  that  married  Matilda,  Baronefs  of  Okehamp- 

ton,  was  from  his  Mother  named  Robert  Fitz-Ede  \  and  he  is,  by  Mr. 
Camden,  put  the  Third  in  his  Catalogue  of  Earls  Marfhals  of  England, 
which  Catalogue  is  in  the  laft  Edition  of  his  Britannia  :  And  as  he  was 
Earl  Marlhal  of  England,  fo  was  he,  in  Right  of  his  Wife,  Baron  of  Oke- 
hampton,  and,  as  fuch,  did  make  a  Deed,  in  which  he  did  grant  to  Rich- 
ard Floier  of  Floier  s,  Hays  in  the  Parifh  of  St.  Thomas  near  Exeter,  that 
Eftate  to  be  held  of  him  and  his  Heirs,  as  Richard  his  Grand-father, 
Son  of  Floier,  held  it,  upon  Condition,  that  as  often  as  he,  or  any  of  his 
Heirs,  fnould  dine  in  Ex-ljland,  (for  that  Iftand  was  then  a  Manour  be- 
longing to  the  Barony  of  Okehampton)  that  the  Tenant  for  the  Time 
being  fhall  wait  upon  them  decently  apparelled,  with  a  clean  Towel  upon 
his  Arm,  a  Flaggon  of  Wine  in  one  Hand,  and  a  Silver  Bowl  in  the  other, 
and  fo  fhall  offer  to  ferve  them  with  Wine;  and  this  Grant  was  after- 
wards 


Part  III.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  J.  125 

wards  renewed  by  one  of  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire  of  the  Family  of  Conr-  Chap.  III» 
tenay,  as  he  was  Baron  of  Okehampon.  This  Robert,  Natural  Son  to  King  V-/"V~\*> 
Henry  I.  Father  of  Matilda,  Wife  to  William  de  Courtenay,  died  the  laft 
Day  of  May,  as  was  laid  before,  1 172,  and  his  Lady  Matilda,  21  Septem- 
ber, 1 173,  iq  Henry  II-  Edith,  the  Mother  of  this  Robert,  King  Henry 
I.  gave  in  Marriage  to  Robert  D'oily,  Baron  of  Hooknorton  in  Oxford/hire, 
and  with  her  gave  him  the  Manour  of  Eleydon  in  the  County  of  Buck- 
ingham, by  whom  he  had  Iffue  Robert  D'oily,  who  often  mentioneth  this  speed'*  Or- 
Robert  in  his  Charters,  ever  calling  him  Robert  Ms  Brother  the  King's  '''■•'-'• 
Son  :  And  Robert,  in  a  Charter  of  his,  fays,  I  Robert,  Son  of  King  Henry, 
by  the  Counfel  of  Henry  D'oiley  my  Brother,  and  other  Friends,  do  grant 
to  St.  Mary  de  Ofney  {to  which  I  have  given  my f elf,  whether  in  Life  or 
Death)  ten  Tards  of  Lands  in  my  Manour  of  Wanting,  for  the  Soul  of 
King  Henry  my  Father.  This  Ofney  Abbey  was  built  by  Robert  D'oiley, 
Anno  1 1 20,  30  Henry  I.  and  there  was  this  Robert  Fitz-Ede  buried ;  for 
we  lee  he  gives  himielf  to  it,  whether  in  Life  or  Death :  And  although 
Ford- Abbey  Regifter  does  fay  when  he  died,  yet  it  does'  not  fay  where  he 
was  buried;  and  if  he  had  been  buried  in  that  Abbey,  it  would  have  men- 
tioned it.  But  to  return  to  William  de  Courtenay,  who  married  his  Daugh- 
ter :  He  was  Governour  of  Montgomery  Caftle,  and  he  poffeffed  feveral 
Lands  in  Oxfordfoire,  BerkJJoire,  Shropjbire;  and  Northampton/hire,  as  Sir 
William  Tole  faith.  King  John,  in  the  51th  Year  of  his  Reign,  commanded 
the  Earl  of  Shrew/bury,  and  the  Ccnftable  oft.  Montgomery,  that  they  pre-*- 
fently>  upon  Sight  of  his  Letters  Patents,  do  deliver  up  to  William  de 
Courtenay  the  Caftle  of  Montgomery,  with  all  the  Appurtenances,  becaufe 
we  have  refored  it  to  him  as  his  Right,  faith  the  King.  In  that  fame 
Year  William  de  Courtenay  likewife  gave  a  Fine  to  the  King  of  Four  Hun- 
dred Marks  for  Wardfhip  of  the  Lands  of  Baldwin  de  Buillers,  which 
were  of  his  Inheritance*  I  cannot  find  when  he  died,  faith  Sir  William 
Dugdale :  In  the  1  2th  Year  of  King  John  he  built  the  Priory  of  War- 
faring  in  Somerfetfloire,  for  Canons  of  the  Augufine  Order,  in  Memory  of 
St.  'Thdmas  the  Martyr :  Its  yearly  Revenues  at  the  Difiolution  were  87/. 
2  s.  11  d.  ob.  and  he  did  not  live  long  after  that.. 

The  Children  of  William  de  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  w'ere,  ib 
William,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his  Eftate.  2.  Reginald;  and  that  he  had 
a  Son  fo  called  is  plain;  for  Dr.  Kennet  fays,  that  about  the  Year  1103, 
Gilbert  Ba(fet  and  Egeliue  his  Wife  gave  to  the  Priory  of  Burcefter  all 
their  Lands  of  Wadefden  and  Weftcote,  &c.  to  which  Deed  Reginald  de 
Courtenay  is  a  Witneis,  and  calls  himfelf  Fi litis  Willi helmi,  but  I  can 
learn  nothing  more  of  him.  3.  Robert;  of  him  I  fhall  fpeak  hereafter j 
and  it  is  likely  he  had  a  Daughter  or  Daughters;  for  Sir  William  Dugdale 
faith,  that  in  the  26th  of  Henry  III.  William  de  Cantilufe  and  Vitalis 
Engaine,  two  great  Men  of  that  Age,  laid  Claim  to  the  Lordfhip  of  Bad* 
mundesfield  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  as  Heirs  to  William  de  Courtenay. 

William  de  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  was  Son  of  William  de 
Courtenay  and  Matilda  his  Wife.  King  John,  in  the  16th  Year  of  his 
Reign,  fent  to  the  Bilhop  of  Winchejier, '  Lord  Chancellour  of  England, 
faying,  We  command  Ton  that  Tou  fearch  the  Record  of  Our  Exchequer, 
tied  certifie  Us  of  the  Sum  of  the  Debt  that  William  de  Courtenay  oweth 
unto  Us;  and  in  the  mean  Time  that  Tefufer  him  to  be  quiet.  And  in 
the  fame  Year  William  de  Courtenay  paid  his  Efcuage  for  not  doing  his 
Service  in  cPoiciou  in  France;  and  in  this  Year  he  died;  for  in  this  Year 
King  John  fent  a  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Northampton,  rehear fing  how  he 
I  i  had 


1 26  Part  III.     llje  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  E 


Chap.  III. 


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Latia  in  the 
L  ihraty  of  the 
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dhionstoCutn' 
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1  ao  o. 


had  committed  to  y&fo  </*  Courtenay  the  Manour  of  Bolewick,  command- 
ing him  to  deliver  it  up  unto  her ;  and  the  like  Writ  he  fent  unto  the 
Sheriff  of  Ejjex,  the  next  Year,  for  the  Delivering  into  her  Hands  the  Ma- 
nour of  Upminfter.     This  Ada  de  Courtenay  might  be  his  Wife,  but  he 
had  no  Iffue  by  her.     3.  The  third  Son  of  William  de  Courtenay  was 
Robert:   He  married  Alicia  de  Romelic,  Daughter  of  William,  Son  of 
Duncan,  Earl  of  Murrayfe.     This  William  Duncan  had  three  Daughters  j 
the  Eldeft  named  Cecilia,  being  a  Ward,  was  married  by  King  Henry  IL 
to  William  le  Grofs,  Earl  of  Albemarle :  She  had  the  Honour  of  Skip* 
ton  for  her  Dower.    The  Second,  named  Amabilla,  was  married  to  Reginald 
de  Luce,  with  the  Honour  of  Egremond,  by  the  fame  King :  And  the 
Third,  named  Alicia,  was  married  to  Gilbert  fipard  by  the  fame  King 
Henry  II.  and  afterwards  by  the  Queen  to  Robert  de  Courtenay,  who  had 
with  her  Afpatrick  and  the  Barony  of  Allerdale,  and  the  Liberty  of  Co- 
kermouth.     This  Robert  de  Courtenay  was  Sheriff  of  Cumberland  in  the 
5th  Year  of  King  John:  He  died  young  without  any  Iffue,  in  the  nth 
Year  of  King  J  dim,  Anno  iao^-  for  in  that  Year  Alice  de  Romelic  his 
Wife,  who  out-lived  him,  gave  a  Fine  to  the  King  of  500  /.  ten  Palfreys, 
and  ten  Oxen,  to  have  Livery  of  the  Lands  of  her  own  Inheritance,  in  as 
full  a  Manner  as  fhe  had  before  fhe  married  him,  and  to  have  a  reafonable 
Dower  affigned  out  of  the  Lands  of  both  her  Husbands ;  as  alio  that  fhe 
might  not  be  compelled  to  marry  again :  And  in  that  fame  Year  Robert 
de  Courtenay,  Son  of  Reginald,  was  forced  to  pay  to  the  King  Four  Hun- 
dred Marks,  and  two  great  Horfes,  for  the  Livery  of  the  Manour  of  Sut- 
ton, which  fell  to  him  upon  the  Death  of  his  Coufin  dying  without  IfTue. 


ifcEsxseesKisfc^^ 


Chap.    IV. 


20J. 


OBERT  de  Courtenay,  Son  of  Reginald,  was,  after  his 
Father,  Baron  of  Okehamptoti,  Vifcount  of  Devon,  and  Go- 
vernour  of  the  Caftle  of  Exeter.  In  the  7th  Year  of  King 
John,  Anno  1 2.05,  he  gave  500  /.  and  five  Palfreys,  to  have 
E)  Livery  of  the  Barony  of  Okehampton,  with  the  Knights- 
Fees  thereunto  belonging,  which  were  in  Number  no  lefs  than  Ninety 
Two,  and  the  third  Part  of  One,  as  appeareth  upon  levying  the  Efcutage 
in  Ireland,  in  the  1  ath  of  King  John,  and  that  of  Wales,  in  the  1 3th  of 
the  fame  King :  And  in  the  nth  of  King  John,  he  gave  unto  the  King 
Four  Hundred  Marks,  and  two  great  Horfes,  for  the  Livery  of  the  Ma- 
nour of  Sutton  in  Berkfbire,  as  was  faid  before.  And  in  the  fame  Year, 
.  upon  the  Death  of  his  Mother  Hawife,  he  undertook  to  pay  Twelve  Hun- 
died  Marks  more,  that  he  might  receive  the  Homages  for  the  Barony  of 
Okehampton,  then  in  the  King's  Hands :  And  in  the  next  Year  following, 
to  be  quitted  of  the  Debt,  he  covenanted  to  ferve  the  King  with  Twenty 
Men  at  Arms  for  the  Term  of  one  whole  Year,  to  commence  on  the  Oc- 
taves of  St.  John  Baptifi,  at  his  own  proper  Charge,  wherefoever  the  King 
would  appoint.  In  the  16th  of  King  John,  1214,  he  was  made  Governor 
of  Bruges,  commonly  called  Bridgnorth  in  Shropfhire ;  and  the  King  writ 
a  Letter  to  the  Conftable  in  thefe  Words  -,  Know  Te,  that  we  have  com- 
mitted the  Cafile  of  Bruges  in  the  County  of  Shrewsbury,  with  the  Appur- 
tenances thereof,  to  our  Beloved  and'  Faithful  Robert  de  Courtenay,  to 


be  kept  as  long  as  it  fhall  plcafe  Us 


therefore  we  command  that  Ton 
deliver 


Part  HI.      Nohh  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 2  7 

deliver  the  Cajlle  to  him  :  And  in  the  fame  Year  the  King  fent  a  Letter  to  Chap.  IV,. 
Aymeric  de  Fafey  and  Peter  Cancall,  in  thefe  Words ;  We  command  Ton  to  v^W 
receive  into  your  Cajlle  of  Briftol  our  Beloved  Robert  de  Courtenay,  and 
Walter  de  Verdun,  ,with  the  Soldiers  and  Harquebuses  which  they  jhall 
bring  with  them,  to  flay  them  in  the  Garrifon  of  the  faid  Cajlle :  And  in  that 
Year  of  King  John,  amongft  thofe  that  paid  Efcuage  for  the  Journey  to  Poi- 
clou,  were  Robert  Courtenay,  William  Courtenay,  and  Baldwin  de  Ripa- 
riis:  And  again,  upon  another  Aid  on  the  Marriage  of  the  King's  Son,  sh  PehBair* 
the  King's  Collectors  do  give  an  Account  of  the  Fee  of  the  Lord  Robert  Matmfcript  »f 
Courtenay  of  his  Barony,  One  Hundred  Eighty  Four  Marks  Three  Shil-  £,£§7 
lings  and  Four  Pence.  In  the  17th  Year  of  King  John,  Robert  de  Courte- 
nay was  made  Sheriff  of  Oxfordjhire,  and  Governour  of  the  Caftle  of  Ox- 
ford j  and  in  that  Year,  after  the  King  had  taken  divers  of  his  Enemies 
Priibners,  he  committed  them  to  the  Cuftody  of  Robert  de  Courtenay. 
In  the  1 8th  Year  of  King  John,  the  King  fent  a  Commiffion  to  Robert 
de  Courtenay,  and  fome  others,  to  take  Security  of  lbme  that  are  named 
in  the  CommifTion  for  their  Faith  and  due  Allegiance :  In  the  fame  Year, 
the  Barons  being  then  in  Arms  againft  the  King,  Robert  de  Courtenay  was 
ordered  to  take  into  the  City  of  Exeter  William  Brewere,  who  had  mar- 
ried his  W  ire's  Sifter,  with  all  his  Forces,  if  he  thought  his  own  Forces 
with  the  Aid  of  the  Citizens  fhould  be  too  weak  for  the  Defence  thereof  • 
and  if  he  could  not  defend  the  City,  he  mould  retire  with  his  Forces  into 
the  Caftle  :  And  about  that  Time  the  King  commanded  Peter  de  Malolam 
to  deliver  to  the  Chaplain  of  Robert  de  Courtenay  Thirty  Pounds,  to  pay 
the  Soldiers  that  were  in  the  Caftle  of  Exeter.  For  thefe  and  other  his 
good  Services,  the  King  committed  to  this  Robert  de  Courtenay,  the  Coin- 
age of  Tin  in  Devonpire  and  Cornwall :  But  afterwards  King'  Henry,  in 
the  1  ft  Year  of  his  Reign,  fent  him  a  Writ  of  Dilcharge  for  Cornwall,  but 
continued  to  him  that  of  Devonpire.  In  this  1 8th  Year,  which  was  the 
laft  Year  of  the  King's  Reign,  the  King  commanded  Robert  de  Courtenay 
to  deliver  to  William  Brewere  the  Caftle  of  Lydford,  a  Place  then  of  that 
Importance,  (as  it  feems)  that  the  Cuftody  thereof  was  tranfmitted  with 
great  Solemnity  from  one  great  Perfon  to  another.  In  the  ift  Year  of 
King  Henry  III.  he  had  a  great  Conteft  with  Henry,  Son  of  Reginald  Earl 
of  Cornwall,  about  the  Government  of  the  Caftle  of  Exeter,  which  was 
his  hereditary  Right,  and  delcended  to  him  from  his  Anceftors ;  but  this 
Henry  would  have  taken  it  from  him ;  and  he  had  it  in  his  Pofleflion  for 
fome  little  Time,  but  the  King  commanded  it  to  be  delivered  up  to  Robert 
de  Courtenay.  Upon  fome  efpecial  Occafion  the  next  Year,  this  Robert 
de  Courtenay  had  a  fafe  Conduct  granted  him  by  the  King,  there  being 
ftill  it  feems  fome  Contention  about  that  Office  •,  and  notwithstanding  the 
King's  Writ,  by  which  Robert  de  Courtenay  was  reftored  to  his  Office,  the 
1  ft  of  Henry  III.  yet  March  28,  2  Henry  III.  the  King  committed  the 
Caftle  of  Exeter  and  County  of  Devon  to  Robert  de  Albemarle  to  be 
kept ;  but  in  May  following,  the  Caufe  of  the  King's  feizing  it  being  re- 
moved, he  was  put  into  the  Poffeffion  of  it  again ;  and  notvvithftanding  his 
hereditary  Right,  he  accepted  of  the  King's  Grant  for  it,  in  the  4th  and 
.5th  of  Henry  III.  as  appeareth  in  the  Account  of  Rolls  in  the  Pipe  of  thofe 
Years,  faith  Sir  'Peter  Ball.  In  the  4th  Year  of  that  King,  he  gave  the 
King  a  Palfrey,  to  have  a  Fair  yearly  in  his  Manour  of  Okebamptou,  on  the 
Vigil  and  Fealt-Day  of  St.  James  the  Apoflle,  which  remaineth  in  that 
Place  to  this  Day.  In  the  8th  Year  of  the  fame  King,  the  King  having  re- 
ceived a  fpontaneous  Aid  from  the  Clergy,  for  the  better  reducing  of  Fulke 
de  Br  cant,  and  other  Rebels,  was  pleafed,  by  his  Letters  Patents,  to  declare 

and 


128  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hi flory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  IV.    and  proteft,  That  he  received  that  Supply  out  of  their  meer  Liberality,  and 
■wS**^*    would  not  bring  the  fame  into  life  or  Cuftom  5  and  this  is  Tefted  at  Bed- 
ford,  when  the  Rebels  were  bfcfieged  in  the  Caftle,  in  the  Prefence  of  di- 
vers great  Perfbns,  and  amongft  the  reft  was  Robert  de  Courtenay. 

He  continued  Vifcount  of  Devon,  and  Governor  of  Exeter  Caftle,  until 
the  1 6th  of  Henry  III.  in  which  Year  molt  of  the  Caftles  and  Counties  of 
England  being  refumed  into  the  King's  Hands,  the  King  commanded  Ro- 
bert Courtenay  to  deliver  up  the  Caftle  of  Exeter  to  Teter  de  Rival,  or 
Hdveden.  Rievaux,  as  Hovedm  faith ;  and  it  is  apparent  by  the  Patent-Rolis  of  that 
Year:  Which  'Peter  de  Rival,  being  the  Chief  Favourite  at  that  Time, 
engrafted  almoft  all  the  great  Offices  of  the  Kingdom,  'till  his  own  Great- 
nefs  ruined  him.  And  by  this  Means  was  the  Family  of  Courtenay  depri- 
ved of  the  Honour  and  Profit  of  the  Vifcounty  of  Devon,  and  Govern- 
ment of  the  Caftle  of  Exeter,  after  it  had  been  enjoyed  by  this  Robert  de 
Courtenay  and  his  Anceftors  near  Two  Hundred  Years,  from  the  Time  of 
the  Conqueft  down  to  the  1 6th  Year  of  Henry  III.  This  King  had  the 
leaft  Reafon  of  any  to  take  it  from  him  •  for  in  the  Cuftody  of  this 
Caftle  he  had  done  his  Father  King  John  fignal  Service  in  the  Barons 
Wars,  always  remaining  firm  and  conftant  to  him  in  thefe  turbulent 
Times :  And  he  had  been  always  faithful  to  King  Henry  III.  himfelf ;  for 
this  King  committed  to  him  the  Cuftody  of  the  Caftle  of  Tlympton,  which 
did  belong  to  William  Earl  of  Devon,  and  was  feized  for  lome  Contempt. 
But  the  King  not  thinking  it  fafe  for  himfelf,  that  the  Caftles  of  England 
ftiould  be  out  of  his  own  Power,  in  regard  there  was  no  good  Agreement 
between  him  and  divers  of  the  Barons,  took  the  Caftle  of  Exeter,  together 
with  the  other  Caftles  of  England,  into  his  own  Hands. 

After  this  Robert  de  Courtenay  was  no  more  named  Vifcount  of  Devon, 
but  being  content  with  his  Barony  of  Okehamj>ton,  and  his  other  Lands,  he 
flourilhcd  much,  fay  the  Monks  of  Ford,  and  was  famous  for  his  Juftice, 
Valour,  and  Liberality :  They  fay  likewife,  that  he  was  extraordinary  kind 
to  them,  was  very  follicitous  about  their  Welfare,  and  took  elpecial  Care 
that  no  one  ihould  trouble  them,  or  do  them  any  Injury-  and  he  was 
,  ufed  to  fay,  That  he  had  a  moft  beautiful  Feather  in  his  Train,  viz.  the 
Houfe  of  Ford,  that  was  under  his  Protection  and  Patronage:  And  he  did 
often  call  the  Monks  his  Fathers  and  Patrons,  whereas  he  was  their  chief 
Patron  and  Protecfor,  and  had,  as  it  were,  all  Things  in  common  with 
them. 
Foid -Abbey  Henry  de  Tomer  ay,  fecond-  Son  of  Joel,  who  married  a  Natural  Daugh- 
ter of  King  Henry  I.  gave  the  whole  Village  of  Tale,  in  the  Parifti  of 
Tehembury  in  the  County  of  Devon,  to  the  Abbey  of  Ford,  referving  ie- 
veral  fecular  Services,  and  a  Pair  of  gilt  Spufs  to  be  paid  yearly.  But  in 
this  Lord  Robert  Court  enafs  Time,  Geofrey  Tome  ray  claimed  the  Lands 
of  Tale  which  the  Monks  did  poflefs  ;  but  upon  Robert  Courtenafs  giving 
him  Fifty  Marks  Sterling,  he  releafed  the  Abbey  of  all  Services,  and  re- 
figned  all  Right  and  Title  tothofe  Lands:  This  was  done  when  John  War- 
wick was  Abbot  t 

Robert  Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehampon,  gave  likewife  fome  Lands  in 
the  Parifti  of  Woolburotigh  to  the  Abbey  of  Torr,  founded  by  William 
Brewere,  who  had  married  his  Wife's  Sifter :  And  the  Grant,  to  which 
is  affixed  his  Seal,  in  which  is  his  Effigies  on  Horfeback  in  Armour,  with 
his  Name  round  it  on  one  Side,  and  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  on  the 
other,  is  in  the  Cuftody  of  the  Honourable  Sir  William  Courtenay  of 'Tow 
derham-Czftle,  into  whofe  Hands  the  Lands,  which-  were  fo  long  ago  gi- 
ven by  his  Anceftor,  are  reverted  again.     He  gave  like  wile  the  Prebend 

of 


Reader. 


Part  IIL       Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  L  129 

of  AJb-difl  to  that  Abbey,  which  was  one  the  four  Prebends  that  did  be-  Chap.  IV 
long  to  the  Chapel  of  the  Caftle  of  Exeter.     This  Robert  de  Courtenay,    v-^VN-/ 
after  he  had  fpent  his  Life  in  Prosperity,  fay  the  Monks  of  Ford,  died  at 
his  Manqur-Houfe  of  Iwerne,  in  the  County  of  Dorfet,  July  26,   1242,     j^ 
26  Hen.  III.  and,  according  as  he  had  ordered  in  his  Life-time,  he  was  car- 
ried on  the  28th  of  July  to  the  Abbey  of  Ford,  and  was  buried   in  the 
Cbancel  of  the  Church  there  with  great  Pomp,  in  the  fecond  Year  of  Abbot 
Adam )  and  there  was  ere&ed  to  his  Memory  a  ftately  Monument,  in  the 
Form  of  a  Pyramid,  on  which  was  engraven  his  Effigies  in  Armour,  with 
this  Infcription; 

Hie  jacet  ingenui  de  Courtenay  Gleba  Roberti, 
Militis  egregii  virtutum  laude  referti ; 
£$uem  genuiit  Jirenms  Reginaldus  Courtinienfis, 
£>ui  grocer  eximius  fuerat  tunc  Devonienfis. 

"  Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Robert  Courtenay, 

"  A  Knight  renown'd  for  Feats  of  War, 
"  The  Son  of  Valiant  Reginald, 

"  A  Noble  Man  of  Devon/hire.  " 

Mr.  Camden  in  his  Remains  fays,  "  Robert  de  Courtenay  was  buried  in  Camden'*  Re- 
'"  Ford,  as  appeareth  by  the  Regifter  of  that  Place,  1 242,  under  a  ftately  mximjag.tff. 
"  Pyramis,  who,  whether  he  was  defcended  from  the  Earls  of  Edeffa,  or 
"  from  Teter  the  Son  of  Lewis  le  Grojfe,  King  of  France,  had  but  this 
"  bad  Infcription,  which  I  infert  more  for  the  Honour  of  the  Name  than 
"  the  Worth  of  the  Verfe. "  But  I  think  the  Verfe  is  much  the  fame 
with  the  reft  of  the  Epitaphs  of  that  Age.  Mr.  Trine e  in  his  Worthies  has 
this  Epitaph  alfo  j  but  inftead  of  Reginald  he  has  put  in  William,  becaufe 
Sir  William  Tole,  through  a  Miftake,  had  faid,  that  this  Robert  was  the 
Son  of  William  •>  but  which  foever  of  them  was  the  right,  he  ftiould  not 
have  been  fo  bold  as  to  alter  it,  but  he  ftiould  have  put  it  down  as  he 
found  it. 

This  Robert  Lord  Courtenay  married  Mary  the  younger  Daughter  of 
William  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  by  whom  his  Pofterity  fome 
Time  after  came  to  be  Earls  of  Devonjhire ,  of  which  Family  de  Redvers 
I  ftiall  give  an  Account,  when  I  come  to  fpeak  of  the  firft  Earl  of  Devon- 
shire of  the  Family  of  Courtenay.     He  had   by  his  Wife,  1.  John,  who 
fucceeded  him  ia  his  Eftates,  of  whom  I  ftiall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter. 
2.  Sir  Willi  am,vfho  was  one.  of  the  Four  Knights  of  the  Shire  for  the  Coun- 
ty of  Devon,  in  42  Hen.  III.    The  firft  Time,  as  divers  Writers  fay,  the  EntysHifto,} 
Commons  were  ever- called  to  fit  in  Parliament.     This  Sir  William  Courte-  i^JifPe7!li- f°- 
nay  is  firnamed  de  Mujberrie:  He  married  Joan  the  Daughter  of  Thomas 
Baftet;  and  had  with  her  the   Moiety  of  the  Manours  of  Whitford  and 
Colliton  :  He  died  without  Iflue.  3.  Hawife,  whom  John  de  Nevil  married, 
and  had  with  her  in  Frank-Marriage  Lands  to  the  Value  of  Twenty  Pounds 
a  Year,  out  of  the  Manour  of  Waddefden  in  the  County  of  Bucks,  to  be 
allotted  by  a  Jury  of  twelve  neighbouring  Inhabitants :  And  the  Heirs  of 
John  de  Nevil  were  afterwards  in  Ward  to  John  Lord  Courtenay,  his  Bro-    . 
ther-in-law.     In  an  Account  of  the  Knights  Fees  that  were  in  Devonjhire,  Kenneth  ?.i- 
in  the  12th  Year  of  King  John,  there  is  Mention  made  of  one  Conftantins  'whiaUntiqui- 
de  Courtenay  and  Euftachius  de  Courtenay :  I  fuppole  they  may  be  "Natural    '"'  '£"&'  x°9' 
Sons  of  the  Firft  that  came  into  England.     The  Arms  oUVilliam  de  Red-  K^J 
vers,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  whole  Daughter  Robert  de  Courtenay  married,  Devon,  Aff. 
were,  Or,  a  Lyon  rampant,  Azure . 

K  k  CHAP, 


i  go   Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 


Chap.  V. 


Chap.  V. 


OHN  Lord  Courtenay,  Son  of  Robert,  was  Baron  of  Qke~ 
hampton  after  his  Father;  and  in  27  Hen.  III.  the  Year  after 
his  Father's  Death,  he  paid  One  Hundred  Marks  for  his  Re- 
lief, and  doing  his  Homage  had  Livery  of  all  his  Lands. 
That  this  John  de  Courtenay  was  Baron  of  Okehampton  ap- 
peareth  at  large,  by  the  Liber  Feodorum  Militum,  tempore 
So- Pet  Ball'*  Edoardi  I.  fays  Sir  Peter  Ball;  but  it  doth  not  appear  that  he  was  liim- 
Manufcnpt.  mone(j  to  any  Parliament,  the  Records  of  Summons  in  thofe  Times  being 
all  loft;  yet  it  appeareth  by  Records,  that  he  enjoyed  the  Title  of  Baron, 
not  by  Creation,  as  Barons  at  this  Day,  but  by  Tenure  of  the  Barony  of 
Okehampton  of  the  Kingj  which  is  called  a  Baron-Feodal ;  and  fuch  were 
all  the  Barons  of  England  before  that  Time,  and,  until  King  Henry  III. 
by  an  efpecial  Summons  of  fome,  and  Omiffion  of  others,  diftinguiihed  that 
Title  of  Barons  into  Barons  of  Parliament,  which  ever  were  and  are  ftill 
accounted  Peers  of  the  Realm ;  and  thofe  which  he  omitted  to  call,  remained 
as  they  were  before,  Barons-Feodal,  and  no  Peers,  and  came  not  to  Par- 
liament ;  of  which  Sort  of  Feodal-Barons  there  were  not  above  two  re- 
maining in  England  in  Mn  Camden's  and  Mr.  Selden's  Time,  as  it  hath 
been  obferved  by  them* 

This  John  de  Courtenay,  upon  the  Marriage  of  the  King's  eldelt  Daugh- 
ter, paid  02/.  15  s.  00  d.  to  the  Aid  then  levied  for  the  Ninety  Two 
Knights  Fees,  and  a  third  Part  of  a  Fee  of  his  Inheritance :  And  in  the 
30th  of  Henry  III.  he  gave  a  Fine  to. the  King  of  2500  Marks  for  the 
1245.  Wardfhip  of  the  Heirs  of  John  de  Nevil,  and  of  the  Benefit  of  their  Mar- 
riages, and  of  their  Land  'till  they  fhould  be  of  full  Age.  In  $5  Hen.  III. 
a  Jury  findeth,  that  Walter  Seyrdon  held  in  Samford  three  Furlongs  of 
Land  of  Three  Shillings  Revenue  of  the  Lord  John  Courtenay,  paying 
one  Pair  of  white  Gloves.  In  %j  Hen.  III.  John  de  Courtenay  attended 
the  King  into  Gafcoign.  In  38  Hen.  III.  upon  levying  the  Aid  for  making 
the  King's  Son  a  Knight,  he  paid  205/.  10;.  00  d.  for  thole  Ninety  Two 
Knights  Fees,  and  three  Parts  of  one,  (before  Sir  William  Dugdale  faid 
a  third  Part)  belonging  to  the  Barony  of  Okehampton :  The  fame  Year 
the  King  granted  to  John  de  Courtenay  Free- Warren  in  all  his  Lands  that 
he  had  in  Devonjhire,  Somerfetjhire,  Dorfet,  Berkshire,  and  Buckingham- 
Jhire.  In  42  Hen,  III.  he  had  Summons  to  be  at  Chefier,  on  the  Monday 
next  preceding  the  Feaft  of  St.  John  Baptiji,  for  preventing  the  hoftile 
Incurfions  of  the  Wel/h :  And  in  the  Year  following  he  had  the  like  Com- 
mand to  be  at  Brijiol,  upon  the  Oclaves  of  St.  "Peter,  well  furnifhed  with 
Horfe  and  Arms,  to  attend  the  King  into  Wales,  for  the  Defence  of  thofe 
Parts  againft  the  Power  of  Lewellin  ap  Griffin,  then  in  Arms  there ;  and 
in  the  lame  Year,  {viz.  43  Hen.  III.)  upon  levying  the  Eicutage  of  Wales, 
anfwered  for  the  fame  Numbers  of  Knights  Fees  as  before.  In  the  45th 
of  that  Kingy  he  had  a  Grant  of  a  Market  upon  Wednesday  in  every  Week 
at  his  Manour  of  htierne  in  Dorfetjhire,  and  two  Fairs  yearly,  one  on  the 
Eve-day  Morrow  after  the  Invention  of  the  Holy  Crofs,  and  the  other  the 
Eve-day  and  Morrow  after  the  Exaltation  thereof.  This  Iwerne,  after- 
ward commonly  called  Iweme-Courtenay,'  and  now  Terne,  was  a  Manour 
that  did  belong  to  the  Barony  of  Okehampton,  and  Baldwin  de  Brioniis 
did  poffefs  it,  as  Domefday-Book  doth  ihew;  in  it  the  Barons  had  a  Seat, 
161.     and  here  Robert  de  Courtenay  died,  as  was  laid  before. 

In 


Dugdale' 

Baronage, 


Part  III.        Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 3 1 

In  46  Hen.  III.  John  de  Courtenay  was  made  Confbble  of  the  Cattle  of   Chap.  V. 
Totnes  in  Devonjbire ;  but  could  never  obtain  the  Cattle  of  Exeter  and    wy^^ 
the  Cuftody  of  the  County  of  Devon,  which  were  taken  from  his  Father 
by  that  King. 

This  John  de  Courtenay,  as  the  Monks  of  Ford  do  fay,  was  a  Man  jutt 
and  upright,  and  one  that  feared  GOD,  and  no  lefs  kind  to  the  Monks 
of  Ford  than  his  Predcceffours,  but  rather  more  j  and  trufting  to  their 
Prayers  more  than  any  Thing  elfe,  he  was  always  bountiful,  and  a  faithful 
Friend  to  them ;  he  did  not  lay  any  Burdens  upon  them  himfelf,  neither 
would  he  fuffer  any  other  to  do  it;  yea,  he  was  lb  good  to  them,  that  he 
freed  them  and  ail  their  Lands,  that  did  lie  in  his  Manours  and  his  Hun- 
dreds, from  all  Manner  of  Suits  and  Services ;  and  he  was  always  their 
Shield  and  Defence,  and  kept  them  free  from  all  Oppreffions  and  Dama-  F  ,  . , ,  ,. 
ges :  And  that  he  had  a  great  Kindnefs  for  them,  and  did  truft  much  in  R°g>ficr.  "3 
the  Prayers  that  they  made  for  him,  will  appear  from  a  remarkable  Story 
that  the  Monks  have  put  in  their  Regitter  :  The  Story  is  this; 

"  It  happened,  that  as  the  Lord  Courtenay  was  returning  to  his  own 
"  Country  from  beyond  Sea,  there  arofe  fo  great  and  violent  a  Storm,  that 
"  the  Mariners  defpairing  of  Life  betook  themfelves  to  their  Prayers :  Alter 
"  which  the  Lord  Courtenay  faid  to  them,  Be  not  afraid,  but  pluck  up 
"  your  Spirits,  and  ftrive  to  help  us  for  one  Hour;  for  theh  the  Time 
"  will  come  when  my  Monks  of  Ford  will  arife  to  their  Vigils,  and  will 
"  put  up  their  Prayers  to  G  O  D  for  me,  fo  that  no  Storms  nor  Tempefts 
"  fhall  deftroy  us ;  therefore  do  not  defpair,  nor  neglect  your  own  and 
"  our  Safety :  The  Hour  is  coming,  in  which,  through  their  Prayers  and 
"  Merits,  the  Merciful  GOD  will  help  us  all :  To  which  one  of  theCom- 
"  pany  faid,  Why,  my  Lord,  do  you  talk  fo  of  your  Monks,  or  their 
"  Prayers,  whereas  at  this  Inftant  they  are  in  a  deep  Sleep ;  and  how  can 
"  they  pray  for  us,  when  they  are  not  fenfible  of  any  Thing?  To  which 
"  the  Lord  Courtenay,  being  full  of  Hope,  anfwered  and  faid,  Although 
"  fome  of  them  may  fleep  now,  yet  I  know  that  ibme  others  of  them  do 
"  with  mbft  earneft  Prayers  befeech  GOD  for  me  their  Servant;  and  they 
"  cannot  be  unmindful  of  me,  now  I  am  in  fuch  great  Danger,  who  have 
"  kept  them  free  from  many  Troubles :  They  can  never  pet itti  for  whom 
"  fo  many  good  and  great  Men  do  Day  and  Night  put  up  their  Prayers. 
"  To  this  the  Matter  of  the  Ship  faid,  Why  do  you  mind  fuch  Trifles  ? 
"  our  Lives  are  jutt  at  an  End;  confefs  yourfelves  to  one  another,  and 
"  commend  yourfelves  to  GO  D  by  Prayer.  And  when  he  had  faid  this, 
"  he  threw  out  of  his  Hands  what  he  had  in  them,  as  if  he  was  jutt  going 
"  to  breathe  out  his  laft,  and  fo  made  thofe  that  were  with  him  in  the  Ship 
"  to  defpair  of  their  Lives.  Then  the  Lord  Courtenay  fecmed  to  be  angry 
"  with  them,  and  lifting  up  his  Hands  to  Heaven  he  praved  thus:-- 
"  Omnipotent  and  mofi  merciful.  GOD  !  I  befeech  thee  to  hear  the  Tray- 
"  ers  of  the  holy  Monks  now  praying  for  me,  and  to  hear  myTrayer,  and 
"  for  thy  Goodnefs  bring  usfafe  to  the  wiped-ffr  Haven.  He  having  thus 
"  prayed,  becaufe  GOD  ddighteth  in  the  Simple  and  True-hearted,  he 
"  helped  his  faithful  Servant  for  the  Merit  of  his  Faith,  and  for  his  firm 
"  Hope  when  he  was  in  the  utmoft  Extremity,  and  caufing  the  Storm  to 
"  ceafe,  the  Ship  was  carried  fafe  into  the  Harbour;  upon  which  the  Com- 
"  pany  that  were  in  the  Ship  being  greatly  rejoyced,  gave  Thanks  unto 
"  Almighty  G  O D_  for  that  great  Deliverance.  The  Lord  Courtenay,  as 
"  he  went  to  his  Houfe  from  the  Place  of  Landing,  called  upon  the  Monks 
"  of  Ford  hy  the  Way,  and  declared  to  them  the  great  Mercy  of  G  OD 
"  fhewed  to  him;   and  faid,  that  GOD  wrought  that  Deliverance  for 

"  them 


132   Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of 'the     Book  I. 


Chap.  V. 


1273. 


Sir  William 

Pole'iDefaip- 
twn  of  Devon. 
Mimifcnp. 


Sir  Pet.  Rail'* 
Account  of 

the  Family  of 

Couttemv, 

Manuscript. 


them  through  their  Prayers  and  Merits :  And  he  fwore,  that  if  he  was 

kind  and  bountiful  to  them  before,  he  would  be  more  fo  for  the  future,; 
"  and  after  that  he  confirmed  to  them  whatfoever  they  defired  ;  and  at  that 
"  Time,  upon  his  earneft  Requeft,  they  admitted  him  in  a  foiemn  Manner 
"  into  their  Fraternity;  and  he  ordered  his  Body  fhould  be  buried  in  their 
"  Church,  among  his  Spiritual  Brethren,  as  he  called  them;  and  having 
"  taken  his  Leave  of  them,  he  recommended  himfelf  to  their  Prayers  by 
"  a  Gift  of  Forty  Marks. 

This  John  de  Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehampton,  died  the  3^  of  May, 
1173,  in  the  1  ft  Year  of  Edward  I.  and  was  buried  at  Ford,  near  his  Father, 
the  Lord  Robert  Courtenay,  before  the  High  Altar :  He  bequeathed  to  the 
Abbey,  befides  his  Body,  Forty  Pounds  Sterling  and  his  Armour,  as  alio 
the  Hearfe  with  all  the  Furniture  in  which  he  was  carried  to  ford  to  be 
buried :  He  married  Ifabel  Daughter  of  Hugh  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford, 
and  Lord  High  Chamberlain  of  England,  by  whom  he  had  one  Son  named 
Hugh  from  his  Grand-father ;  and  from  that  Time  Hugh  was  a  Name  very 
frequent  in  the  Family  of  Courtenay :  His  Lady  furvived  him  a  long  Time,. 
and  was  married  afterward  to  the  Lord  Oliver  Dinham,  or  Dinant,  and 
Mufberrie  was  held  by  the  faid  Lord  Oliver  Dinant,  nomine  dotis  Ifabella? 
de  Courtenay  :  She  out-lived  her  fecond  Husband,  and  died  Auguft  11,-- 
and  was  buried  in  the  Church  of  the  Fryars-Prsedicant  in  Exon,  in  the  South 
Part  of  the  Chancel,  over-againft  her  Husband; 

John  Lord  Courtenay,  at  the  Time  of  his  Death,  was  feized  of  certain: 
Lands  in  Waddefden  in  the  County  of  Bucks,  as  aho  of  the  Borough  of 
Newton-Topleford  in  the  County  of  Devon ;  of  the  Manour  of  Sutton  m 
the  County  of  Berks',  of  the  Manour  of  Hanington  in  the  County  of  So- 
merfet,  a  Member  of  the  Barony  of  Okehampton;  of  the  Manour  ofCru- 
keme  in  the  fame  County,  which  William  de  Vernon,  Earl  of  Devon,  and 
and  Lord  of  the  IJle  of  Wight,  gave  to  Robert  Courtenay  in  Frank-Mar- 
riage with  Mary  his  Daughter ;  of  Iw  erne-Court  en  ay  in  the  County  of 
Dorfet ;  of  the  Borough  of  Okehampton ;  of  the  Manour  of  Sidbury ;  as 
alfo  the  Manour  of  Okehampton,  and  divers  other  Lordfhips  in  Devon/hire, 
and  elfewhere,  belonging  to  his  Barony. 

An  Inquifition  was  taken  after  the  Death  of  this  Lord  John  Courtenay, 
and  it  was  found  by  the  Jury,  that  Hugh  de  Courtenay  is  his  Son  and 
Heir  by  Ifabel  his  Wife,  and  was  Twenty  Three  Years  old  at  the  Feaft 
of  the  Annunciation  of  the  Blejfed  Virgin,  before  his  Death :  And  that  the 
laid  John  de  Courtenay  held  the  Caftle,  Manour,  and  Borough  ofOkehamp- 
ton  of  the  King  in  capite,  as  the  Head  of  his  Barony,  by  Two  Knights 
Fees  befides  his  own,  or  Four  Efquires  for  Forty  Days,  with  Ninety  Two 
Fees  belonging  to  the  faid  Barony,  befides  divers  Demefn-Manours  which 
he  held  as  Parcels  of  his  Barony,  there  particularly  extended  and  valued, 
with  the  Patronage  of  the  Priory  of  Cowick,  and  the  Priory  of  St.  Mary 
de  Marifco,  which  are  held  of  the  Barony  of  Okehampton,  in  Free-Al- 
moigne :  And  John  Floier  held  three  Acres  of  Land  of  the  Lord  John  de 
Courtenay,  in  capite,  and  is  to  pay  him  a  Pitcher  of  Wine,  as  often  as  the 
faid  Jolm,  or  any  of  his  Heirs,  mall  breakfaft  or  eat  in  Ex-ljland. 


CHAP, 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 3  5 


Chap.  VI.  chaP.  vi. 

£/G  H  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Baron  of  Olehampon, 
was  Twenty  Three  Years  old,  as  was  laid  before,  when  his 
Father  died.     In  the  4th  of  Edward  I.  doing  his  Fealty, 
and  paying  his  Relief,  he  had  Livery  of  his  Inheritance  ;  and 
although  the  Old  Statute,  ftiled  Magna  Charta,  fays.  Lei 
every  one  of  the  Barons  have  his  Inheritance  by  the  ancient 
Relief,  viz.    a  whole  Barony  by  an  Hundred  Marks;  yet,  in  refpect  of 
the  Greatnefs  of  this  Barony  of  Okehampton,  equal  in  Revenue  to  an  Earl- 
dom, he  paid  an  Hundred  Pounds  for  his  Relief.     In  1282,  10  Edward  I.     12S2; 
this  Hugh  Courtenay  was  in  the  Expedition  that  was    made  into  If  ales. 
In  the  13th  Year  of  King  Edw.  I.  1285,  the  King   releafed  to   this  Sir     12S5: 
Hugh  Courtenay  One  Hundred  Pounds  that  was  due  from  him  to  the  King, 
and  alfo  Fifty  Pounds  that  was  due  from  his  Father :  The  Releafe  is  in 
thefe  Words :  Know  Te,   that  of  Our  efpecial  Grace,  and  for  the  good 
Services  that  Our  well-beloved  Hugh  Courtenay  hath  done  for  Us,  We 
have  forgiven  him  an   100  1.  in  which  he  is  bound  to  Us  towards  Our  Ex- 
chequer, and  50  L  of  the  Debt  heretofore  of  John  Courtenay  his  Father. 
Given  21ft  ^  December;  which  intimateth,  that  he  had  then  performed 
lome  acceptable  Service  to  the  King :  But  in  that  fame  Year,  upon  a  Writ 
brought  againft  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  and  others,  for  certain  Liberties, 
Judgment  was  given,  That  they  go  without  a  Day  until  they  be  impleaded 
by  a  Quo  Warranto.     In  the  fame  Year  alfo,  (1285)  Walter  Lichlade,  firft  <3gdfrfo'*c«- 
Chaunter  of  the  Church  of  Exeter,  being  fTain  in  the  Morning  when  he  j^"e  ^ 
came  from  the  Morning  Service,  or  Mattins,  which  was  wont  to  be  faid 
Ihortly  after  Midnight,  and  upon  which  Oecafion  the  King  came  into  the 
City  of  Exeter,  and  kept  his  Chriftmas  in  the  fame ;  thereupon  it  was, 
that,  in  the  Year  following,  on  the  Feaft  of  the  Annunciation  of  the  Blejjed     12S6: 
Virgin,  a  Composition  was  made,  between  the  Bifhop  and  the  City  of  Exe- 
ter, for  inclofing  the  Church-yard,  and  building  certain  Gates  there,  and  to 
which  Compofition  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  was  a  Witnefs.     In  this  1 4th 
of  King  Edward  I.  the  Hundred  and  Manour  of  Lifton,  in  the  County  of 
Devon,  was  granted  to  this  Sir  Hugh   Courtenay,  excepting  the  Advow- 
fon,  for  the  Space  of  five  Years,  he  paying  to  the  King  Forty  Pounds  per 
Annum.     It   farther  appeareth,  by  a  Protection  (a  Thing  u'fual  in  thole 
Times)  granted  him  in  the  15th  of  the  King's  Reign,  that  he  was  a  mar-     12S7. 
rial  Man,  and  exercifed  in   military    Affairs :  The   Protection   is  in   thefe 
Words;  Hugh  Courtenay,  who  is  to  go  into  the  King's  Service  with  Ro- 
ger de  Bigod,  Earl  of  Norfolk,  Mar  float  of  England,  unto  the  Tarts  of 
Wales,  hath  the  King's  Letters  for' his  'Protection,  which  arc  to  continue 
until  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael  next  coming. 

In  the  16th  Year  of  Edward  I.  1288,  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  had  a      1288. 
great  Quarrel  with  the  Abbey  of  Ford;  and  the  Ground  of  the  Quarrel  £?r^Abbey 
was  in   all  Probability  this;  His  Father,  the  Lord  John  Courtenay,  was     e£l'e> 
extraordinary  kind  to  the  Monks,  and  gave  them  whatever  they  asked ; 
and  it  is  very  probable,  that  he  freed  them  from  certain  Services  that  they 
owed  to  the  Family  as  Patrons  of  the  Abbey,  and  which  their  Anccltors 
did  receive;  but  his  Son  Hugh  was  not  willing  to  part  with  thefe  Servi- 
ces, but  did  demand  them  of  the  Monks;  but  the  Monks  refilling  to  pay 
them,  there  arofe  a  great  DuTention  between  them,  which  was  carried  on 
and  increafed  in  the  next  Lord  Courtenay's  Time ;  and  it  was  carried  on  to 

LI"     ,  thai 


134  Part  HI.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of 'the    Book  I. 

Chap.  VI.  that  Degree,  that  there  was  a  perpetual  Breach  between  them :  The  Fa- 
^y^,  niily  took  no  Care  of  the  Abbey,  and  did  not  look  upon  themfelves  as 
Ford  Abbey  patrons  of  it ;  and  the  Monks,  in  this  Lord's  Grandfon's  Time,  left  off  regi- 
MegtJIe,.  ^.^  ^  jsfa7mes  and  remarkable  Tranfa&ions  of  the  Family.  The  Monks  do 

make  a  heavy  Complaint  of  the  Troubles  and  Hardfhips  that  this  Sir  Hugh 
Courtenay  did  bring  upon  them ;  and  they  fay,  that  he  was  very  injurious 
to  the  Abbey  which  his  Anceftors  had  founded,  and  to  which  they  gave,  in 
Free-Almoigne  for  ever,  many  Lands  and  Poffeffions,  referving  nothing  to 
themfelves  but  the  Prayers  of  the  Monks ;  and  that  which  they  gave  to 
pious  Ufes  he  claimed  to  himfehyfor  the  UTe   of  his  Korfes  and  Dogs. 
He  [aid,  but  not  truly,  fay  the  Monks  of  Ford,  That  the  Abbey  of  Ford, 
which  was  founded  by  his  'Progenitors,  in  'Pure  and  Free-Almoigne  for 
ever,  ought  to  be  held  of  him  by  the  Service  of  providing  for  him,  in  every 
War  that  Jbottld  happen,  one  Waggon  with  a  Waggon-Horfe  •  and  alfo  of 
keeping  for  him  two  War-Horfes,  or  elfe  two  Palfreys;  and  alfo  of  keeping 
a  Bitch  with  her  Whelps  until  they  came  to  be  a  Tear  old;  of  all  which 
Services,  he  faid,  his  Father,  the  Lord  John  Courtenay,  was  feifed  in  the 
Time  of  King  Henry,  the  Father  of  King  Edward  then  reigning ;  and  that 
he  himfelf  had  one  Waggon  delivered  him  when  he  went  to  the  War  in 
Wales,  in  the  loth  Tear  of  the  prefent  King  Edward,  by  the  Hand  of  Wil- 
liam the  Abbot.     And  the  fame  Lord  Hugh,  defiring  to  hurt,  rather  than 
to  profit,  the  Church  of  St.  Mary  of  Ford,  and  the  Monks  ferving  GOD 
there,  who  did  obferve  the  Cuftoms  of  their  Predeceffors,  upon  Pretence 
that  this  Service  had  been  fome  Time  unpaid,  came  with  a  great  Number 
of  People,  and  drove  away  all  the  Cattle  that  were  in  the  Grange  of  Weft- 
ford,  and  caufed  the  Oxen  that  were  in  the  Plough,  both  at  Weftford  and 
Orchard,  to  be  taken  out ;  and  he  ordered  them  all  to  be  driven  to  Dart- 
1288.    more,  near  Okehampton,  upon  St.  Lawrence'sDij,  in  the  Year  1288,  the 
1 6th  of  Edward  I.  for  the  Replevin  of  which,  the  fame  Year,  Septem- 
ber 0,  the  King  ordered  a  Writ  to  be  fent  to  the  Sheriff  of  Devon.  And 
the  Sheriff  Wrote  back  to  the  King,  That  the'  Bailiffs  of  the  Lady  de  For- 
tibus,  Countefs  of  Devon,  for  the  Hundred  of  Exminfter,  (by  whom  the 
Sheriff  had  ordered  a  Return  of  the  King's  Writ)  could  not  replevin  the 
aforefaid  Oxen,  with  the  other  Cattle  of  the  Abbot  of  Ford,  becaufe  the 
aforefaid  Lord  Hugh  de  Courtenay  claimed  them  as  his  own.     A  great  Law- 
fuit  upon  this  was  commenced  in  the  King's  Courts,  and  at  length  there 
was  a  Peace  made,  i'uch  as  it  was,  but  it  lafted  but  for  a  little  while;  for 
the  aforefaid  Lord-  Hugh  Courtenay  came  with  a  great  Company  to  Orchard, 
on  Sunday  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Agatha  the  Virgin,  in  the   1 8th  Year  of 
1  a 90.    King  Edward  I.  1200,  to  take  Diftrefs  by  Violence,  as  he  did  before;  but 
he  was  prevented  by  thofe  that  did  belong  to  the  Abbey,  without  any 
Hurt  done  to  him,  and  carried  away  none  of  the  Cattle  that  were  there : 
But  as  he  was  returning  to  his  Houfe  at  Colecomb,  through  the  Grange  of 
Wexford,  he  took  away  a  Bull  and  twelve  Cows,  four  Oxen,  and  four  Hei- 
fers,' and  ordered  them  to  be  kept  in  Whimple ;  and  fo  he  revived  the  Law*- 
fuit,  which  had  been  made  up  between  him  and  the  Abbot  Nicholas,  which 
would  have  been  at  great  Charge  and  Damage  to  the  Lord  Courtenay,  if 
the  Abbot  had  not,  out  of  Refped  to  his  Patron,  withdrawn  his  Suit.   But 
the  Lord  Hugh  Courtenay  being  thus  provoked,  had  the  Abbey  of  Ford 
always  in   Hatred,  and   never  did  the  Monks  any  Kindneffes   afterwards. 
He,  added  Whitford  and  Colliton  to  the  Inheritance  of  his  Anceftors,  the 
Moiety  of  which  he  had  from  his  Uncle  William  de  Courtenay,  who  had 
them,  as  has  faid  been,  with  his  Lady,  a  Daughter  of  Thomas  Bajfet,  and 
the  other  Moiety  he  purchafed  himfelf;  and  he  built  a  Houfe  at  Colecomb 


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in  Colliton-Pmib,  and  died  there,  February  28,  12^1,  15)  Edward  I.  and  Chap.  VI. 
was  buried  at  Cowick  near  Exon,  a  Cell  belonging  to  the  Abbey  of  Tavi'-  *»-/~v""\-> 
flock,  and  faid  to  be  built  by  him,  lays  Willi  am  Dugdale  :  But  Mr.  Tan-     ll9l- 
ner  more  truly  fays,  it  was  an  Alien-Priory-Cell  to  the  Abbey  of  Beck  in 
Normandy,  being  founded,  and  thereunto  given,  by  one  of  the  Family  of 
Brioniisj  for  it   belonged  to  the  Barony   of  Okehampton;  and   unto  this 
Priory  were  appropriated  the  Church  of  Okehampton,  with  the  Chapels  of 
Halflock,  Ken,  and   Sticklepath ;  and  the  Manour  of  Chrijlow  did  belong 
to  the  lame  Prior y. 

This  Hugh'  Lord  Courtenay  married  Eleanor  the  Daughter  of  Hugh  de 
Spencer  the  elder,  Earl  of  Winchefter,  who  with  his  Son  was  put  to  Death 
when  King  Edward  II.  was  feized  and  put  in  Prilbn,  becaufe  they  were 
the  King's  great  Favourites,  and  were  thought  to  give  him  evil  Counfel. 
He  had  with  his  Lady  the  Manours  of  Wooton  and  Dunjlredon ;  and  fhe 
had  for  her  Dower  .an  Affignation  of  the  Manours  of  JVaddefden  in  the 
County  of  Bucks;  Iw,erne,  or  Terne-Courtenay,  in  the  County  of  Dorfet; 
Hanington,  in  the  County  of  Somerset;  as  alio  Coll/ton,  Mufberrie,  and 
Chymleigh,  in  the  County  of  Devon.     She  lived  a  Widow  above  Thirty  Ford  Abbey 
Years,,  and  governed  her  Houfe  at  Colecomb  with  great  Prudence ;  for  Ihe  Re^-a- 
was  a  Lady  that  did  excel  in  Wifdom,  and  much  given  to  Hofpitality.   At 
length  going  from  Kent  to  London  ihe  fell  lick,  and  died  October  1,  1328,     1328. 
2  Edward  III.  and  was  buried  near  her  Husband  in  Co-juick. 

Hugh  Lord  Courtenay  had  by  her,  1.  Hugh,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his 
Eftates,  of  whom  I  {hall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter,  1.  Sir  T  hi  lip,  firna- 
med  of  Mo  ret  on:  He  was  a  famous  Soldier,  and  was  flain,  June  24,  13 14, 
in  the  Battle  with  the  Scots  near  Sterling,  in  which  there  was  a  great  O-  , 
verthrow  of  the  Engl/Jb,  and  a  great  many  brave  Men  were  flain  :  He  had 
by  the  fame  Lady  four  Daughters;  1.  Ifabel  the  Wife  of  John  Lord  St. 
John.  1.  Avelina,  the  Wife  of  John  Giffard,  Knight.  3.  Egeline,  the 
Wife  of  Robert  de  Scales ;  and  4.  Margaret,  the  Wife  of  John  de  Mulis. 
The  Arms  of  de  Spencer  are,  Quarterly,  Argent  and  Gules,  in  id  and  3d, 
a  Fret  Or,  with  a  Bend  Gules. 


Chap.    VII.  chap.vn. 


Dugdale'j 

Barart.i?e. 


UGH  Courtenay,  fecond  Baron  of  Okehampton,  and  firft  Earl 
of  Devonfloire  of  that  Name,  was  lixteen  Years  old  when  his  ""j  2  gV 
Father  died;  and  in  the  Year  1205,  24  Edward  I.  the  King  Rennet'*  ft- 
prefented  to  a  third  Portion  of  the  Church  of  JVaddefden,  *ocbhi4miqu 
by  Right  of  Cuftody  of  the  Land  and  Heir  of  Sir  Hugh 
Courtenay,  Knight :  He  had  fo  much  Favour  with  the  King,  that  in  the 
25th  of  Edward  I.  notwithstanding  he  made  no  Proof  of  his  Age,  he  then 
doing  his  Homage,  had  Livery  of  the  Manour  of  Eb right on  in  the  County 
of  Dorfet,  as  alio  of  F'lympton,  Exminfter,  Tiverton,  and  Topfiam,  in  the 
County  of  Devon,  which  hereditarily  defcended  to  him  by  the  Death  of 
Ifabel  de  Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Devon  and  Albemarle ;  but  he  was  deprived 
of  the  Lordihip  of  the  Jfle  of  Wight,  to  which  he  was  alfo  Heir :  And  al- 
though he  had  fome  of  the  Lands  belonging  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonfloire, 
yet  he  had  not  the  Title  of  Earl,  nor  the  Third-Penny  of  the  County,  as 
his  Predeceffours  had  'till  the  Time  of  Edward  III.  In  the  28th  of  Ed- 
ward I.  he  obtained  a  Charter  for  a  Weekly  Market  every  Saturday  at 

his 


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AfhmoleV 
Ivjlituthn  of 
the  Garter,  p. 
j8. 


Godwin'*  Ca- 
talogue of  Bi- 


Ifaac'j  Mam 

ii  s  of  £xeter. 


his  Manour  of  Tofpam,  and  a  Fair  yearly  on  the  Eve,  Day  and  Morrow  afc- 
ter  the  Feaft  of  St.  Margaret  the  Virgin ;  and  likewife  a  Market  every 
Thurjday  at  his  Manour  of  Kenford,  with  a  Fair  yearly  on  the  Eve,  Day 
and  Morrow  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Mary  Magdalen.  He  was  in  the  Expe- 
ditions made  into  Scotland,  in  26,  28,  31.,  32,  and  34  of  King  Edward  I. 
and  in  that  made  into  Wales,  30  Edw.  I.  This  King  Edward,  to  adorn 
the  Splendour  of  his  Court,  and  to  augment  the  Glory  of  his  intended  Ex- 
pedition into  Scotland,  did  at  fflhitfuntide,  in  the  34th  Year  of  his  Reign, 
begirt  Edward  of  Caernarvon,  his  eldeft  Son,  with  the  Military  Belt,  and 
this  Prince  immediately,  at  the  Hi*h  Altar  in  Weftminfler,  conferred  the 
fame  Honour  upon  Three  Hundred  Gentlemen,  the  Sons  of  Earls,  Barons, 
and  Knights,  amongft  whom  was  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  Sir  Thtlif 
Courtenay  his  Brother.  In  the  Year  1307,  the  laft  Year  of  King  Edward  I. 
he  was  iummoned  to  the  Parliament  at  Carlifle;  and  in  thofe  Days,  faith 
Camden,  no  Baron  went  to  Parliament  unlefs'  he  had  the  King's  Writ ;  and 
after  his  full  Age,  he  was  fummoned  to  all  the  Parliaments  of  that  King's 
Reign.  In  the  Year  1307,  1  Edward 'II.  March  18,  Walter  Stafleton 
was  confecrated  Bifhop  of  Exeter ;  and  when  he  made  his  Entry  into  the 
City,  at  the  Eaft  Gate,  he  alighted  off  his  Horfe,  and  went  on  Foot  to  St. 
Teter's  Church :  All  the  Way  that  he  mould  pals  was  laid  over  with  Black 
Cloth :  On  each  Hand  he  was  conduced  by  a  Gentleman  of  good  Quality ; 
and  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  who  claimed  to  be  Steward  and  Governor  of.the 
Feaft,  went  before  him :  At  Broad  Gate  he  was  received  by  his  Chapter 
and  Quire,  in  their  Ornaments,  with  Te  Deum,  and  fo  carried  into  the 
Church,  the  ufual  Ceremonies  being  performed  there  :  At  his  Palace  a  great 
Feaft  was  was  prepared  for  the  Entertainment  of  Noblemen  and  luch  Per- 
fons  of  good  Quality  as  repaired  thither  at  that  Time.  It  is  incredible  how 
many  Oxen,  Tuns  of  Ale  and  Wine,  were  laid  to  be  ufually  Ipent  in  this 
Kind  of  Solemnity  in  thofe  Days.  After  the  Feaft  was  over,  there  hap- 
pened to  be  a  Difpute  between  the  Bilhop  and  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  about 
the  Place  of  Steward,  and  the  Rights  and  Perquifites  that  did  belong  to  it, 
which  Place  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  did  fay  belonged  to  him ;  for  that  he  held 
the  Manour  of  Slafton  of  the  Bifhop  upon  that  Service:  At  laft  the  Dif- 
ference was  made  up  upon  thefe  Conditions :  "  1.  That  Sir  Hugh  Court e- 
"  nay  and  his  Heirs,  being  of  lawful  Age,  and  holding  the  faid  Manour  of 
"  Slafton,  mail  be  Steward  at  every  Feaft  of  Inftalling  every  Biftiop  in  the 
"  See  of  Exeter.  1.  That  they  fhall,  at.  the  firft  Coming  of  the  Bifhop  of 
"  Exeter,  meet  him  at  the  Eaft  Gate  6f  the  City,  when  he  defcendeth 
"  from  his  Horfe ;  and  then  going  a  little  before  him,  on  the  Right  Hand, 
"  fhall  keep  off  the  Prefs  of  the  People  from  him,  and  attend  him  into  the 
"  Choir  of  the  Cathedral  Church  there  to  be  inftalled.  3.  The  faid'  Sir 
"  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  his  Heirs,  fhall  at  the  Inftallment  ferve  the  firft 
"  Mefs  at  the  Bifhop's  own  Table.  4.  In  Confederation  of  which  Service, 
"  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  his  Heirs,  fhall  have  for  their  Fee  four 
"  Silver  Difhes,  of  thofe  which  he  fhall  fo  place  in  at  the  firft  Mefs,  two 
"  Salt-Sellers,  one  Cup  wherein  the  Bifhop  fhall  drink,  one  Wine-Pot,  one 
"  Spoon,  and  two  Bafons,  wherein  the  Bifhop  fhall  then  wafh;  all  which 
"  Veffels  are  to  be  of  Silver,  and  all  which  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay 
"  fhall  have,  provided  He  or  his  Heirs,  being  of  full  Age,  do  attend  the 
"  faid  Service  in  Perfbn,  if  not  hindered  by  Sicknefs,  or  by  the  King's  Writ 
"  procured  by  the  faid  Bifhop  or  his  SuccefTours;  and  if  fo  hindered,  then 
"  to  appoint  ibme  Worfhipful  Knight  to  fupply  the  Place  by  a  Deputation ; 
"  and  the  Knight  fb  appointed  fhall  fwear,  That  his  Lord  is  fo  fick  that  he 
"  cannot  reafonably  attend  the  Service ;.  and  then  fhall  the  Knight  be  ad- 

11  mitted 


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U 


"  mitted  to  perform  the  fame,  and  fljall  have  to  the  Ufo  of  the  faid  Lord  ChapVIT 

"  as  aforefaid:  And  if  the  faid  Knight  ailedgeth,  that  his  Lord  is,  by  the    .v^v^J,' 

"■  Procurement  of  the  Bilhop,  ferved  with  the  King's  Writ,  and 'thereby  ir'  ^ 

"  hindered  from  Attendance,  and  will  fwear  this  to  be  true  in  his  Gonfcience    11 

"  he  fhall  then  be  admitted  to  do  the  Service,  unlefs  the  Bilhop  will  poffi- 

"  tively  fwear  the  contrary  :  In  which  Cafe,  the  Knight  ftiall  depart  with- 

"  out  doing  the  faid  Service,  or  receiving  any  Thing  for  the  lame,  for  that 

",  Turn  only.     5.  The  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  his  Heirs,  fhall  do  all 

'<  other  Services  to  the  laid  Bifhop,  and  his  Succeffours,  for  the  faid  Manour 

"  of  Slapon,  which  pertaineth  to  the  fame  for  evermore :  And  furthermore 

"  whether  the  Heirs  of  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Court enay  be  of  -lawful  Age,  or  not' 

"  at  the  Day  of  the  Feaft  of  Inftalment,  if  they  perform  not  the  Service   as 

«  aforefaid,  that  then  they  ftiall  not  have  any  of  the  faid  Silver  Veffels   nor 

"  any  other  Thing  due  for  the  faid  Service  for  that  Time,  by  Reafon  of 

"  their  faid  Office,  nor  any  other  Perfon  in  their  Name  and  Behalf.     6.  It 

«  ftiall  not  be  lawful  for  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  his  Heirs  or  Affigns, 

"  at  the  Feaft  of  the  Inftalment  of  any  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  to  put  in  or  put 

"  out  any  Perfon,  or  to  do  any  other  Thing  by  himfelf  or  others,  belong- 

"  ing  to  the  laid  Feaft,  by  Reafon  of  his  Office,  neither  fhall  he  require 

"  or  demand  any  more,  or  other  Thing,  than  what  is  before  declared.     7. 

"  And  furthermore,  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  his  Heirs,  and  the 

"  Knight  aforefaid,  who  fhall  do  the  laid  Service  for  them,  ftiall  have  Hay 

«  and  Provender  for  their  Hoifes,  and  for  their  Servants  Horfes  attending 

«  them,  and  alfo  their  Livery  of  Wine  and  Candles,  as  is  meet  and  convenient. 

«  8.  In  Confideration  of  which  Premiffes,  the  faid  Hugh  Courtenay  hath 

«  for  himfelf  and  his  Heirs,  quietly  remifed  arid  releafcd  to  the  faid'Bifhop 

«  and  his  Succeffours,  all  other  Exactions,  Demands,  or  Claims,  for  and  con- 

«  cerning  the  faid  Office-Fees,  or  any  Thing  belonging  to  the  faid  Steward- 

«  fhip  for  ever.     Given  at  Ncwton-Plympton  under  thecals  of  the  faid 

«  Bijbofc  Dean  and  Chapter,  the  Morrow  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Thomas 

«  the  Apoftle,  1308,   2  Edward  II.      JVitnejesuWillmm  Martyn,  Philip     1308. 

"  Courtenay,  Knights,  cum  multis  aliis. 

It  is  laid,  That  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  did  receive  Fees  of  greater  Value 
than  the  Earl  of  Gloucefier  did  upon  the  Inftalment  of  the  Arch-Biftiop  of 
Canterbury,  who  had  the  Manour  ofTunbridge  upon  the  fame  Account. 

In  the  2d  Year  of  Edward  II.  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  received  the  Honour  1309. 
of  a  Knight-Banneret,  according  to  the  folemn  Cuftom  of  that  Age,  and 
had  his  Robes  and  other  Accoutrements  for  the  Ceremony  of  Bathing  as  a 
Banneret.  In  that  Year  there  arofe  a  great  Contention  between  him  and 
the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  of  the  City  of  Exeter;  the  Occafion  this: 
The  Lord  Hugh  Courtenay  on  a  certain  Market-Day  fent  his  Caterer  to 
buy  Fifti,  at  which  Time  there  were  only  three  Pots  of  Fiih  in  the  Market* 
the  Bifhop's  Caterer  likewife  came,  and  both  of  them  thinking  the  whole  to 
be  too  little  for  either  of  them,  they  ftrove  about  the  Fifli :  The  Msyor 
on  his  Part  minding  the  Good  of  the  City,  and  that  others  alfo  might  have 
the  Benefit  of  the  Market,  did  decide  this  Controverfy,  and  delivered  one 
Pot  of  Fifh  to  the  Lord  Courteuay's  Caterer,  another  of  them  to  the  Bi- 
fhop's, and  a  third  he  refer ved  for  the  Market:  The  Lord  Courtenay  being 
advertifed  thereof,  thought  himfelf  wronged  by  the  Mavor,  in  not  having 
all  the  Fifh,  and  fhortly  after  coming  to  the  City,  he  lent  to  the  Mayor 
to  come  to  him,  (it  feems  the  Mayor  was  a  Retainer  to  him,)  the  Mayor 
weif-knowing  the  Lord  Courtenay's  Difpleafure  towards  him,  and  the  Reafon 
of  it,  called  his  Brethren  together  to  the  Guild-half,  and  acquainted  them  with 
it,  and  told  them,  That  he  was  then  going  to  him,  and  defired  them  to  go 
M  m  with" 


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Chap.VII.  with  him,  and  to  affift  him,  if  there  were  Occafion :  He  then  went  to  the 
S-/"V^-'  Lord  Coitrtenay's  Houfe,  and  was  had  into  his  Lodging-Chamber,  and  the 
Door  was  fhut  upon  him  •  and  then  the  Lord  Conrtenay  began  to  chide  the 
Mayor  for  what  he  had  done ;  and  when  none  of  his  Anfwers  would  fatis- 
fy  him,  the  Mayor  took  off  an  outer  Garment  which  he  then  wore,  be- 
ing the  Lord's  Livery,  and  delivered  it  to  him,  whereat  the  Lord  fell  into 
a  great  Paffion  ;  and  the  Citizens  being  at  the  Door,  and  fearing  the  Mayor 
would  come  to  fome  Hurt,  knocked  at  the  Door,  and  then  demanded  their 
Mayor,  which  being,  after  fundry  Requefts,  denied  them,  they  attempted 
to  break  open  the  Door ;  which  the  Lord  Courtenay  perceiving,  and  doubt- 
ing what  might  enfue,  defired  the  Mayor  to  pacify  the  People,  which  was 
foon  done,  and  fo  they  all  quietly  departed.    And  although,  to  avoid  the 
Fury  of  the  People,  the  Lord  Courtenay  feemed  then  to  be  pacified,  yet 
could  he  never  after,  fays  the  Hiftorian,  fhew  a  good  Countenance  towards 
the  City  :  Upon  this  an  Ordinance  was  made  by  the  Mayor  and  Common- 
Council,  That  no  Freeman  of  that  City  fhould  ever  wear  any  Foreigner's 
Livery,  Badge,  or  Cognizance,  without  the  Mayor's  Licence ;  and  the  Hi- 
ftorian fays,  they  inferted  it  in  the  Freeman's  Oath,  and  fo  it  remaineth  to 
this  Day. 

This  Lord  Courtenay  was  a  great  and  a  wife  Man,  and  fo  was  the  Bifhop ; 
and  it  is  probable,  that  they  were  at  Variance  at  that  Time,  which  made 
the  Lord  Courtenay  carry  his  Refentments  fo  high  as  he  did  :  It  is  certain, 
that  afterwards  there  was  a  great  Enmity  between  them,  and  the  Bifhop 
dealt  very  hardly  with  the  Lord  Courtenay ;  for  he  kept  back  from  him 
the  Revenue  which  did  belong  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonshire,  which  of 
Right  was  his  all  the  Time  that  the  Bifhop  was  Lord  Treafurer. 

In  the  3d  Year  of  Edward  II.  this  Lord  Courtenay  had  a  Licence  to 
make  a  Feofment  of  the  Manour  of  Moreton ;  and  it  is  likely  he  gave  it  to 
his  younger  Brother,  Sir-  "Philip  Courtenay,  who  was  called  Sir  Thilip 
Courtenay  of  Moreton,  as  was  faid  before.  In  8  Edward  II.  he  received 
a  Command  to  be  at  Newcaftle  upon  Tine,  well  fitted  with  Horfe  and 
Arms,  to  reftrain  the  Incurfion  of  the  Scots.  In  14  Edward  II.  a  Com- 
miflion  in  Parliament  is  dire&ed  to  Hugh  Courtenay,  and  others,  to  enquire 
1  3  0.6.  °f  divers  Things  concerning  the  Tinners  of  Devon.  In  1 3  id,  it  was  con- 
cluded in  Parliament,  that  folemn  MefTengers  fhould  go  to  the  King  at  Kil- 
lingworth,  and  move  him  to  make  Refignation  of  his  Crown.  There  were 
fent  on  this  Meffage,  two  Bifhops,  two  Earls,  two  Abbots,  and  two  Barons  : 
The  Barons,  faith  Hollingfoed,  were  Rofs  and  Courtenay ;  but  Stow  fays, 
Roger  Gray  and  Hugh  Courtenay :  And  as  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay t  after  his 
fall  Age,  was  fummoned  amongft  the  Barons  in  all  King  Edward  I's  Time, 
fo  in  King  Edward  IFs  Time  he  was  fummoned  every  Year:  He  was 
twenty  feveral  Times,  by  feveral  Writs,  fummoned  to  Treaties  and  Par- 
liaments ordained  by  the  King,  as  appeareth  on  the  Back-fide  of  the  Clofe- 
Rolls  in  the  Tower  \  (of  every  one  of  thofe  Years,  faith  Sir  Teter  Ball)  and 
fo  was  he  fifteen  Times  fummoned  to  efpecial  Treaties  in  Parliament,  in 
the  eight  firft  Years  of  Edward  III.  as  a  Baron :  In  the  oth  of  that  King, 
he  was  twice  fummoned  to  Parliament  by  the  Name  of  Hugh  Courtenay, 
Earl  of  Devonjhire ;  the  laft  Earl  in  Order,  being  but  that  Year  reftored 
to  his  Right  of  that  Title.  In  10  Edward  III.  he  is  twice  fummoned  to 
Parliament,  as  fourth  Earl  in  Order,  between  Richard  Earl  of  Arundel  and 
Humphry  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford,  being  then  it  feems  reftored  to  his 
due  Place ;  and  fo  he  is  fummoned  to  every  Parliament,  enjoying  the  fourth 
or  fifth  Place,  until  14  Edward  III.  in  which  Year  he  died. 

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Part  III.        Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 39 

In  4  Edw.  III.  he  founded  a  Chauntry  at  Hewton^Popleford,  to  pray  for  Chap.VII. 
his  good  Eftate,  and  for  the  Souls  of  Eleanor  de  Courtenay  his  Mother,  v^-yw 
and  ¥  hi  lip  de  Courtenay  his  Brother:  And  in  that  Year  his  Name  is  a- 
mongft  the  Juftices-Itinerant,  the  great  Adminiftrators  of  juftice  in  thofe 
Times :  He  was  the  firft  named  in  the  CommifTion,  as  Sir  William  Dug- 
dale  fays.  In  5  Edward  III.  amongft  others  named  by  Parliament  to  treat 
with  the  French  King,  is  this  Hugh  de  Courtenay  named.  In  6  Edw.  III. 
Hugh  de  Courtenay  and  others  are  affigned  Keepers  of  the  County  of  De- 
von, for  preferving  the  King's  Peace  in  the  fame:  Thefe  Kind  ofCommif- 
fions  were  then  ufual,  in  Nature  of  Commiffions  of  the  Peace,  which  were 
introduced  in  1  Edward  III.  which  Office  of  Cufios  Comitatus  did  of  Right 
belong  unto  him,  as  Earl  of  the  County,  and  Vifcount  by  hereditary  Right, 
as  before  appeareth ;  to  which  Office  of  Count  and  Vifcount,  there  did  an- 
ciently belong  the  Cuftody  of  their  County,  and  the  Prefervation  of  the 
Peace  in  it ;  and  this  Hugh  de  Courtenay  is  the  firft  named  in  the  firft  Com- 
miffion  of  the  Peace  extant  awarded  unto  this  County.  In  that  fame  Year 
he  was  one  of  the  Tryers  of  Petitions  in  Parliament  for  England:  And  in 
the  8th  Year  of  that  King,  1334,  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  called  then  Sir 
Hugh  Courtenay  Senior,  representing  to  the  King,  That  whereas  he  was 
feifed  of  a  certain  Annuity  of  18/.  6  s.  8  d.  for  the  tertium  denarium  of 
the  County  of  Devon,  with  divers  Lands,  by  Right  of  Inheritance  from 
Ifabel  de  Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Albemarle  and  Devon,  which  Jhe  in  her 
Life-time  did  poffefs,  and  having  accordingly  received  the  fame  Annuity  at 
the  Hands  of  the  Sheriffs  of  that  County,  for  which  they  had  an  Allowance 
upon  their  Accounts  in  the  Exchequer,  which  Walter  Biihop  of  Exeter^ 
Lord  Treafurer  to  King  Edward  II.  upon  the  Inftigation  of  fome  Perfbns, 
did  refufe  to  admit  of;  alledging,  That  the  Annuity  was  granted  to  the 
Anceftors  of  the  faid  Isabel  by  the  King's  Progenitors,  under  the  Name  and 
Title  of  Earls,  and  therefore  the  faid  Hugh  Courtenay  being  no  Earl  ought 
not  to  receive  the  fame ;  and  that  upon  the  like  Pretence  the  then  Sheriffs 
of  Devon  did  decline  to  pay  it  any  longer  to  him  ,  The  King  therefore,  at 
the  humble  Defire  of  this  Hugh  Courtenay,  directed  his  Precept  to  the 
Lord  Treafurer  and  Barons  of  his  Exchequer,  requiring  them  to  make 
Search  into  the  Memorials  and  Records  that  were  in  their  Cuftody,  and  to 
certify  to  him  what  they  find  concerning  this  Matter ;  whereupon  receiv- 
ing Advertifement,  that  what  had  been  fuggefted  to  him  was  nothing  but 
Truth,  the  King  did  by  his  Letters,  bearing  Date  at  Newcaftle  upon  Tine, 
February  22,  the  next  enfuing  Year,  viz.  0  Edward  III.  wherein  he  ftiles  c~/<*^.  /• 
him  Hugh  de  Courtenay  Senior^  Earl  of  Devon,  declare,  Forafmuch  as  the 
Inheritance  which  belong  to  the  faid  Countefs  and  her  Anceftors,  Earls  of 
Devon,  did  by  Right  of  Defcent  belong  to  him,  and  which  he  at  prefent 
did  enjoy,  having  Regard  as  well  to  his  own  Honour  and  the  Honour  of 
the  Kingdom,  as  to  the  Honour  of  the  faid  Hugh,  his  Royal  Pleafure  was, 
that  from  henceforth  he  ftiould  affume  the  Title  of  Earl  of  Devon,  and 
ftile  himfelf  Earl  of  Devon,  as  his  Anceftors  Earls  of  Devon  had  wont  to  do  : 
And  moreover  by  publick  Proclamation,  both  in  his  own  County  and  all 
other  Places  in  his  Bailiwick,  fnould  require  all  Perfons  henceforth  to  call 
him  Earl  of  Devon  :  And  likewife  the  King  fent  another  Precept  to  the 
Lord  Treafurer  and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  That  they  fhould  caufe  the 
faid  Sum  of  1 8  /.  6  s.  8  d.  to  be  annually  paid  unto  him,  nomine  comitis,  as 
his  Anceftors  had  formerly  received  it :  And  in  May  following,  by  another 
Writ  to  the  Lord  Treafurer  and  Barons,  inter  alia,  reciting,  That  whereas 
this  Hugh  Courtenay  having  received  his  Annuity  from  the  Time  he  did  his 
Homage  to  King  Edward  I.  for  fo  many  Years,   as  that  it  amounted  to 

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1 40  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  VII-   155  /•   16  s.  Hd.  he  was  by  them  charged  therewith  as  a  Debt  to  the  King, 
<-^~V^"Vj    and  notwithstanding  he  was  content  to  quit  all  Arrearages  of  that  annual 
Rent  then  behind,  the  laid  Sum  of  155/.  16  s.  Sd.  was  ftill  required   of 
him  by  the  Officers  of  Exchequer ;  the  King  did  command,  That  feeing  he 
was  ib  content,  as  to  quit  the  Arrearages,  they  ihould  forthwith  give  him 
a  Difcharge  of  that  Sum  of  155/.  j6  s.  %d. 
PvTis'sHijlory      Barns,  in  his  Hiftory  of  King  Edward  III.  fays,  That  the  Lord  Hugh 
of Edwardiii.  Courtenay,  a  tough  old  Soldier,  when  he  was  almoft  Eighty  Tears  of  Age, 
was  created  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  in  the  nth  of  Edward  III.  although  he 
was  made  fo  by  Writ  two  Tears  before. 
Dugdale',  This  Lord  Courtenay  being  thus  reftored  to  his  Earldom  of  Devonfhire, 

Baronage.  by  Edward  III.  it  will  be  convenient  that  we  give  fome  Ihort  Account 
of  the  Family  of  Rivers,  or  de  Ripariis,  or  Redvers,  which  enjoyed  it  for 
feveral  Defcents  before,  from  which  Family  Hugh  de  Courtenay  was  de- 
fended, and  to  ftiew  how  he  derived  his  Right, 
a' Win.  Pole.  King  Henry  I.  Son  to  William  the  Conqueror,  gave  to  his  Faithful  and 
*  Beloved  Councellour  Richard  de  Ripariis,  firft  Tiverton,  and  after  that 
the  Honour  of  Tlympton,  with  other  Places  belonging  to  the  lame ;  and 
made  him  Earl  of  Devon,  by  giving  to  him  the  Third  Penny  of  the  year- 
ly Income  of  that  County  :  The  Revenue  then  did  amount  to  Thirty  Marks, 
of  which  the  Earl  had  Ten :  But  the  Third  Part  of  the  Revenue  of  the 
County,  when  the  Lord  Courtenay  was  made  Earl,  was  encreafed  to  18/. 
6  s.  Sd.  After  this  he  obtained  the  Ijle  of  Wight  of  the  King,  where- 
Tanne.'i  to-  upon  he  was  called  Earl  of  Devon  and  Lord  of  the  ljle.  He  built  at  Lo- 
titiaMonaflka.  dres  jn  Dorfetfhire  an  Alien-Priory,  and  gave  it  to  the  Abbey  of  Mont bourg 
in  Normandy :  He  founded  another  Alien-Priory  Cell  at  Axmouth  in  De- 
vonshire, and  gave  it  to  the  lame  Abbey.  He  had  IlTue  by  Adelicia  his 
Wife,  1.  Baldwin;  2.  Richard;  and  died  about  the  latter  End  of  Henry  I. 
To  him  fucceeded  Baldwin  his  Son :  He  was  reckoned  amongrt  the  va- 
liant Men  of  his  Time,  and  took  Part  with  Maud  the  Emperefs  againft  King 
Stephen,  and  fortified  the  Caftle  of  Exeter  and  the  Ijle  of  Wight ;  and  in 
fortifying  the  Caftle  of  Exeter,  and  in  making  Engines  of  War,  £gr. 
it  is  faid  he  fpent  much  Treafure ;  but  King  Stephen  came  before  the  City 
of  Exeter,  and  befieged  it ;  and,  after  a  long  and  tedious  Siege,  it  was  forced 
to  yield  by  Realbn  of  Famine,  and  Earl  Baldwin  fled  away  to  the  Ijle  of 
Wight ;  the  King  followed  him,  and  drove  him  out  thence,  and  then  ba- 
nifhed  him,  his  Wife  and  Children  out  of  the  Land;  but  he  returned  again 
afterwards,  and  enjoyed  all  his  Lands  and  Honours.  In  the  City  of  Exeter 
he  had  Nineteen  Houfes,  and  in  the  County  of  Devon  no  lefs  than  One 
Hundred  and  Fifty  Nine  Lordfhips.  He  founded  the  Priory  of  Bramere 
in  Jiampfhire  for  Black  Canons,  and  commended  it  to  the  Patronage  of  the 
Holy  Trinity  and  St.  Michael,  and,  amongft  other  Eftates,  he  gave  to  it  the 
Manour  of  Northcott  in  Honiton  in  Devon ;  it  was  valued  at  the  Diffolu- 
tioa  at  154/.  145.  id.  ob.  a  Year.  He  founded  likewife,  in  the  Year 
1 1 46,  a  Monaftery  of  Cluniack  Monks  near  Exeter,  and  dedicated  it  to  St. 
James:  It  was  a  Cell  to  the  Abbey  of  St.  Teter  de  Cluni,  and  of  St.  Mar- 
tin de  Camp  near  Taris,  and  at  the  DifTolution  of  Abbeys  it  was  valued 
at  jo  2 1.  12  s.  id.  a  Year.  This  he  built,  he  faid,  for  the  Health  of  his 
Soul,  and  the  Soul  of  Adeliza  his  Wife ;  as  alfo  for  the  Souls  of  Richard 
his  Father  and  Adeliza  his  Mother,  and  the  Soul  of  King  Henry  I.  At 
Chriftchurch,  or  Twineham,  in  Hampjhire,  where  was  a  College  of  Pre- 
bendaries before  the  Conqueft,  he  brought  in  Canons  Regular,  in  the  Time 
of  King  Stephen ;  it  was  dedicated  to  the  Holy  Trinity,  and  was  valued,  at  the 
Time  of  the  DifTolution,  at  312/.  y  s.  00  d.  q.  He  built  likewife  at  £>uar, 

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Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 41 

or  guarrer,  in  the  IJle  of  Wight,  in  the  Year  1132,  an  Abbey  of  Cifter-  Chap.  VII 
tian  Monks  to  the  Honour  of  the  Bleffed  Virgin :    Its  yearly  Revenues  ^/~Y~V> 
were  at  the  DifTolution  134/.  3  J".  1 1  d.  He  was  a  good  Benefa&or  to  the 
Monks  of  Tlympton,  giving  them  the  Lordlhip  of  Garfton,  and  granting 
them  a  Conduit  of  Water  through  his  Tenants  Gardens. 

He  had  by  Adeliza  his  Wife,  \.  Richard;  1.  William,  3.  Henry,  and* 
departed  this  Life  at  £>uar,  June  4,  1155,  1   Henry  II.  and  was  there     1155. 
buried  with  Adeliza  his  Wife  and  Henry  his  Son,  who  died  in  his  Youth. 
Richard  de  Redvers,  fecond  of  that  Name,   Earl  of  Devonjhire,  fuc- 
cee'ded  his  Father  Baldwin :  He  was  Sheriff  of  Devonshire  in  the  ad  of 
Henry  II.  and  in  the  7th  Year  of  the  faid  King  he  confirmed  the  Founda- 
tion and  Endowment  of  the  Priory  of  Twineham  :  He  died  in  the  City  of 
Monbourg  in  Trance,  11 6a,  8  Henry  II.  and  was  buried  at  Twineham,  or     1162. 
Chrifichurch,  leaving  Ilfue  by  his  Wife  Dionyfia,  lays  Dugdale,  (Hawis, 
fays  Tole)  Daughter  of  Reginald  Earl  of  Cornwall,  Natural  Son  to  Hen- 
ry I.  two  Sons,  Baldwin  and  Richard,  both  •  fucceffi  vely  Earls  of  Devon, 
and  both  died  without  Iffue.    He  gave  Lands  to  the  Abbey  of  <g>uar,  to 
pray  for  the  Souls  of  his  Father  and  Mother.     His  Wife,  Hawis,  iaith  Sir 
William  Tole,  died  16  Henry  II.  and  was  buried  at  Chrifichurch. 

Baldwin,  Son  of  Richard,  was  Earl  of  Devon:  He  was  employed  by 
King  Henry  II.  in  his  Britijh  Wars,  where  he  behaved  himfelf  valiantly,  • 
and  for  a  Reward  thereof,  the  King  gave  him  the  Daughter  and  Heir  of 
Ralph  de  Dole  in  Berry,  with  the  Honour  of  Chateareaux :  He  died 
without  Iffue,  leaving  his  Brother  to  fucceed  him.  His  Relid  was  after- 
wards married  to  Andrew  de  Chaveni.  Richard  his  Brother  fucceeded, 
and  was  fifth  Earl  of  Devonjhire :  He  married  Margaret  Daughter  and 
Heir  of  John  Lord  Bijfet.  Tlympton  Leiger-Book  fays,  that  his  Wife 
was  Emma  Daughter  of  Roger  de  Tent  arches.  He  gave  Land  to  the  Ab- 
bey of  Bramere,  to  pray  for  the  Soul  of  his  Father,  and  Margaret  his 
Wife,  and  died  without  Iffue  at  Main  in  France,  and  was  interred  at 
Monbourg  in  Normandy,  1166.  He  bore  Or,  a  Lyon  Rampant  Azure,  n<5o\ 
languid  and  armed  Gules :  He  was  the  firft  that  bore  this  Coat.  His  Pre- 
deceffors  bore  Gules,  a  Griffin  feizing  a  little  Beaft,  Or. 

William  de  Rivers,  firnamed  de  Vernon,  (becaufe  he  was  educated  in  a 
Town  of  that  Name  in  Normandy)  came  to  be  the  fixth  Earl  of  Devon, 
after  the  Death  of  his  Brother,  and  his  two  Nephews,  who  died  iffuelefs. 
In  the  5th  of  King  Richard  I.  upon  the  fecond  Coronation  of  that  King, 
(for  he  was  crowned  a  fecond  Time,  after  he  came  Home  and  was  releafed 
by  the  Emperour  of  Germany,  who  bafely  took  him  Prifbner  as  he  was 
returning  from  the  Holy  Land,)  William  Earl  of  Devonjhire  was  one  of 
the  four  Earls  that  carried  the  filken  Canopy  at  that  Solemnity,  being  alio 
then  ftiled  Earl  of  the  IJle  of  Wight.  In  the  6th  Year  of  King  John  he 
gave  Five  Hundred  Marks  to  be  re-pofTeffed  of  his  Caftle  at  Tlymfton  and 
Lordlhip  of  Morreis  Riddlefon,  and  fome  other  Advantages,  which  Caftle 
the  King  had  put  into  the  Hands  of  Robert  Courtenay  for  a  Time  •  the 
Occafion  is  not  known.  In  the  13th  of  that  King  he  paid  178  Marks  for 
Eighty  Nine  Knights  Fees  he  held  in  Devonjhire,  and  4  /.  and  1  Mark  for 
Three  and  an  Half  he  held  in  Berkfloire,  upon  levying  the  Efcutage  in 
Wales.  In  the  15th  of  King  John  he  went  into  ToiBou  in  France,  but 
upon  what  Occafion  is  not  known.  In  the  1 8th  Year,  the  King  obfei  ving 
his  great  Age,  and  his  DifabUity  to  defend  his  Lands  againft  Lewis  of 
France,  whom  the  rebellious  Barons  had  then  called  in,  did  grant  that  he 
might  retain  his  Lands  in  his  own  Hands,  upon  Condition  that  Baldwin  his 
Son  fhould  conftantly  remain  with  the  King  in  his  Service.  He  died  Sep- 
N  n  tember 


142  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  'the    Book  I. 

Chap.  VII.  tember  4,  1  Henry  III.  faith  Dugdale;  (18th  of  King  John,  faith  Tole) 
s^-^-^w>  and  was  buried  in  the  Chapel,  built  by  one  of  the  Family,  adjoining  to  the 
Church  of  Tiverton,  which  Chapel  was  long  fince  demolished.  This  was 
he,  as  Mr.  JVeftcot  thinks,  that  was  called  the  good  Earl  of  Devonfhire; 
but  Mr.  Rifden  fays  it  was  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonpire,  firna- 
med  the  Blind;  but  which  foever  it  was,  his  Effigies  and  his  Lady's  were 
cut  upon  a  Tomb  of  Allabafter,  finely  gilded,  as  Tradition  does  deliver, 
and  under  them  thefe  Lines  j 

Ho  !  ho !  who  lyes  here  ? 

J  the  good  Earl  of  Devonfhire, 

With  Mabel  my  Wife,  to  me  full  dear, 

We  lived  together  fifty  five  Tear  : 

What  we  gave  we  have; 

What  we  Jpent  we  had; 

What  we  left  we  loft. 

This  William  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  took  to  Wife  Mabel  the 
Daughter  of  Robert  Earl  of  Mcllent,  by  whom  he  had  Iffue  Baldwin  his 
Son ;  Joan,  firft  married  to  William  Son  of  William  de  Br  ewer  e,  and  af- 
terwards to  Hubert  de  Burgh,  Lord  Chamberlain  to  King  John,  and  by 
King  Henry  III.  created  Earl  of  Kent ;  and  Mary  married  to  Robert  de 
Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehampton,  and  afterwards  to  Teter  le  Troufe,  or  de 
Tratellis  :  Joan  Wife  of  William  de  Brewer e  died  without  Iffue,  but  Mary 
had  by  Robert  de  Courtenay  a  Son  named  John ;  John  begat  Hugh ;  Hugh 
the  firft  had  a  Son  named  Hugh  the  fecond,  and  he  had  the  Earldom  refto- 
red  to  him  by  King  Henry  III.  as  right  Heir  to  it.  .  Baldwin,  the  Son  of 
William  de  Vernon,  married  Margaret  the  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Robert 
Fitzgerald,  and  had  Iffue  by  her  Baldwin,  who  fucceeded  his  Grand-fa- 
ther in  the  Earldom,  his  Father  dying  before  his  Grand-father:  His  Fa- 
iai6.  ther  Baldwin  died  September  1,  1216,  and  his  Grand-father,  William  Earl 
of  Devonfhire,  died  September  1 4,  the  Year  before. 

Before  we  lpeak  of  this  young  Baldwin,  the  feventh  Earl  of  Devon- 
fhire of  the  Family  de  Redvers,  it  will  not  be"  amifs  to  relate  what  is  re- 
corded in  Hiftory  concerning  his  Mother,  Margaret  the  Relift  of  Bald- 
win his  Father :  We  find,  that  foon  after  the  Death  of  her  Husband,  fhe 
was,  againft  her  Liking,  given  in  Marriage  by  King  John  to  his  great  Fa- 
iai6\  vourite  Fulk  de  Breant,  in  the  Year  1216;  which  faid  Fulk  held,  as  her 
Dowry,  inter  alia,  the  Caftle  of  Tlymfton,  and  the  Manour  of  Honiton  in 
MMhiwParh.  Devonfhire.  Matthew  Taris  affirms,  that  this  Lady  was  conftrained  by 
King  John  (who,  he  faith,  ftuck  at  nothing)  to  marry  that  impious,  igno- 
ble, bafe-conditioned  Man,  againft  her  Will ;  of  which  Marriage  one  at  that 
Time  wrote  thefe  following  Verfes ; 

Lex  conneStit  eos,  Amor,  ti>  Concordia  lecli, 

Sed  Lex  qualis  ?  Amor  qualisl  Concordia  qualis ? 

Lex  Exlex,  Amor  exofus,  Concordia  difcors. 

i 

Which  are  tranflated  by  Mr.  Weftcot  thusj 

"  Join'd  by 'Law,  by  Love,  by  Concord  in  Bed  J 

"  What  Law?  what  Love?  what  Concord  may  it  be  faid? 

"  Lawlefs  Law,  hateful  Love, 

"  Concord  Difcord  did  prove. 

This 


Part  III.       Noble  Family  of  Gourtenay.      Book  I.  143 

This  Fulk  de  Breant  was  a  very  wicked  and  mifchievous  Perfon,  as  may  Chap.VIF. 
appear  by  this  farther  Account  of  him :  He  was  a  Norman  by  Birth,  and    C/~VV> 
a  Baftard  of  mean  Extra&ion ;  coming  into  England  he  foon  grew  into  Fa- 
vour with  King  John,  who  made  him  one  of  his  Council,  and  heaped  ma- 
ny Honours  upon  him :  He  was  a  ftout  Man  and  a  good  Soldier,  and  afllft- 
ed  that  King  againft  his  Barons ;  and  going  into  divers  Counties  of  Eng- 
land, he  burnt  the  Houfes  of  the  adverfe  Lords,  deftroyed  their  Parks,  Or- 
chards, Ponds,  &c.    He  was  in  Favour  alfo  with  King  Henry  III.  in  the  2d 
Year  of  whole  Reign,  taking  many  Soldiers  with  him,  he  marched  to  St. 
Albans,  on  St.   Vincent's  Eve  towards  Night,    and  plundered  the  whole 
Town,  putting  the  People  in  Bonds':  Moreover,  at  the  Door  of  the  Abbey 
there  he   flew  one  of  the   Servants  of  that  Houfe,  and  then  fled  to  the 
Church  of  the  Abbey  for  Refuge ;  having  fo  done,  he  lent  to  the  Abbot 
for  an  Hundred  Pound,  threatening,  that  if  he  had  not  fo  much  fent  him, 
he  would  fire  the  Town  and  the  Abbey  too ;  hereupon  the  Abbot,  after 
many  Excufes,  feeing  there  was  no  Remedy,  fent  it  j  and  fo  with  his  Plun- 
der and  his  Prifoners  he  departed  to  his  Cattle  of  Bedford;  but  with  the 
Sentence  of  Excommunication  at  his  Heels,  which  the  Abbot  denounced  a- 
gainft  him  and  his  Followers.     Being  complained  of  to  the  Judges,  Bay- 
broke  and  Taiefbid,  who  were  then  in  their  Circuit,  for  thefe  and  other 
great  Oppreflions,  he  was  found  Guilty,  and  fined  in  a  great  Sum  of  Mo- 
ney ;  upon  which  he  fent  out  a  Party  of  his  Soldiers  to  fetch  thefe  Juftices, 
and  imprifon  them  in  his  Cattle  of  Bedford;  but  this  Defign  being  made 
known  to  them,  they  hatted  away  with  Speed ;  neverthelels  one  of  them, 
viz.  Henry  Baybroke,  was  taKen  and  carried  Prifoner  to  Bedford,  where 
he  was  barbaroufly  ufed.     Moreover,  when  the  Abbot  of  St.  Albans  com- 
plained, that  this  Fulk  had  raifed  a  Pond  at  Luiton,  to  the  great  Damage 
of  his  Convent,  infomuch  that  it  drowned  their  Corn  the  Summer  after,  he 
told  them,  That  he  was  forry  that  all  the  Corn  they  had  in  their  Barns 
was  not  there  alfo.     On  a  Time  his  Lady  Margaret  de  Ripariis  being  in 
Bed  with  him,  he  dreamed,  That  a  Stone  of  an  extraordinary  Bignefs,  like 
a  Thunder-Bolt,  burft  out  of  the  Tower  of  the  Church  of  St.  Albans,  and 
falling  upon  him,  cruihed  him   to  Pieces  ;  whereupon  ftarting  out  of  his 
Sleep,  and  trembling,  fhe  asked  him,  What  the  Matter  was?  and  how  he 
did  ?  To  which  he  anfwered,  J  have  in  my  Time  gone  through  many  Trou- 
bles, but  never  was  fo  much  terrified  as  in  this  Dream :  And  having  told 
her  all  Particulars,  ihe  replied,  That  he  had  grievoufly  offended  St.  Alban, 
by  polluting  that  Church  with  Blood,  and  by  plundering  the  Abbey,  and 
therefore  fhe  advifed  him,  for  preventing  a  more  grievous  Punifhment,  to 
reconcile  himfelf  to  that  Holy  Martyr  :  He  therefore  arofe  and  went  to  St.  MatthswPaw. 
Albans,  and  having  fent  for  the  Abbot,  fell  upon  his  Knees  with  Tears,  and 
lifting  up  his  Hands  faid,  Lord  have  Mercy  ufon  me,  for  I  have  grievoufly 
offended  GO D  and  his  blejfed Martyr  St.  Alban  ;  but  to  a  Sinner  there 
is  Mercy ;  let  me  therefore  with  your  Leave  Jpeak  to  your  Convent  in  your 
Chapter,  to  ask  Tar  don  of  them  in  your  Tre fence.   Whereunto  the  Abbot 
contented,  admiring  to  fee  fuch  lamb-like  Humility  in  a  Wolf-  putting 
off  therefore  his  Cloaths,  he  entrcd  into  the  Chapter-Houfe,  bearing  a  Rod 
in  his  Hand,  and  confeffing  his  former  Faults,  which  he  faid  he  did  in  Time 
of  War,  he  received  a  Lafh  from  every  one  of  the  Monks  upon  his  naked 
Body ;  and  having  put  on  his  Cloaths,  he  went  and  fate  down  by  the  Ab- 
bot, faying,  This  my  Wife  hath  caufedme  to  do  for  a  Dream;  but  if  yon 
require  Reflitution  for  what  I  took  from  you,  I  'will  not  hearken  to  you, 
and  fo  departed :  And  the  Abbot  and  his  Monks  were  glad  they  were  fo 
rid  of  him  without  farther  Mifchief.     Afterwards,  this  violent  Perfon  hav- 
ing 


1 44  Part  UI.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I- 

Chap. VII.  ing  highly  provoked  King  Henry  III.  by  garrifonihg  his  Caftle  of  Bedford^ 

*w"Y~w     and  by  other  Mifdemeanours,  the  faid  King  made  Seizure  of  all  his  Poffef- 

fions  ;  and  being  brought  low,  this  Diftich  was  made  upon  him  ^ 

Terdidit  in  menfe  Fulco  tarn  fervidus  enfe, 
Omine  fub  favo  quit quid  qua fivit  in  £vo. 

This  furious  Fulk  within  one  Month  has  loft, 
By  Omen  ill,  what  an  whole  Age  hath  coft. 

At  this  Time  alio,  Margaret  de  Ripariis  his  Wife  coming  to  the  King, 
in  the  Prefence  of  the  Arch-Bifhop,  declared  to  him,  That  Jhe  never  gave 
her  Confent  to  marry  him;  and  therefore  defired,  That  in  regard  [he  had 
been  taken  by  Violence-,  and  betrothed  to  him  unwillingly,  Jhe  might  be  di- 
vorced from  him,  which  was  accordingly  done.  Shortly  after  this,  9  Hen. 
1225.  III.  1225,  the  King  convening  his  Nobles  at  Wejlminfter,  required  them  to 
give  Sentence  againft  this  Traytor;  but  they,  by  Reafon  he  had  ferved 
King  John  and  him  faithfully  for  many  Years,  adjudged  that  he  fhould 
not  fuffer  in  Life  or  Limb,  but  that  he  fhould  abjure  the  Realm  for  ever : 
Being  then  gone,  Margaret  de  Ripariis  making  a  Compofition  with  the 
King,  had  Livery  of  thofe  Lands  of  which  fhe  had  been  indowed  at  the 
Church-Door  by  her  former  Husband.  Fulk  on  his  Banilhment  being  fign- 
ed  with  the  Sign  of  the  Crois,  was  permitted  to  go  to  Rome,  and  as  he  was 
upon  his  Journey,  he  died  by  Poifon  taken  in  a  Fifh,  as  it  is  faid,  at  St. 
Ciriac ;  for  lying  down  after  Supper,  he  was  found  dead,  black  and  noiibme, 
before  the  Morning :  Margaret  de  Ripariis  his  Wife  died  May  24,  20  Ed- 
ward I.. 

Baldwin  her  Son,  feventh  Earl  of  Devon/hire  of  that  Family,  was  in 
Ward  to  his  Father-in-law  Fulk  de  Breant,  and  after  his  Death  to  others ; 
and  laftly  to  Richard  Earl  of  Cornwall,  by  whofe  Procurement  on  Chrift- 
mas-Day,  he  was  girded  with  the  Sword  of  Knighthood,  and  alio  inverted 
with  the  Earldom  of  the  IJle  of  Wight  by  King  Henry  III.  in  the  25th  Year  of 
his  Reign ;  and  five  Years  after,  on  the  Morrow  after  St.  Valentine's  Day, 
1245.  Ia45>  be  died  in  the  Flower  of  his  Youth,  and  was  buried  at  Bremere : 
He  had  by  his  Wife  Amicia,  Daughter  of  Gilbert  Clare,  Earl  of  Gloncefter, 
1.  Baldwin-,  2.  Ifabel,  married  to  William  Earl  of  Albemarle;  3.  Mar- 
garet, made  a  Nun  at  Lacock. 

Baldwin  his  Son  was  the  eighth  Earl  of  Devon ;  he  being  a  Minor  was 
committed  to  the  Tuition  of  Teter  of  Savoy,  a  great  Man  in  that  Age,  to 
the  End  that  he  mould  marry  a  Kinfwoman  of  Queen  Eleanor,  Wife  to 
Henry  III.  which  Kinfwoman,  named  Avice,  by  the  Queen's  Direction,  he 
took  to  Wife,  41  Henry  III.  and  the  fame  Day  that  he  was  married  he 
had  Livery  of  his  Lands :  And  in  44  of  that  King,  at  the  Marriage  of  John 
Duke  of  Britain  with  Beatrix  the  King's  Daughter,  he  received  the  Ho- 
nour of  Knighthood  with  that  Duke ;  but  about  two  Years  after  he  died 
1 262.  °f  Poifon,  in  the  Year  1 2.62,  together  with  Richard  Earl  of  Gloucester  and 
others,  at  the  Table  of  the  aforenamed  Teter  de  Savoy,  Uncle  to  the  Queen. 
He  died  young,  and  was  buried  at  Bremere^  He  had  by  his  Lady,  the 
Queen's  Kinfwoman,  a  Son  named  John,  who  died  in  his  Infancy  in  France ; 
upon  which  the  Family  de  Ripariis,  or  Rivers,  cealed  as  to  the  Male- 
Line.  Ifabel,  the  Daughter  of  Baldwin  the  feventh  Earl  of  Devonfbire 
and  Amicia  his  Wife,  upon  the  Death  of  this  Infant,  became  Countefs  of 
Devon :  She  was  the  fecond  Wife  of  William  de  Fortibus,  ,£arl  of  A  '  - 
marie  and  Holdemefs,  a  great  Baron  in  the  North,  and  third  of  that  Nan  e 

and 


Part  III.        Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  145- 

and  Title ;  unto  him  fhe  brought  the  two  Earldoms  of  Devonfhire  and  the  Chap. VII. 
IJle  of  Wight :  He  died  in  the  Year  1 160  :  He  enjoyed  the  Profits  of  the  C-T"V^, 
Earldom  of  Devon  all  his  Life,  but  was  never  ftiled  Earl  of  Devon:  He     1260. 
had  IfTue  by  her   three  Sons,  John,  Thomas,  and  William,  who  all  died 
in  their  Infancy,  and  two  Daughters,  Anne,  who  died  unmarried,  and  Ave- 
lina,  firft  married  to  Ingram  de  Tercie,  and  fecondly  unto  Edmund  Earl 
of  Lancajler,  fecond  Son  to  King  Henry  III.  commonly  called  Croutch- 
back,  not  from  his  having  a  crooked  Back,  but  from  his  wearing  the  Sign 
of  the  Crofs,  anciently  called  a  Crutch  on  his  Back,  which  was  ufual  in 
thofe  Days  for  fuch  as  vowed  Voyages  to  Jerusalem  and  the  Holy  Land : 
They  were  married  June  1  o,  1 26  0 :  The  King  and  Queen,  and  almoft  all 
the  Nobility  were  at  the  Wedding.     This  Avelina  died  iffuelefs,  and  gave 
much  of  her  Inheritance  to  her  laft  Husband,  being  perfwaded  to  it  by  her 
Mother,  Ifabel  de  Fortibus;  and  fhe  having  no  Iffue  of  her  own  to  flic-  ' 
ceed  her  in  her  Honours  and  Eftates,  Ibid  unto  King  Edward  I.  for  6000 
Marks,  paid  by  Sir-  Gilbert  de  Knovil,  William  de  Stanes,  and  Jeofry  He- 
cham,  the  King's  Receivers,  the  Manour  of  Chriftchurch,  the  IJle  of  Wight, 
Lambeth,  near  London,  and  the  Manour  of  FLoniton;  and  the  King  gave 
afterwards  Honiton  to  Sir  Gilbert  Knovil ;  thus  faith  Sir  William  Tole.  sir  W.  PoI« 
But  the  Monks  of  Ford- Abbey,  and  Sir  William  Dugdale  after  them,  do 
fay,  that  King  Edward  I»  did  claim  the  IJle  of  Wight  for  his  own,  as  given 
him  by  the  faid  Countefs,  and  did  fhew  a  Deed  by  which  it  was  granted : 
"  But  I  wifh,  (faith  he  that  did  write  the  Regifter  of  Ford- Abbey)  it  was 
"  noj:  unjuftly  and  fraudulently  obtained  againft,  or    befide  the  Will   of 
"  the  laid  Lady  Ifabel "   King  Edward  I.  did  much  defire  to  have  that 
Ifle,  and  did  often  by  himfelf  and  others  follicite  the  Countefs  to  make  J°rJ^bbe7 
him  her  Heir,  which  the  Lady  always  refufed,  and  faid,  fhe  would  not  '" 

deprive  her  lawful  Heir  of  any  Thing.  At  length  the  King  got  one  Mr. 
St  rat  ton,  a  Clerk,  who  was  much  acquainted  with  the  Countefs,  and  in  her 
Favour,  to  endeavour  to  perfuade  her  to  make  a  Grant  of  the  IJle  of  Wight 
to  him,  who  being  induced  to  do  this  more  for  Fear  than  for  Love,  pro-  ., 
mifed  the  Kihg  that  he  would  obtain  from  the  Countefs  what  he  defired ; 
which  feeing  he  could  not  do  as  long  as  fhe  lived,  after  her  Death,  that 
he  might  not  be  worfe  than  his  Word  with  the  King,  he  made  a  Deed,  and 
figned  it  with  the  Countefs's  Seal,  (he  having  the  Seal  and  all  other  her 
Goods  in  his  Cuftody)  and  fb  bafely  and  wickedly  deprived  the  next  Heir, 
the  Lord  Courtenay,  of  that  IJle  ;  fo  faith  Ford- Abbey  Regifter.  But  as 
the  Lord  Courtenay  ftrove  hard  to  get  the  Earldom  of  Devonfhire,  fb  he 
endeavoured  likewife  to  get  the  IJle  of  Wight  too,  and  other  Lands,  which 
the  Lady  Ifabella  de  Fortibus  was  poffeffed  of;  for  in  the  8th  of  Edw.  II.  13 14= 
he  petitioned  the  Parliament,  and  upon  his  Petition  the  King  iffued  out 
his  Writ  to  one  Gilbert  de  Robur,  to  this  Effed :  That  Whereas  our  faith- 
ful and  beloved  Hugh  Courtenay  does  lay  claim  to  fome  Lands  and  Tene- 
ments in  the  Ifle  of  Wight,  as  alfo  to  the  Manour  of  Chriftchurch  in  the 
County  of  Southampton,  which  were  the  Lands  of  Ifabel  de  Fortibus, 
Countefs  of  'Devon,  and  has  petitioned  Us  and  Our  Council  to  have  all  the 
Writings  relating  to  the  faid  Lands  in  your  Cujlody  to  be  delivered  to 
him ;  We  therefore  command  Tou,  that  you  fearch  and  examine  the  Wri- 
tings that  are  in  the  Chamber  of  our  Treafury,  and  what  you  find  rela- 
ting to  thofe  Eftates  that  you  deliver  to  him.  But  the  Lord  'Courtenay 
by  all  his  Endeavours  could  not  get  the  IJle  of  Wight,  although  he  was 
Heir  to  it,  as  well  as  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonftire :  It  was  too  great  a 
Thing  for  a  Subject  to  poffefs;  and  as  his  Anceftor  Robert  de  Courtenay 
had  the  Vifcounty  of  Devon  and  the  Caftle  of  Exeter  taken  from  him,  fo 

O  o  this 


146  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  VII.  this  Hugh  de  Court enay  was  deprived  of  the  IJle  of  Wight,  and  fome  other 
w-y-»-'  Lands ;  although  if  any  Man  could  have  got  them  he  could,  for  he  was  a 
great  and  wife  Man,  and  had  a  great  Intereft  at  Court.  This  Jfabel  de 
Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Devon  and  Albemarle,  was  likewife  a  very  great 
Woman  in  thofe  Days ;  fhe  was  vaftly  rich,  and  a  Woman  of  great  Cou- 
rage, and  there  are  ieveral  Things  related  of  her  in  Hiftory ;  and  Sir  Teter 
Ball  fays,  that  in  fearching  the  Records  he  has  found  her  Name  often.  She 
confirmed  all  the  Donations  that  were  made  by  her  Anceftors  to  the  Ab- 
bey of  £$uar  in  the  Ifle  of  Wight ',  in  which  Deed  of  Confirmation  fhe 
ftiles  herfelf,  Ifabella  de  Fortibus,  Comitijfa  de  Devonia  ££)  Albemarle,  ^  Do- 
mina  Infula.  To  the  Abbey  of  Montburg  in  Normandy  fhe  confirmed  the 
Manour  of  Lodres  in  Dorfe'tfbire,  the  Lordfhips  of  Axmouth,  Woolveley, 
Appledercumbe  and  Weyke,  which  had  been  formerly  granted  to  that  Reli- 
gious Houfe  by  her  Anceftors :  She  gave  to  the  Canons  of  Bolton  in  Tork- 
fhire,  in  the  Lordfhips  of  Wiggendone  and  Brandone,  one  MefTuage,  one 
Toft,  two  Carrucates  of  Land,  nine  Bovates,  with  many  other  fair  Gifts,  as 
is  to  be  feen  in  Dugdale.  She  alfo  confirmed  all  the  Grants  that  were  made 
to  the  Abbey  of  Buckland  in  Devon,  called  to  this  Day  Buckland  Mona- 
chorum,  by  the  Lady  Amicia  her  Mother,  Countefs  of  Devonpire;  to 
the  Founding  whereof  the  faid  Amicia  was  greatly  enabled  by  the  Piety  of 
her  Daughter,  who  gave  her  the  Inheritance  of  Buckland,  Bicklegh,  Walk- 
hampton  and  Culliton  in  the  County  of  Devon,  with  the  Hundreds,  Ad- 
vowfbns  of  Churches,  Knights  Fees,  and  whatever  elfe  did  to  them  belong: 

1270.  Which  Foundation  was  made,  8  Edward  J.  1270,  by  the  faid  Amicia  for 
the  Health  of  the  Souls  of  King  Henry  III.  Queen  Eleanor,  Gilbert  de 
Clare  Earl  of  Gloucejier  her  Father,  Ifabel  her  Mother,  Baldwin  Earl  of 
Devon  her  late  Husband,  as  alfo  of  Ifabel  Countefs  of  Devon  and  Albe- 
marle, and  Margaret  a  Nun  of  Lacock,  her  Daughters  then  living,  and 
of  all  her  Anceftors  and  Succeflbrs,  and  of  all  to  whom  fhe  was  obliged  for 
any  Kindnefs  or  Favour.  After  the  Lady  Amicia,  Countefs  of  Devon,  and 
Mother  of  Jfabel  de  Fortibus,  had  finifhed  this  Foundation  fhe  died,  1  2, 

1282.  Edward  I.  1282.  This  Monaftery  of  Buckland  was  dedicated  to  St.  Mary 
and  St.  Benedict,  and  filled  with  White  Monks  of  the  Cijiertian  Order, 
which  at  the  Surrender  was  valued  at  241  /.  and  upwards  a  Year.  It  is  faid 
by  Ifaac,  in  his  Memoirs  of  Exon,  That  this  Lady  Ifabella  de  Fortibus 
did  build  the  Chapel  in  the  Caftle  of  Exon,  and  annexed  to  it  four  Prebends: 
But  this  is  not  true ;  for  neither  this  Lady,  nor  any  of  her  Anceftors,  Earls 
of  Devon,  had  ever  any  Right  to  the  Caftle  of  Exon,  but  it  did  always 
belong  to  the  Vifcounts  of  Devon,  until  Henry  III.  took  it  into  his  own 
Hands,  as  has  been  fhewn  ;  and  the  Chapel  was  built  by  one  of  the  Vif- 
counts of  the  Family  de  Brioniis,  and  the  Prebends  were  annexed  to  it  by 
the  fame,  and  that  Family  and  their  Succeflbrs  were  the  Patrons  of  it  -,  and 
after  the  Caftle  was  taken  into  the  King's  Hands,  they  difpofed  of  the 
Prebends  ftill:  The  Prebends  were  four;  1.  Loheghen,  near  Exon,  with 
Clift-hays ;  2.  Cutton,  with  the  Ty thing  of  Hemington  in  the  County  of 
Somerfet;  3.  Carfwill  in  the  Manour  of  Kenn;  4.  Afh-clift,  which  was  gi- 
ven and  appropriated  to  the  Abbey  of  Torr  by  Robert  de  Courtenay,  Vif- 
count  of  Devon,  as  was  faid  before.  It  is  faid  by  Mr.  Cambden  and  ci- 
thers, That  this  Lady  did  build  cPowderbam-CaMe ;  but  this  cannot  be 
true  neither ;  for  'Powderham  did  never  belong  to  her,  nor  to  any  of  her 
Anceftors,  it  being  a  Manour  that  did  belong  to  the  Honour  of  Hereford  : 
Humphry  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Etfex,  gave  it  with  Margaret  his 
Daughter  in  Marriage  to  Hugh,  the  fecond  Earl  of  Devonpire  of  that 
Name,  who  gave  it  to  his  Son  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay. 

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This  Lady  Ifabel  de  Fortibus^  Gountefs  of  Devon,  having  the  Manours  of  Chap.  VI L 
Top/ham  and  Exminjier,  oppofite  to  one  another,  one  lying  on  the  Eaft,  \J~\T\.J 
the  other  on  the  Weft  Side  of  the  River  Ex,  erected  a  Wear  for  the  Bene- 
fit of  her  Mills  upon  the  laid  River,  which  from  her  is  called  Count efs-JVear 
to  this  Day.  lfaac  in  his  Memoirs  faith,  that  in  the  Year  i  2  oo,  i 8  Ed- 
ward I.  an  Inquifition  was  taken  at  Exeter,  the  Day  of  the  Decollation  of 
St.  John  Baftiji,  before  Malcolm  Harley,  General  Efcheator  of  the  King- 
on1  this  Side  Trent,  before  whom  the  Jury  of  the  Hundred  of  Wonneford, 
inter  alia,  upon  their  Oaths  do  fay,  "  That  Jfabel  de  Fortibus,  Countefs 
"  of  Devon,  hath  made  a  great  Purprefture  or  Nufance  in  the  River  Ex, 
"  by  erecting  a  certain  Wear  in  the  fame,  to  the  great  Annoyance,  Hurt, 
"  and  Damage  of  the  faid  City>  and  the  whole  Country  adjoining,  and  that 
a  the  faid  River,  and  the  whole  Courfe  thereof,  appertains  to  the  King,  in 
"  the  Right  of  the  City  of  Exeter ;  that  is  to  fay,  from  Chickftone  unto  the 
"  Bridge  of  the  faid  City,  called  Z^-Bridge.  "  Another  Inquifition  was 
likewife  taken  before  the  faid  Efcheator ;  and  the  Commonalty  of  the  City 
of  Exeter  upon  their  Oaths  do  fay,  "  That  the  faid  City  is  of  the  Crown, 
"  and  appertaineth  to  the  Crown,  and  fo  anciently  hath  ever  been  •  and 
"  that  the  fame  is  immediately  held  of  the  King :  And  further  they  fay, 
"  That  King  Henry  III.  Father  of  the  King  that  now  is,  gave  the  faid 
"  City  to  his  Brother,  Richard  Earl  of  Cornwall,  and  his  Heirs ;  and  that 
"  the  Citizens  of  the  faid  City  do  hold  the  City  in  Fee-Farm  of  the  faid 
"  Earl,  as  before  they  held  it  of  the  King,  yeilding  therefore  urito  the 
"  faid  Earl  yearly  13/.  1  o  s.  00  d.  And  further  they  lay,  as  touching 
"  Purpreftures,  That  whereas  the  Water  and  River  of  Ex  for  ever  of  old 
"  Time  did  appertain  unto  the  faid  City,  lb  far  as  and  unto  the  Port  of 
"  Exmouth ;  and  the  Fifhing  in  the  faid  River  did  appertain  to  the  faid 
«  City,  fo  far  as  and  unto  the  Port,  of  Exmouth ;  and  the  Fifhing  in  the 
"  faid  River  is  and  ought  to  be  common  unto  all  Men  who  lift  to  fifh 
"  therein:  Neveithelefs  Isabella  de  Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Devon,  about 
"  fix  Years  laft  paft,  made  and  raifed  a  Wear  over-thwart  the  River  Ex 
"  which  is  of  fuch  a  Height,  that  the  Fifhing,  and  Taking  of  Salmons,  and 
"  other  Fifh  is  deftroyed  on  this  Side  the  Wear,  to  the  great  Damage  and 
"  Annoyance  of  the  faid  City  and  Country.  " 

There  is  a  Tradition,  that  this  Lady  determined  a  Controverfy  that  was 
between  the  Parifhes  of  Boniton,  Far-way,  Sidbury,  and  Gittijham,  about 
their  Bounds ;  for-  fhe  being  a  very  great  Lady,  and  Lady  of  the  Manour 
of  Honiton,  if  not  of  one  of  the  other,  did  ride  up  to  the  Plain  where  a- 
bout  the  Parifhes  did  meet,  and  in  a  little  miry  Place  threw  in  a  Rin°- 
which  fhe  took  off  her  Finger,  and  faid  that  that  Place  mould  be  the 
Bounds  of  the  four  Parifhes ;  and  fo  it  is  to  this  Day,  and  called  Ring  in 
the  Mire.  This  Lady  Isabella  de  Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Devon  and  Albe- 
marle, died  in  the  Year  1 202,  20  Edw.  I.  and  was  buried  at  Bramere  in 
Hamffoire :  And  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Baron  of  Oke- 
hamton,  was  her  next  Heir,  as  we  have  fhewn  already,  and  fb  was  entit- 
led to  the  Earldom  of  Devonpire,  and  to  the  Lordfhip  of  the  I/le  of 
Wight,  and  all  the  Lands  belonging  to  them  :  He  was  Son  to  Hugh  the  firft, 
•who  was  the  Son  of  John,  who  was  the  Son  of  Robert  and  Mary,  Daugh- 
ter and  Heir  of  William  de  Ripdriis,  firnamed  de  Vernon,  Earl  of  De- 
vonpire ;  and,  as  it  was  faid  before,  he  fucceeded  into  the  greateft  Part  of 
the  Lands  that  did  belong  to  the  Earldom  a  little  Time  after  the  Countefs 
died,  and  did  for  fome  Time  receive  theThird  Penny  of  the  County,  which 
did  belong  to  the  Earls  of  Devonshire,  but  was  deprived  of  that  in  the 
Time  of  Edward  II.  whilft  Bifhop  Stafletou  was  Lord  Treafurer;  but  in 

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Chap.  VII.  the  Time  of  King  Edward  III.  he  was  reftored  to  that,  and  to  the  Title 
<^~V^\-«   of  Earl  too,  though  he  and  his  Pofterity  were  for  ever  deprived  of  the 
IJle  of  Wight. 

This  Hugh  Courtenay,  as  foon  as  he  had  the  Earldom  reftored  to  him, 
gave  to  every  Monaftery  in  Devon/hire  Twenty  Marks ;  to  the  Priory  of 
^Plymfton  Twenty  Marks,  to  every  other  Priory  Ten  Marks,  and  to  eve- 
ry Houfe  of  the  Mendicant  Fryars  Ten  Marks.    And  notwithftanding  all 
thefe  Acts  of  Piety,  which  the  Monks  of  Ford  do  relate,  they  complained 
heavily  againft  him  ;  and  they  fay  he  carried  on  the  Difference  with  their 
Abbey  which  his  Father  began,  and  bore  a  greater  Hatred  to  them  than 
ever  his  Father  did :  They  fay  alfo,  that  his  Father  hurted  them  only  in 
one  Thing,  viz.  in  claiming  unjuftly  a  Service  from  them,  whereas  their 
Abbey  Was  built  by  his  Anceftors  in  free  and  pure  Almoign,  but  this  his 
Son  not  only  claimed  the  fame  Service  from  the  Abbey,  but  whereas  there 
were  certain  Immunities  and  Priviledges  belonging  to  the  Manour  of  Tale 
by  Indentures  made,  he  made  void  thefe  Indentures,  and  unjuftly  obliged 
both  the  Abbot  and  his  Tenants  to  attend  his  Court  in  the  Hundred  of 
Harridge,  and  to  do  Suit  and  Service  there :  And  laftly,  the  laid  Sir  Hugh 
Courtenay  encouraged  and  afllfted  the  Re&or  of  Crewkem  to  go  to  Law 
with  the  Abbey  for  Tythes  of  the  Lands  of  Othall  and  Goggebar,  and 
other  Lands  in  his  Parifb,  which  did  belong  to  the  Abbey  of  Ford,  and 
which  did  belong  to  it  before  the  Lateran  Council,  and  were  always  free 
and  exempt  from  paying  of  Tythes ;  and  he  and  his  Son  and  Heir  Hugh, 
with  the  faid  Re&or,  prevailed  with  the  Bifhop  of  Bath  and  Wells  (whom 
the  Abbot  and  his  Monks  were  forced  by  the  faid  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  to 
chufe  Arbitrator)  to  make  a  Decree,  by  which  it  was  ordered,  That  the 
faid  Houfe  of  Ford  ftiould  pay  a  Compofition  of  Fifty  Shillings  a  Year,  to 
the  manifeft  Prejudice  and  great  Hurt  of  the  Abbey  :  So  fay  the  Monks  of 
Ford.     But  one  would  think,  that  he  that  had  been  fo  pious  and  charitable, 
as  to  give  upon  his  Promotion  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonshire  to  all  the  Ab- 
beys and  Priorys  in  the  County,  ftiould  be  not  fo  hard  to  the  Abbey  of  Ford 
as  the  Monks  do  reprefent  it,  unlefs  there  had  been  fbme  Grounds  for  it. 

About  three  Years  after  that  this  Earl  had  that  Quarrel  with  the  Mayor 
and  Commonalty  of  Exeter,  that  we  mentioned  before,  the  City  did  make 
a  great  Complaint  againft  him,  as  they  did  againft  Ifabel  de  Fortibus,  his 
I3I  *•  Predeceflor ;  and  in  the  Year  1 131,  there  were  Bills  of  Complaint  exhibited 
againft  him  to  the  King,  in  which  the  City  complained,  That  he  added 
more  Wears' to  thofe  which  Ifabel  Countefs  of  Devon  had  made,  and  de- 
ftroyed  the  Haven  that  belonged  to  the  City  of  Exeter.  And  in  the  Year 
1 3  id,  the  City  exhibited  another  Bill  of  Complaint  to  the  King  againft 
the  faid  Lord  Courtenay,  fetting  forth,  That  the  faid  Lord,  to  encroach  to 
himfelf  the  Gain  of  Lading  and  Unlading  of  Goods  within  the  Port  and  Ri- 
ver, did  build  a  Key  and  a  Crane  in  his  own  Town  of  toffham,  and  by 
Power  compel  and  force  all  Merchants  to  lade  and  unlade  all  their  Wares 
and  Merchandizes  brought  within  that  Port  there  only  :  Upon  this  Com- 
plaint the  King  fent  his  Writ  to  the  Sheriff  of  Devon,  dated  the  20th  of 
March  that  Year,  for  an  Inquifition  to  be  taken ;  and  albeit  the  fame  was 
accordingly  executed,  yet  it  was  never  returned  up ;  for  which  Caufe  the 
King  fendeth  his  lecond  Writ  unto  the  faid  Sheriff,  dated  June  1 2  follow- 
ing, ftricTrly  charging  him  to  make  Execution  thereof,  and  to  make  Return 
of  the  Writ,  which  was  done  accordingly  ;  and  albeit  the  Inquifition  was 
found  againft  the  Lord  Courtenay,  yet  could  no  Relief  be  thereupon  had, 
1322.  faith  Ifaac  in  his  Memoirs  0/Exon.  In  the  Year  1322,  two  Writs  of  Nifi 
friiis  were  brought  down  and  tried  at  the  Caftle  of  Exeter.,  before  John 

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Stoner  and  Richard  Stafleton,  Knights,  the  King's  Juftices  of  Aifize  for  Chap.VIL 
the  Weftern  Circuit:  In  one  of  them  Hugh  Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehamf-  w*V~n-/ 
ton,  after  Earl  of  Devon,  was  Plaintiff,  and  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty 
of  the  City  of  Exeter  Defendants,  touching  the  Manour  of  Ex-ljland  and 
Suburbs  there,  which  being  an  ancient  Demefne  of  the  faid  Hugh  Courte- 
nay, and  Parcel  of  his  Barony  of  Okehampton,  he  claimed  to  have  it  ex- 
empted from  the  Power  and  Jurifdiclion  of  the  Mayor  of  the  laid  City. 
The  other  Writ  was  between  the  faid  Hugh  Courtenay  and  the  Prior  of 
St.  Nicholas  within  the  City  of  Exeter,  Plaintiffs,  and  the  Mayor  and 
Commonalty  of  the  faid  City,  Defendants,  touching  the  Cuftoms,  Liberties 
and  Priviledges  of  a  Fair,  commonly  called  Lamm as-B 'air,  in  both  which 
Trials  Verdicls  were  given  for  the  faid  Mayor  and  Commonalty,  faith  Ifaac 
in  his  Memoirs.  As  touching  Lammas-Fair,  whatever  the  Controverfy 
was,  this  Earl  of  Devonfiire,  and  the  Prior  of  St.  Nicholas,  and  their 
SuccelTors,  had  the  Profits  of  it  afterwards :  And  there  is  a  Tradition,  that 
there  was  in  old  Time  a  Fair  kept  in  Ex-lfland,  the  Profits  of  which  did 
belong  to  the  Barons  of  Okehampon ;  but  once  there  happened  to  be  a  ve- 
ry great  Flood  on  the  Fair-Day,  which  did  a  great  deal  of  Damage,  upon 
which  the  Fair  was  removed  to  Crul-Ditch,  or  Southern-Haye ;  and  upon 
that  Account  the  Barons  of  Okehampon  had  the  Moiety  of  the  Profits  of 
that  Fair.  There  is  another  traditional  Story  related  both  by  Mr.  Rifden 
and  Mr.  JVeficot,  and  it  mult  be  concerning  this  Earl,  or  his  Son,  for  they 
fay  it  was  done  in  the  Time  of  Edward  III.  but  it  may  be  beft  applied 
to  this  Earl :  The  Story  is  this :  The  Earl,  as  Patron,  gave  the  Parfonage  of 
Tiverton  to  a  Chaplain  of  his ;  and  after  he  had  for  fome  Time  lived  upon 
it,  and  being,  as  is  fuppofed,  a  Man  of  a  generous  Temper,  and  given  to 
Hofpitality,  did  often  complain  to  the  Earl's  Officers  and  Servants,  that  he 
could  not  live  upon  his  Parfonage;  which  coming  to  the  Earl's  Ears,  he 
took  an  Opportunity  to  talk  with  him  about  it,  and  told  him  he  had  confi- 
dered  of  his  Complaint,  and  would  procure  for  him  a  Living  more  conve- 
nient for  him,  and  more  agreeable  to  his  Mind,  if  he  would  refign  that  he 
had ;  The  Incumbent  pleafed  with  thefe  Words,  and  filled  with  the  Hopes 
of  greater  Preferment,  was  ready  at  that  very  Inftant  to  refign ;  and  the 
noble  Earl  (a  Work  worthy  of  his  Wifdom,  faith  Mr.  Weficot)  divided  the 
Parfonage  into  four  Parts  or  Quarters,  viz.  Trior,  Ttdcomb,  Clare  and  Tit, 
with  Intention  to  beftow  it  upon  four  different  Men,  but  out  of  Refped 
to  his  old  Chaplain,  the  laft  Incumbent,  he  offered  him  the  Choice,  which 
he,  feeing  no  other  Preferment  ready,  and  perceiving  his  Lordfbip's  Defign, 
readily  accepted;  fo  faith  Mr.  Jfeftcot :  But  Mr.  Rifden  faith,  it  was  after 
the  Incumbent's  Death  that  the  Rectory  was  divided  into  four  Parts. 

In  1  o  Edward  III.  this  Hugh  Earl  of  Devonshire  had  a  Gommiflion 
given  him  to  guard  the  Seas  in  Devonjhire  and  Cornwall,  with  a  Power 
to  command  all  others  to  affift  him :  In  the  fame  Year  he  was  a  Witnefs 
to  a  Patent  for  making  Hugh  de  Audley  Earl  of  Gloucefter :  He  was  like- 
wife  a  Witnefs  to  a  Charter  granted  to  the  Black  Trince,  upon  the  Ere- 
ction of  the  Dutchy  of  Cornwall,  which  Charter  is  dated  January  3, 
1 1  Edward  III.  and  this  is  the  laft  Thing  we  find  recorded  of  him. 

How  in  his  Chronicle  fays,  that  he  was  a  Knight  of  80  Years  of  Age ; 
and  Barnes  in  his  Hiftory  of  Edward  III.  fays  he  was  po  Years  old  when 
he  died :  But  he  could  not  be  fo  old,  if  he  was  but  a  little  above  16  Years 
old  when  his  Father  died;  and  the  Inquifition  taken  after  his  Father's 
Death  faith  he  was  no  more.  His  Father  died  20  Edward  I.  1 2  02,  and 
he  died  14  Edward  III.  1340,  and  was  buried  at  Cowick. 

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Chap.VII.  At  his  Death  he  was  feifed  of  the  Caftle,  Manour  and  Honour  of  Tlymp- 
\»yV\J  ton,  with  its  Members ;  the  Caftle  and  Manour  of  Tiverton ;  the  Manour 
of  Exminfier  and  Top/ham ;  with  the  Hundreds  of  flympton,  Tiverton, 
Harridge  and  JVonneford;  the  Caftle  and  Honour  of  Okehampton;  with  the 
Manours  of  Samford-Courtenay,  Caverly,  Duelton,  Kenn,  Whimple,  Ailef- 
bear;  the  Hamlet  of  Newt  on-Top  le ford;  three  Mills  upon  Ex  near  Exeter; 
the  Manour  of  Chymleigh  ;  the  Advowfons  of  the  Church  of  Throw  ly  and 
Kenn  ;  and  the  Prebends  of  Hays  and  Cutton,  in  the  Chapel  of  our  Lady 
within  the  Caftle  of  Exon,  all  in  the  County  of  Devon :  As  alfo  of  the 
Manour  of  Bramere  and  Limington  in  the  County  of  Southampton  ;  of  the 
Manours  of  Crewkern  and  Hannington  in  the  County  of  Somerset  ;  of  the 
Manours  of  Ebrighton  and  Iwerne-Courtenay  in  the  County  of  Dorfet ; 
with  many  more  that  Sir  William  Dngdale  doth  reckon  up. 

After  his  Death,  that  Year,  there  was  an  Inquifition  taken,  and  the  Ju- 
rors did  fay,  That  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  late  Earl  of  Devon,  held  the  Day 
that  he  died  half  the  Manour  of  Crewkern,  by  the  Grant  of  Eleanor  the 
Wife  of  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  Father  of  the  faid  Earl,  for  his  Life ;  from 
thence  to  come  to  Hugh,  Son  of  the  faid  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  Earl  of  De- 
von, and  the  lawful  Heirs  of  his  Body,  &c.  And  that  Hugh  de  Courtenay, 
Son  of  the  faid  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  late  Earl  of  Devon,  is  his  next  Heir, 
and  is  Thirty  Years  of  Age :  And  the  like  Offices  of  Inquifition  were  had 
in  almoft  all  the  Counties  of  England  of  all  the  Lands  he  died  feifed,  which 
were  lb  many,  that  he  may  be  juftly  reputed  amongft  the  greateft  Men  of 
thole  Times;  an  Account  of  all  which  Lands  would  be  too  tedious  to  give, 
faith  Sir  <Peter  Ball. 

This  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  firft  Earl  of  Devon/hire  of  that  Name,  mar- 
ried Agnes  the  Sifter  of  "John  Lord  St.  John  of  Bafing,  who  married  the 
Earl's  Sifter :  She  was,  fay  the  Monks  of  Ford,  beloved  both  by  GOD  and 
Man,  for  her  humble,  meek  and  courteous  Behaviour  ;  and  they  fay  he  was 
but  Seventeen  Years  old  when  he  married  her,  and  they  lived  together  a- 
bout  Fifty  Three  Years,  and  Ihe  out-lived  him  about  Five  Years,  faith  the 
Regifter  of  Ford- Abbey,  and  died  on  Sunday  the  Feaft  of  the  Holy  Trinity 
and  St.  Barnabas  the  Apoftle,  in  the  Year  1340,  14  Edward  III.  and  was 
buried  on  Tuefday,  June  27,  in  a  folemn  Manner,  at  Cowick  near  Exeter, 
by  her  Husband.  This  Account  of  the  Time  of  her  Death  muft^  be  a  Mi- 
ftake,  if  Ihe  furvived  her  Husband  Five  Years ;  for  he  died  in  'the  Year 
1340,  as  the  Inquifition  taken  after  his  Death  doth  lay;  the  fame  Year 
that,  the  Regifter  faith  this  Lady  died  in. 

This  Hugh  Courtenay,  firft  Earl  of  Devonjhire  of  that  Family,  had  by 
his  Countels  Agnes,  1.  Hugh,  who  fucceeded  him  in  the  Earldom,  of  whom 
we  lhall  give  an  Account  in  the  next  Chapter ;  1.  John,  who  was  Abbot 
of  Taviftock,  the  greateft  Abbey  in  Devon/hire :  It  was  created  a  Mitred 
Abbey  about  twenty  Years  before  its  Diffolution :  It  was  founded  by  Or- 
dolph  Son  of  Oldgare  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  in  the  Year  96 1,  and  dedicated 
to  St.  Mary  and  St.  Burien  :  Its  Value  at  the  Diffolution  was  $02 1.  05  s. 
yd.  ob.  3.  Robert;  4.  Thomas;  and  two  Daughters,  1.  Eleanor,  who  was 
married  to  John  de  Gray  of  Codnor,  but  did  not  live  long ;  1.  Elizabeth, 
married  to  the  Lord  Bartholomew  L'J/le.  As  for  John,  he  is  named  firft, 
and  faid  to  be  the  eldeft  Son  by  thole  that  do  give  an  Account  of  the  Fa- 
mily ;  and  if  he  was  lb,  then  it  is  probable  that  he  was  not  fo  fit  for  an 
active  Life  as  his  fecond  Brother  was,  therefore  he  was  made  an  Abbot : 
But  becaufe  the  Inquifition  that  was  taken  after  the  Father's  Death  doth 
fay,  that  Hugh  was  his  Heir,  therefore  I  have  put  him  firft :  And  as  for 
Robert,  he  had  the  Manour  oiMoreton  given  to  him  by  his  Father,  and  he 

married 


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married  one  Joanna .,  who  had  the  Manours  of  Southleigh  and  Fair-  Chap.  VIL 

way j  and  he  had  a  Son  by  her  named  William.  Robert  the  Father  died  w*V\-y 
8  Edward  III.  and  Hugh  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  his  Brother,  paid  to  the  King 
Fifty  Shillings  as  a  Relief  for  Moreton :  William  the  Son  of  Robert  died  a 
Minor,  i  2  Richard  II.  and  then  Hugh  Earl  of  Devoupire  being  dead,  the 
Countefs  his  Widow  had  Moreton  for  her  Life :  And  as  for  'Thomas ;  the 
fourth  Son  of  Hugh  firft  Earl  of  Devon,  commonly  called  Sir  Thomas 
"Courtenay  of  Southpole,  he  was  put  in  Commiflion  with  his  Brother  Hugh 
Earl  of  Devon/hire,  to  lead  the  Devonjhire  and  Cornifo  Men  againft  the 
French  who  landed  in  the  Weft ;  and  they  bravely  beat  off  the  French,  and 
made  them  to  return  into  their  own  Country.  This  Thomas  did  likewife 
ferve  King  Edward  III.  in  his  Wars  in  Britain:  He  died  30  Edw.  III. 
He  married  Muriel  the  Daughter  and  Heir  of  John  de  Mulis,  and  had  Iffue 
by  her  a  Son  named  Hugh,  and  two  Daughters-  1.  Margaret ,  wedded  to 
Thomas  Teverell;  2.  Muriel,  married  to  John  Dinham:  Hugh  the  Son 
died  uTuelefs,  within  Age,  42  Edward  III.  feifed  of  the  Manours  of  Ma- 
perton,  South-Cadbery,  Wotton,  Cricket,  and  Northome,  in  the  County  of 
Somerfet ;  the  Manour  of  Kings -Carfw ell,  the  Hundred  of  Hay-Torr,  the 
Manour  of  Tole  and  Thurlefton,  Flymtree  and  Sutton-Lucy,  in  the  Parifh  of 
Widworthy,  all  in  the  County  of  Devon ;  the  Manour  of  Over-Wallop 
in  the  County  of  Southampton ;  and  the  Manour  of  Overton  in  the  County 
of  Oxon ;  whereupon  Partition  was  made  of  all  thefe  Eftates  between  Mar- 
garet his  elder  Sifter,  and  John  Dinham,  Son  and  Heir  of  Muriel  the 
younger  Sifter. 

In  Tiverton  Church,  in  Mr.  Weftcot's  Time,  were  the  Arms  of  Hugh  de 
Courtenay,  firft  Earl  of  Devonjhire  of  that  Name,  impaled  with  that  of 
his  Lady,  viz.  Or,  three  Torteaux,  with  a  Label  of  three  Joints  Azure, 
impaling  Argent  on  a  Chief  Gules,  two  Mullets  Or.. 

Chap.    VIII.  dhvitt 

UGH  Courtenay,  third  Baron  of  Okehampton  and  fecond  Earl 
of  Devonjhire  of  that  Name,  was  born  12,  July,  1303,  3$. 
Edward  I.  and  was  Thirty  Three  Years  old  and  upwards 
when  his  Father  died;  £b  fays  the  Regifter  of  Ford- Abbey; 
but  the  Inquifition  taken  after  his  Father's  Death  fays  Thir- 
ty :  He  married  Auguft  n,  1325,  10  Edward  11.  with  Mar-  1325, 
garet  Daughter  of  Humphry  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Ejfex,  and  Lord 
High  Conttable  of  England :  Her  Mother  was  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  that 
puuTant  King  Edward  I.  His  Father  fettled  upon  him  in  Marriage  his  Seat 
of  Colecomb,  with  the  Manour  thereof;  the  Manours  of  Waddefden,  Coker, 
and  other  Manours.  After  his  Father's  Death,  doing  his  Homage,  he  had 
Livery  of  his  Lands.  In  the  7  th  of  Edward  III.  his  Father  being  then 
alive,  he  was  in  that  Expedition  made  into  Scotland,  when  the  King  met 
the  Scots  Army,  and  flew  of  them  Eight  Earls,  One  Thoufand  Three  Hun- 
dred Horfemen,  and  of  the  common  Soldiers  Thirty  Five  Thoufand,  near 
Halidown-H.HL  In  the  Year  1330,  13  Edward  III.  when  the  King  af- 
ferted  his  Right  to  the  Crown  of  France  by  Force  of  Arms,  the  French 
made  an  Entry  into  Devon/hire  and  Cornwall ;  but  this  Hugh  Courtenay, 
after  Earl  of  Devon,  his  Father  being  then  alive,  with  the  Tojfe  comitatus 
drove  them  back  to  their  Ships  again.  In  the  8th  of  Edward  III.  he  ob- 
tained 


1 5  2  Part  III.     TJoe  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Ch.  VIII.  tained  a  Charter  for  a  Market  every  Saturday  at  his  Manour  of  Moreton 
^Y%>  m  the  County  of  Devon,  and  two  Fairs,  one  on  the  Eve,  Day  Morrow 
after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Andrew  the  Apoftle,  and  the  other  on  the  Eve,  Day 
Morrow  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  Margaret.  In  14  Edward  III.  the  fame 
Year  that  his  Father  died,  he  confirmed  to  the  Burgefles  of  Culliford  di- 
vers Liberties  and  Priviledges.  In  15  Edward  III.  a  Writ  was  directed  to 
him,  commanding  him  to  be  at  Newcafile,  24  January,  with  Sixty  Men 
at  Arms.  In  16  Edward  III.  he  was  in  that  Expedition  made  into  Brit- 
tany, with  One  Banneret,  Twelve  Knights,  Thirty  Six  Efquires,  and  Sixty 
Archers  on  Horfeback  of  his  Retinue;  in  which  Expedition  the  King  took 
divers  Caftles  and  ftrong  Holds  that  refilled  him,  and  then  he  befieged 
Vannes;  and  although  'Philip  de  Valois  came  down  againit  him  with  a 
great  Army,  there  was  a  Truce  made,  and  Vannes  was  delivered  to  the 
King;  and  no  doubt  he  accompanied  the  King  in  other  Expeditions  into 
France :  He  was  a  Man  ready  for  the  Service  of  his  Prince  both  in  Peace 
and  War,  had  not  ibme  Infirmity,  whatever  it  was,  befallen  him ;  for  in 
21  Edward  III.  he  was  fo  infirm,  that  he  was  not  able  to  go  with  the 
King  in  the  Expedition  that  was  then  made  beyond  Sea  j  and  about  that 
Time,  William  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Northampton,,  his  Brother-in-law,  and 
Hugh  de  Courtenay,  his  eldeft  Son,  moving  the  King,  that  he  might  be 
excufed  from  coming  to  Parliament,  or  any  other  Councils,  had  their  Re- 
queft  granted.  After  which,  in  24  Edward  III.  he  obtained  Leave  of  the 
King  to  travel  for  one  whole  Year;  and  in  that  fame  Year  the  Houfe  of 
the  White  Fryars  in  Fleet-Jireet  was  new  built  by  him.  In  35  Edward 
III.  this  Hugh  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  together  with  Richard  de  Branfcomh, 
High  Sheriff,  Henry  de  la  Tomeray,  &c.  with  the  Confent  of  the  County, 
and  by  the  King's  Mandate,  gave  Orders  to  Roger  Tiferel  and  Thomas  de 
Ajfeton,  Collectors  of  the  Affeflments,  to  pay  to  Henry  Tercehay  and  Ni- 
cholas Whiting,  Knights,  Sixteen  Pounds  for  their  Charges  in  ferving  the 
County  as  Knights  of  the  Shire  in  the  lalt  Parliament  held  at  Weftminjler ; 
and  they  did  likewife  witnefs  the  Receipt  of  the  Money ;  and  the  laid 
Order  is  dated  at  Exon,  Anno  R.  R.  Edvardi  III.  35.  In  44  Edward  III. 
this  Hugh  Earl  of  Devon/hire  gave  the  Profits  of  the  Market  of  the  Town 
of  Tiverton  for  the  Benefit  of  the  Poor  of  that  Parifti^  King  Edward  III. 
granted  to  this  Earl  a  Licence  to  entail  all  his  Poffefllons  in  Devon,  and 
many  Manours  that  were  in  other  Counties,  which  he  did  accordingly ;  and 
thereupon  levied  a  Fine,  which  Entail  of  his  Lands  was  to  Sir  'Philip 
Courtenay  his  Son,  the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenay's  Anceftor,  whereby 
Sir  William  enjoys  divers  ^great  Manours  to  this  Day :  Wherein  is  to  be  ob- 
ferved  the  Earl's  prudent  Provificn  for  the  future  Prefervation  of  his  Fami- 
ly, and  his  great  Wifdom  in  fettling  of  it  in  fuch  Manner,  that  all  the  fe- 
veral  Changes  of  fucceeding  Times,  which  were  many  and  dangerous,  could 
not  overturn  or  make  that  Foundation  which  he  laid,  whereby  the  Ho- 
nour of  his  Family  is  in  Part  fuftained  unto  this  Day ;  a  Thing  very  rare 
in  Families  of  that  Greatnefs  that  this  then  was,  and  ftill  is  in. .  In  46  Ed- 
ward III.  he  made  an  Entail  of  four  Manours  to  himfelf  and  his  Wife 
Margaret;  and  in  47  Edward  III.  he  made  another  of  Moreton  and  four 
Manours  more,  with  Remainder  to  Sir  'Philip  his  Son,  Sir  William  Courte- 
nay's Anceftor. 

This  Earl  was  fummoned  to  every  Parliament  in  all  the  long  Reign  of 

Edward  III.   He  lived  to  a  good  old  Age,  and  had  a  numerous  Iflue; 

feveral  of  his  Sons  were  Men  of  great  Renown,  and  famous  in  their  Time, 

as  we  Ihall  fee  hereafter.    He  died  at  Tiverton  upon  Saturday  next  pre- 

1377.     ceeding  the  Invention  of  the  Holy  Crofs,  the  laft  Year  of  Edward  III.  and 


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was  buried  in  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Exeter  s  He  had  by  his  Countefs  Ch.  VIIL 
fix  Sons  and  five  Daughters,  faith  Sir  William  Dugdale  ;  but  Sir  Teter    ^^j — * 
Ba,lly  Sir  William  Tote,  and  Mr.  JVeficot  do  fay,  he  had  eight  Sons  and 
nine  Daughters.     The   ift   Son  was  Hugh,  of  whom  I  Ihall  give  an  Ac-* 
count  in  the  next  Chapter;  1.  Thomas,  who  was  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  Ptyn'*  tybpt. 
the  County  of  Devon,  ji  Edward  III.   He  died  before  his  Father,  and  °f^a,l-f'ilt- 
was  buried  in  the  Augupne-Fryars  Churchj  London ;  3.  Edward,  firnamed 
of  Godlmgton ;  he  married  Emeline  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Sir  John  Daw- 
ney,  and  had  by  her  fixteen  Manours  :  He  died  before  his  Father  the  Earl, 
and  had  by  his  Lady  two  Sons,  1.  Edward,  who  came  to  be  Earl  after 
his  Grand-father ;    1.  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  of  Haccomb,  whole  Grand-fon 
Edward  was  reftored  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonshire,  upon  the  Failure  of 
his  elder  Brothers  Ilfue 4.  William,  of  whom  I  Ihall  fpeak  at  large  here- 
after ;  5.  John  ;  he  was  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  Devon/hire^  1  Richard II. 
and  fignalized  himfelf  at  a  famous  Tournament  in  France',  6.Thilip',  of  Pfyn,/o/.  366. 
him  and  his  Pofterity   I  fhall  fpeak  in  the  laft  Book ;   7.  Teter ;  of  him 
likewife  I  ihall  fpeak  more  hereafter;  8.  Humphry.    The  Daughters  were, 
u  Margaret,  the  Wife  of  John  Lord  Cobham;  1.  Elizabeth,  firft  mar- 
ried to  Sir  John  Vere,  Knight,  fecond  Son  to  Aubrey  de  Vere,  tenth  Earl 

of  Oxford,  afterwards  to Luterel;  3.  Catherine,  firft  married  to  the 

Lord  Harrington,  afterwards  to  Sir  Thomas  Engain ;  4.  Joan,  married  to 
Sir  John  Chiverfton ;  fhe  was  buried  in  the  Augupne-Fryars  Church,  Lon- 
don ;  5.  Anne,  who  died  unmarried ;  6.  Eleanor ;  7.  Guinora ;  8.  Ifabella ; 
<j.  Thilippa  :  One  of  the  four  laft  was  married  to  * .  . .  Drayton,  and  ano- 
ther, in  all  Probability,  to Cbampemoon ;  for  in  Tiverton  Church 

were  the  Arms  of  Cbampemoon  impaled  with  thofe  of  Courtenay,  and  the 
Countefs  of  Devonjhire  their  Mother  made  one  Other  Cbampemoon  one 
of  her  Executors. 

The  Earl's  Lady  continued  a  Widow  'till  her  Death,  which  was  about 
fifteen  Years  after  her  Husband's  Death ;  and  by  her  Teftament,  bearing 
Date,  a8  January,  14  Richard  II.  bequeathed  her  Body  to  be  buried  in 
the  Cathedral-Church  of  Exeter,  near  to  her  Lord  and  Husband;  order- 
ing, that  there  ftiould  be  no  other  Hearfe  for  her  than  plain  Bars  to  keep 
off  the  Prefs  of  the  People,  and  only  two  Tapers  of  five  Pounds  a-piece, 
one  at  the  Head  and  the  other  at  the  Feet,  without  any  Torches,  or  any 
other  Lights :  She  likewife  ordered,  that  upon  the  Day  of  her  Funeral 
Twenty  Pounds  ihould  be  given  to  poor  People,  viz.  to  every  one  a  Groat; 
and  that  for  the  Soul  of  her  Husband  and  her  own  Soul  Two  Hundred 
Pounds  ihould  be  diftributed  amongft  the  Daughters  of  Knights  and  Gen- 
tlemen towards  their  Marriage  Portions,  and  to  poor  Scholars  at  School : 
To  Margaret,  the  Daughter  of  her  Son  'Philip,  fhe  bequeathed  One  Hun- 
dred Marks  in  Augmentation  of  her  Portion ;  to  William  Arch-Bifhop  of 
Canterbury,  her  Son,  a  gilt  Chalice  and  MifTale;  to  her  Daughter  Cobham 
Forty  Pounds;  to  her  Daughter  Luterel  Ten  Pounds;  to  her  Daughter 
Engain  Forty  Pounds,  with  two  Trimers,  and  a  Book  called  Arthur  of 
Britain ;  to  her  Grand-fon  the  Earl  of  Devon  fhe  gave  all  her  Swans  at 
Topfham ;  to  her  Son  Thilip,  all  the  Furniture  of  her  Chapel,  Books,  Veft- 
ments,  Candlefticks,  Cffc.  to  her  Daughter  Anne  Courtenay,  a  Ring  with  a 
Diamond;  to  her  Son  Teter,  her  Bed  of  Red  and  Green  per  pale.  This 
laft  Will  of  Margaret  Countefs  of  Devonfhire,  I  found,  faith  Sir  Teter 
Ball,  regiftered  in  the  Prerogative-Office  of  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canter- 
bury, in  the  moft  antient  Book  of  that  Office,  entitled,  Regijlrum  de  tem- 
pore Willielmi  de  Courtenay,  Archiepifcopi  Cantuarienfis,  Anglise  Trima- 
tis,  &  Apofiolica  fedis  Legati  de  Anno  1384,  Q}  Annis  fequentibtts :  And     1384, 


154  Part  f    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I. 

Ch.VIIL  in  folio  15,  Cfttim*  Voluntas  Margarets  de  Courtenay,  Comitife  Devo- 
wv^*^  mentis.  It  is  dated  a8  January,  135)0,  as  was  faid  before,  and  compofed 
according  to  the  Guftom  of  that  Time  in  French.  She  died  upon  Wednes- 
day, 16  December,  15  Richard  IL  1301,  being  near  Eighty  Years  old, 
and  was  buried  near  her  Husband  in  the  Cathedral-Church  of  St.  Teter  in 
Exon;  and  in  the  Body  of  the  Church,  near  the  South  He,  ftands  erected 
a  fair  Altar  Monument,  with  the  Effigies  of  both  of  them  lying  upon  it, 
which  Monument  is  without  Infcription  or  Arms;  but  in  the  Window 
right  againft  it,  there  are  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  by  themfelves,  and  like- 
wife  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  Bohun,  'viz.  Azure,  a  Bend  Arg.  inter 
two  Cotifes  and  fix  Lyons  Rampant  Or;  and  in  the  Church  of  Tiverton 
are,  or  were,  the  Arms  of  this  Earl  impaled  with  thofe  of  his  Countefs,  as 
alio  in  Crediton  Church :  Over  this  Monument  was  a  fumptuous,  curious, 
little  Chapel  built,  which  has  been  for  fbme  Time  taken  down. 

This  Margaret  Countefs  of  Devonjhire  was  at  the  Time  of  her  Death 
feifed  of  the  third  Part  of  the  Manour  ofWaddefden  in  the  County  of  Bucks ; 
of  the  Manours  of  Ebrighton,  Hille,  juxta  Iwerne-Mhtfter,  in  the  County 
of  Dorfet;  the  Moiety  of  the  Manour  of  Crewkern;  the  Manour  of  Eaft- 
Coker  in  the  County  of  Somerset ;  of  the  Manours  of  Samford,  Tiverton, 
Colecumb;  half  the  Manour  of  Coliton;  the  Borough  of  Colyford;  the  Ma- 
nour and  Borough  of  Exminfter;  the  Manour  of  Kenn;  the  Advowfbn  of 
the  Abbeys  of  Ford  and  St.  James  near  Exeter ;  the  Manours  of  Newham, 
Top/ham,  and  WhitforA;  the  Moiety  of  the  Hundred  of  Coition;  the  Ma- 
nour and  Borough  of  Chymleigh ;  the  Manour  of  Caverly;  the  Manours  of 
Whitwill,  Buntsbear,  Norton, juxta  Stoke-Fkming,  Farway,  Honiton,  Mil- 
ton, Damarel,  Affington,  Boltberrie,  Northpole,  Cadleigh  and  Southleigh. 

Mr.  Weft  cot,  in  his  View  of  Devonfhire,  when  he  comes  to  Chymleigh f 
relates  a  Story  of  a  Countefs  of  Devonjhire,  which,  he  fays,  is  commonly 
told,  and  firmly  believed ;  the  Story  is  this :  "  A  poor  labouring  Man  in- 
u  habiting  the  Town  of  Chymleigh  had  many  Children,  and  not  willing  to 
"  have  any  more,  abfented  himfelf  from  his  Wife,  and  from  his  Home  for 
"  feven  Years ;  at  the  End  whereof  he  returned,  and  accompanied  with  his 
"  Wife  as  formerly :  She  conceived,  and  in  due  Courfe  of  Time  was  deli- 
"  vered  of  feven  Sons,  which  being  fo  fecretly  kept,  that  no  one  knew 
u  it  but  he  and  his  Wife,  he  refblveth  to  drown  them,  and  to  that  Pur- 
"  pofe  put  them  all  in  large  a:  Basket,  and  goes  towards  the  River :  The 
"  Countefs  of  Devon  being  there  at  that  Time,  as  fhe  went  Abroad  to 
"  take  the  Air,  met  him  with  his  Basket,  and  asked  him  what  he  car- 
*'  ried  in  it  ?  The  Man  anfwered,  They  were  Whelps :  Let  me  fee  them, 
"  faid  the  Lady  :  They  are  Puppies,  replied  he  again,  not  worth  the  rear- 
"  ing.  I  will  fee  them,  faid  the  Lady ;  and  the  more  unwilling  he  was 
"  to  fhew  them,  the  more  earneft  was  the  Lady  to  fee  them ;  which  he 
a  perceiving,  fell  on  his  Knees,  and  difcovered  his  Purpofe,  and  what  put 
u  him  upon  doing  it ;  which  as  fbon  as  the  Countefs  knew,  fhe  ordered 
"  all  of  them  to  be  carried  Home,  and  provided  Nurfes  and  all  Things  ne- 
u  ceflary  for  them :  They  all  lived  and  were  bred  up  to  Learning,  and 
"  being  come  to  Man's  Eftate,  fhe  gave  each  of  them  a  Prebend  in  this 
"  Parifh  -of  Chymleigh.  "  Which  I  think  are  now  vanifhed,  faith  Mr.  Weft- 
cot,  unleis  they  are  appropriated  to  the  Free-School  there  erected  by  the 
Earl  of  Bedford;  but  the  feven  Croffes  near  Tiverton  fet  up  upon  this 
Occafion  keeps  it  -ftill  in  Memory.  And  there  is  a  Place  not  far  from  Ti- 
verton, in  the  Way  to  Chymleigh,  now  called  the  Seven  Crops.  This 
fruitful  Birth,  with  the  whole  Hiftory  >  will  perchance  be  thought  ftrange; 
but  yet  if  we  read  the  Hiftory  of  the  Beginning  of  the  noble  Race  of  Welfs, 

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much  like  to  this,  but  far  ftranger,  regiftered  by  Camerarius,  Chancellor  Ch.  VIIL 
to  the  Free  State  of  Noremberg,  you  will  make  no  Wonder  of  it,  faith  my 
Author  j  and  perhaps  it  may  be  the  fame  Story,  with  lome  Difference,  re- 
lated and  applied  to  fome  of  our  Country :  But  if  the  Thing  was  really 
done  at  Cbymleigh,  the  Story  of  it  may  be  applied  to  this  Countefs  of  De- 
von fooner  than  to  any  other. 

Ifaac,  in  his  Memoirs  of  the  City  of  Exon,  relates  this  lame  Story 
and  applies  it  to  Isabella  de  Fortibus,  Countefs  of  Devon :  But  it  cannot 
be  applied  to  her;  for  neither  fhe,  nor  any  of  her  Anceftors,  were  ever 
Owners  of  Chymleigh  ;  for  that  Mahour  did  belong  to  the  Barony  of  Oke- 
hampton,  and  they  were  never  Barons  of  Okehampton,,  but  only  Earls  of 
Devonfbire :  But  this  Lady's  Husband  was  both  Baron  of  Okehampton  and 
Earl  of  Devonfbire,  and  this  Countefs  had  for  her  Jointure  both  Tiverton 
and  Chymleigh,  and  fhe  was  very  great  and  rich,  a  King's  Grand-daughter  j 
and  therefore  if  the  Thing  be  true,  it  muft  be  this  Lady  of  whom  it  is 
fpoken.  This  Margaret  de  Bobun,  Wife  to  Hugh,  fecond  of  that  Name, 
Earl  of  Devon/bite,  had  a  Sifter  named  Elizabeth,  who  was  married  to 
James  Earl  afOrmond,  and  this  Match  did  very  much  ennoble  the  Family 
of  Butler ;  for  he  was  made  Earl  upon  the  Account  of  this  Match  by  Ed- 
ward III.  Humphry  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Ejfex,  the  Father 
of  this  Countefs,  was  flain  a  little  before  fhe  was  married  to  the  Earl  of 
Devon/hire ;  the  Occafion  and  Manner  of  it  was  this :  Thomas  Earl  of  Lan- 
c after,  the  King's  Brother,  Humphry  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Effex,  who  had 
married  the  King's  Sifter,  and  other  Nobles,  were  in  Arms  againft  the 
King,  becaufe  he  would  not  put  from  him  the  two  Spencers,  Father  and 
Son.  The  King  with  his  Army  engaged  them  at  Burton  upon  Trent,  fub- 
dued  their  Forces,  and  put  them  to  Flight ;  whereupon  they  retired  farther 
North,  and  at  Burroughbrig  were  met  by  Sir  Simon  Ward,  Sheriff  of  Tork, 
and  Sir  Andrew  Harkeley,  Conftable  oiCarJlile',  Humphry  de  Bobun  was 
flain  by  a  jVelcbman,  who  thruft  him  into  the  Body  with  a  Spear  from 
under  the  Bridge,  as  he  ftrove  to  get  over  the  fame ;  and  the  Earl  of  Lan- 
cafier  was  taken  Prifoner,  and  the  third  Day  after  was  beheaded  at  Tom- 
fret.  It  is  not  likely  that  the  Earl  of  Hereford  was  buried  at  Exeter,  be- 
caufe he  died  in  the  North,  and  two  or  three  Years  before  the  Earl  of 
Devonfbire  married  his  Daughter ;  but  there  is  a  Monument  for  him  in 
the  South  He  of  the  Cathedral-Church  of  Exeter,  where  he  lieth  in  Effi- 
g*°,  all  in  Armour,  crofs-legged,  curioufly  cut  in  Stone ;  which  no  Doubt 
was  made  for  him  by  the  Earl  of  Devonfbire,  or  his  Countefs :  For,  as  Mr. 
Weaver  obferves,  in  thofc  Days  Monuments  were  erected  for  great  and 
famous  Men,  not  only  where  they  were  buried,  but  in  other  Places  alfa 
Over  the  Monument  in  a  marble  Table  is  this  Infcription. 

Epitaphium  Domini  Bohunni  illujtrijfimi 

quondam  Comitis  Herefordi*. 
O  Bohunne,  Comes ;  claro  de  Sanguine  nate9 

En  rapiunt  Vita  fiamina  fata  tua. 
Deficit  illujiri  viros  Mors  Jtemmate  natos, 

Infuper  obfeuros  deficit  ilia  Viros. 
Afpice  humanam  Bohunni  in  imagine  fort  em, 
Cunclos  Mors  panda  f alee  cruenta  fee  at. 

This  Epitaph  is  of  much  later  Date  than  the  Monument ;  for  it  was 
made  by  Mr.  John  Hooker,  (the  firft  Chamberlain  of  Exeter,  who  lived  in 
the  Reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth,  and  was  Uncle  to  the  famous  Mr.  Richard 
Hooker)  as  were  feyeral  others  over  the  Monuments  in  that  Church. 

CHAP. 


156   Part  HI.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 


tchap.ix  Chap.  IX. 

UGH  Courtenay,  eldeft  Son  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  Earl 
of  Devon/hire  of  that  Name,  commonly  called  Hugh  Cour- 
tenay  le  Fitz,  was  born  the  aid  of  March,  1327,  1  Ed- 
ward III.  He  was  in  that  Expedition  made  into  France, 
20  Edward  III.  in  which  was  fought  the  famous  Battle  of 
Crecy,  when  the  Englifh  got  the  greateft  Victory  that  ever 
the  French  loft,  there  being   flain  upon  the  Plain,  and  in  the  Purfuit, 
Thirty  Thoufand  of  the  French.    This  Victory  happened  upon  Saturday 
after  St.  Bartholomew's  Day,  20  Edw>  III.  after  which  Victory  the  King 
went  and  befieged  Calais,  and  the  French  King  came  with  an  Army  to 
raife  the  Siege,  which  when  he  found  he  could  not  effect,  he  fet  Fire  to 
his  Tents,  and  marched  off;  upon  which  Calais  was  delivered  up  to  the 
King.     And  in  the  following  Year,  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  being  amongft 
other  brave  Martialifts  at  a  Tournament  at  Eltham,  had  given  him  by  the 
King  an  Hood  of  white  Cloth,  embroidered  with  Men  in  the  Pofture  of 
Dancers,  buttoned  with  large  Pearls.     And  in  1343,23  Edwardlll.  April 
23,  (to  which  Time  Mr.  Ajhmole  fixes  the  Order  of  the  Garter)  he  was 
by  King  Edward  appointed  to  be  one  of  the  Founders  of  that  noble  Order. 
The  Names  of  all  the  Founders  Mr.  Cambden  hath  fet  down  in  his  Britan- 
nia, and  fays,  Here  I  think  it  will  not  be  amifs  to  fet  down  the  Names 
ofthofe  who  were  firfi  admitted  into  this  Order ;  for  their  Glory  can  never 
he  obliterated,  who  in  thofe  Days  for  Valour  and  military  Bravery  had 
very  few  Equals,  and  were  upon  that  Account  advanced  to  this  Honour* 
Sir  William  Dugdale,  and  fome  other  Hiftorians  do  fay,  that  it  was  not 
this  Hugh  Courtenay,  but  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire  his  Father,  that  was  one 
of  the  Founders  of  the  Order  of  the  Garter  :  But  Mr.  Ajhmole  fays  it  was 
this  Man ;  for  his  Father  the  Earl  was  infirm  at  that  Time,  and  could  not 
come  to  Court ;  and  befides,  if  it  had  been  the  Earl,  it  would  have  been 
put  down  Hugh  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  as  other  Earls  are  put  down  with 
their  Titles,  and  not  Hugh  Courtenay  only.     In  0.6  Edward  III.  1 354, 
this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  with  Sir  Thomas  his  Brother,  were  commiflioned 
by  the  King  to  arm  and  array  all  Perfons,  Knights,  Efquires,  and  others, 
within  the  Counties  of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  and  to  conduct  them  to  the 
Sea-Coaft,  to  oppofe  an  Invafion  then  feared  from  the  French:  And  in  30 
Edward  III.  he  was  fent  into  Britany,  with  other  Lords,  upon  the  King's 
eipecial  Service ;  and  in  all  Probability   he  was  in  the  famous  Battle  of 
Toi  fliers,  for  it  was  fought  that  Year,  when  Edward  the  Black  'Prince 
obtained  a  fignal  Victory  over  the  French ;  in  which  Battle  the  French 
King  was  taken  Prifoner  with  his  youngeft  Son.     The  French,  faith  the 
Hiftorian,  had  Fifty  Thoufand  Horfe  and  as  many  Foot,  the  Englifh  were 
not  above  Eight  or  Nine  Thoufand  in  all :  The  Englijh  are  faid  to  have 
taken  more  Prifoners  than  their  whole  Army  contained :  The  Battle  was 
fought  on  Monday,  September  1  0,  30  Edward  III.  1356'.    In  41  Edward 
III.  the  Prince  of  Wales  taking  Compaflion  upon  Don  Tedro  King  of 
Spain,  who  was  driven  out  of  his  Kingdom  by  his  Baftard-Brother  Henry, 
entered  Spain  with  a  great  Army :  There  went  with  him  this  Sir  Flugh 
Courtenay,  and  Sir  Philip  and  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  his  Brother? ;  and  in  a 
Battle  near  Navaret,  the  Prince  got  a  great  and  fignal  Victory,  put  the 
Enemy  to  Flight,  and  killed  near  One  Hundred  Thoufand,  with  little' Lois 
on  the  Prince's  Side.  The  Day  before  the  Fight,  Sir  Hugh,  Sir  Philip,  and 

Sir 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 5  7 

Sir  Denis  Courtenay^  &ith  Froiffard:  But  it  muft  be  Sir  Teter;  for  there  Chap.  IX;  A 

was  no  fiich  Man  as  Sir  Denis;  and  amongft  thofe  that  behaved  themfelves  ^QQ^^L^;  -; 

valiantly  in  that  Battle,  Froijfard  does  reckon  up  Sir  Hugh  and  Sir  T  hi  lip       01  ur '  V    • 

Courtenay.     The  Prince  ftaid  with  his  Army  in  that  Country  for  fome  rift*-* 

Time,  expecting  the  Money  that  Don  Tedro  had  promifed  him  to  pay 

his  Army  ;  but  Don  Tedro  delaying  the  Payment  of  it,  the  Prince  and  his 

Men  being  weary  of  flaying  in  that  hot  and  fickly  Country,  (for  many.of 

them  were  fick,  and  the  Prince  himfelf  was  indifpofed,  and  was  never  well 

afterward)  they  marched  away  :  And  when  the  Prince  was  moving  off,  he 

lent  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  and  Sir  John  Chandois  to  James  King  of  Majorca, 

to  know  whether  he  would  go  off  with  him  ;  and  he  fent  Anfwer,  that  he 

was  not  able  to  go  by  Reafon  of  Sicknels.     This  King  of  Majorca  came 

to  the  Prince  for  Help  againft  the  King  of  Arragon,  who  had  killed  his 

Father,  and  outed  him  of  his  Kingdom,  and  was  with  the  Prince  in  the 

Battle  which  was  fought  on  Saturday,  April  3,  1366.  1566. 

In  the  44th  of  Edward  III.  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  was  fummoned 
to  Parliament,  although  his  Father  was  then  living-  and  in  the  48th  of  that 
King  he  died,  as  appeareth  by  an  Inquifkion  taken  after  his  Death,  before 
his  Father,  in  the  Forty  Eighth  Year  of  his  Age.  He  had  been  Sharer 
with  the  King  and  Black  Trince  in  moft  of  the  Vi&ories  obtained  over 
the  French  j  and  no  doubt  he,  together  with  his  Brothers  Sir  'Thomas  and 
Sir  Edward,  was  in  that  warlike  Age  in  many  Battles  and  Engagements, 
although  their  Names  are  not  mentioned  in  Hiftory,  when  there  is  an 
Account  given  of  thofe  Battles,  as  were  the  younger  Brethren,  Sir  John, 
Sir  Thilip,  and  Sir  Teter,  in  the  Time  fucceeding  his  Death. 

This  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  eldeft  Son  to  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Daughter  to  Guy  Brian,  Lord  0$  Tor-Brian  in  Devon/hire, 
and  fhe  had  the  Manour  of  Honiton  in  Dower  or  Jointure :  She  was  Sifter 
to  the  famous  Guy  Lord  Brian,  who  was  Standard-Bearer  to  the  King 
in  the  famous  Battle  of  Crecy,  where  behaving  himfelf  with  great  Courage 
and  Valour,  in  Recompence  thereof,  he  had  a  Grant  of  Two  Hundred 
Marks  a  Year  out  of  the  Exchequer  for  Life.  This  Lord  Brian  was  a 
Baron  of  Parliament,  unto  which  he  was  fummoned  from  the  24th  of 
Edward  III.  to  the  1 3th  of  Richard  II.  And  in  26  Edward  III.  when 
Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  his  Brother-in-law,  was  commiffioned  to  array  the 
Men  of  Devon/hire  and  Cornwall,  he  was  one  of  the  Commiffioners  to 
arm  and  array  the  Men  of  Torkjhire  and  Berk/hire,  and  was  often  employ- 
ed by  the  King  in  his  Wars  in  France  and  Scotland;  in  all  which  he  be- 
haved himfelf  with  fo  great  Satisfa&ion  to  his  Prince,  that  he  was  ele&ed 
into  the  Society  of  the  moft  noble  Order  of  the  Garter. 

Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  had  by  his  Wife,  Sifter  to  the  Lord  Brian,  a  Son 
named  Hugh,  who  coming  to  Man's  Eftate  married  Matilda  Daughter  of 
Thomas  Holland,  Earl  of  Kent,  and  Joan  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  Edmund 
of  iVoodfiock,  Son  to  King  Edward  I.  who  was  for  her  Beauty  commonly 
called  The  Fair  Maid  of  Kent,  and  was  afterwards,  being  a  Widow,  mar- 
ried to  the  Prince  of  Wales,  commonly  called  The  Black  Trince,  and  by 
him  was  Mother  of  Richard  II.  King  of  England:  So  that  the  Lady 
which  Hugh  Courtenay,  Son  of  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  married,  was  Half-Si- 
fter to  King  Richard  II.  Daughter-in-law  to  the  Black  Trince,  and  Grand- 
daughter to  Edward  I.  This  Hugh  Courtenay,  Son  of  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay, 
died  young,  in  the  laft  Year  of  Edward  III.  1377,  before  his  Grand-father 
the  Earl,  who  died  the  fame  Year.  And  after  his  Death,  3  Richard  II. 
1380,  a  little  after  Eafter,  this  Lady  Matilda  Courtenay  his  Widow  (the 
faireft  Lady  in  England,  faith  Froi(Jard)  was  married  to  the  Lord  Vale- 

'  R  r  ran, 


1 5:8  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  IX.  ran,  Earl  of  St.  Taul,  who  having  been  taken  Prifoner  in  the  Marches  of 
x-'-v"^-'  Calais,  was  kept  in  the  Englijb  Court,  and  by  his  winning  Behaviour  did 
much  engage  the  Ladies  Affections  to  him.  The  Princefs  her  Mother  was 
at  firft  much  againft  the  Match,  but  at  laft  fhe  yielded,  and  the  King  her 
Brother  gave  his  Confent,  and  for  her  Dowry  bellowed  upon  the  Earl  the 
Manour  of  By  fleet.  Walfington  fays,  that  this  Marriage  was  celebrated  on 
the  O&aves  of  Eafter  at  Windfor,  with  great  Pomp,  and  the  Earl  got 
from  France  a  great  many  Muficians  and  Dancers  for  that  Purpofe. 

This  Lady  Matilda,  when  ihe  married  Hugh  Courtenay,  had  for  her 
Dower  the  Manour  of  Sutton-Courtenay  in  the  County  of  Berks,,  and  Wad- 
deaden  in  the  County  of  Bucks,  which  were  fettled  by  the  Earl  his  Grand- 
father upon  her,  and  the  Heirs  of  her  Body  begotten  by  him :  And  when 
the  Inquifition  was  taken  after  his  Death,  in  5 1  Edward  I.  the  Jurors 
did  fay,  that  he  died  without  any  Iflue  begotten  of  her.  Thefe  two,  Hugh 
Courtenay,  the  eldeft  Son  of  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  Hugh  his  Son, 
if  they  had  fucceeded  to  the  Earldom,  would  have  been  two  of  the  greateft 
Men  of  the  Age  they  lived  in.  The  Arms  of  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  eldeft 
.  Son  of  the  Earl,  are  in  Tiverton  Church  impaled  with  thofe  of  Brian,  viz. 
Or,  three  Tiles  in  Toint  Azure. 


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Chap.  X. 


Chap.   X. 


1 336'. 

Bp.  Godwin'; 
Catalogue  of 
Eifiaps. 
Jntiquitatcs 
Oxon.  lib.  z. 


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f  uliet'-sCfjwrh 
Hifto>y^  1  35. 


ILLIAM  Courtenay,  the  fourth  Son,  fays  Dugdale,  (the 
fifth  fays  Tole)  of  Hugh  the  fecond  Earl  of  Devon/hire  of 
that  Name,  and  Margaret  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  Humphry 
de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Ejfex,  by  Elizabeth  his 
Wife,  Daughter  of  King  Edward  I.  was  born  about  the  Year 
1336',  at  Exminfter  in  the  County  of  Devon,  as  he  himfelf 
faid  in  his  Will,  in  which  he  bequeathed  feveral  Things  to  the  Church  of 
St.  Martins  in  that  Parifh :  In  his  Youth  he  ftudied  the  Canon-Law  in 
Oxford  in  Exeter-CoYlege,  as  Mr.  Wood  thinks ;  which  College  Walter 
Stapleton,  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  had  built  and  endowed,  and  was  then  called 
Stapleton-YlaW,  but  fince  Exeter-College.  As  loon  as  he  had  entered  into 
Orders,  he  had  feveral  Eccleiiaftical  Preferments  conferred  upon  him  ;  as  a 
Prebend  in  the  Church  of  Exeter,  another  in  Wells,  and  another  in  the 
Church  ofTork,  belides  Benefices  of  Cure  of  Souls  •  and  being  Doctor  of  Laws, 
he  became  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity,  1 367, 41  Edward  III.  He  was  not 
chofen  in  that  Manner  that  others  were,  but  trie  Matters  Regent  and  Non- 
Regent,  in  a  Convocation  held  the  Thurfday  before  Whitfunday,  that  they 
might  pay  that  Refpeft  to  him  that  was  due  to  a  Perfon  of  his  high  Birth, 
(for,  as  Mr.  Wood  fays,  he  was  the  King's  Coufin)  defired  him,  that  he 
would  Honour  that  Office  by  accepting  of  it,  and  taking  it  upon  him: 
But  it  doth  not  appear,  fays  Mr.  Wood,  that  he  was  confirmed  by  the 
Bifhop  of  the  Diocefe,  (the  Bifhop  of  Lincoln)  that  Power  of  the  Bifhop 
being  about  that  Time  taken  away :  He  was  Chancellor  again  in  the  Year 
1368;  and  in  next  the  Year,  1360,  he  occurs  Chancellor  again:  And  in 
that  Year  he  was  elected  Bifhop  of  Hereford,  being  no  leis  famous,  as 
Arch-Bifhop  Tarker  fays,  for  his  Learning  and  Prudence  than  for  his 
great  Nobility.  After  he  had  fate  there  five  Years  and  an  half,  he  was 
tranflated  to  London,  in  the  Year  1375,  40  Edward  III.  at  that  Time 
when  Simon  Sudbury  was  tranflated  from  London  to  Canterbury.  In 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 59 

In  1376,  50  Edward  III.  a  Convocation  was  called  by  Simon  Sudbury,  Chap.  X. 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  to  meet  at  St.  Taul's  in  Loudon,  (the  Parlia-  J^X^tel 
ment  then  fitting  at  Weftminfter)  where  Wicklif  was  fummoned  to  appear,  M^ummu 
and  he  came  accordingly,  but  in  a  different  Manner  than  what  was  expected ;  Kehnety  row 
for  four  Fryers  chofe  out  of  the  four  Orders,  Batchelors .  of  Divinity,  by  foflmhiiZ 
the  Duke  of  Lancafter's  Order  affitted  him :  The  Lord  Tiercy,  Earl  Mar- 
fhal  of  England,  did  ufher  him  in,  and  the  •  Duke  of  Lancafter  himfelf 
attended  him.  The  Enmity  that  thefe  Lords  had  to  the  Prelates  was  the 
only  Caufe  of  the  Kindnefs  that  they  fhewed  to  Wicklif;  and  they  en- 
couraged him  all  they  could,  and  bid  him  not  to  be  afraid  at  the  Sight  of 
the  Bifhops;  for  they  are  all,  faid  the  Duke,  unlearned  in  Refpeft  of  you. 
Great  was  the  Concourfe  of  the  People  that  came  to  fee  and  hear  what  was 
done,  fb  that  the  Lord  Tiercy  could  fcarcely  break  through  the  Croud 
in  the  Church ;  and  the  Noife  and  the  Difturbance  that  he  made  highly 
offended  the  Bifhop  of  London,  as  profaning  the  Place  and  difturbing  the 
Affembly ;  whereupon  there  followed  a  fharp  Conteft  between  them :  Bi- 
fhop Courtenay  faid  to  the  Lord  Tiercy,  If  I  had  known  what  Difturb- 
ance you  would  have  made  in  the  Church,  I  would  have  keft  you  out ': 
Upon  which  the  Duke  of  Lancafter  faid,  He  fhall  ufe  his  Authority  here, 
although  you  fay  Nay.  And  the  Lord  Tiercy  faid,  Wicklijf  fit  down; 
for  you  have  many  Things  to  anfwer  to,  and  you  had  Need  to  repofe 
yourfelf  on  a  foft  Seat :  The  Bifhop  faid,  It  is  unreasonable  that  one  cited 
before  his  Ordinary  fhould  fit  during  his  Anfwer :  He  muft  and  fhall  ft  and. 
The  Duke  of  Lancafter  faid,  My  Lord  Tiercy's  Motion  for  Wicklijf  is 
but  reafonable ;  and  as  for  You,  my  Lord  Bifhop,  who  are  grown  fo  proud 
and  arrogant,  I  will  bring  down  your  Pride,  and  the  Pride  of  all  the  Pre- 
lates in  England.  The  Bifhop  faid  to  him,  Do  your  worft :  Then  faid  the 
Duke,  Thou  beareft  thy  felf  fb  high  upon  thy  Parents,  who  fhall  not  be 
able  to  help  thee ;  they  fhall  have  enough  to  do  to  help  themfelves.  The" 
Bifhop  made  Anfwer,  'My  Confidence  is  not  in  my  Barents,  nor  in  any 
Man  elfe,  but  only  in  GOD,  in  whom  I  truft,  by  whofe  A/J> jlance  I  will 
be  bold  to  ffeak  the  Truth.  Then  the  Duke  faid,  Rather  than  I  will  take 
this  at  his  Hands,  I  will  pluck  him  by  the  Hair  of  the  Head  out  of  the 
Church.  Thefe  laft  Words  of  the  Duke,  although  but  foftiy  whifpered 
in  the  Ear  of  one  that  flood  next  to  him,  were  notwithstanding  over-heard 
by  fbme  of  the  Londoners,  who  being  enraged  that  fuch  an  Affront  fhould 
be  offered  to  the  Bifhop,  fell  furioufly  upon  the  Lords,  who  were  fain  to 
depart  for  the  prefent,  and  by  getting  away  privately  to  fecure  themfelves. 
The  Londoners  cried  out,  That  they  would  not  fee  their  Bifoop  to  be  thus 
abufed,  but  would  lofe  their  Lives  rather  than  he  Jbould  be  pilled  out  of 
the  Church  in  that  Manner  as  the  Duke  threatened.  By  this  Difturbance 
it  came  to  pafs,  that  the  Court  broke  up  before  Nine  a-Clock,  and  Wick- 
■  lif  was  at  that  Time  commanded  by  the  Court  not  to  preach  any  more 
fuch  Falfe  Doctrines  as  he  was  accufed  of:  And  the  Duke  ?.nd  the  Lord 
Tiercy  went  that  Morning  to  the  Parliament,  where  the  fame  Day  a  "Bill 
was  put  up  before  Dinner,  in  the  Name  of  the  King,  by  the  Lord  Tho- 
mas Woodftock  and  Lord  Henry  Tiercy,  containing,  That  the  City  of  Lon- 
don fhould  no  more  be  governed  by  a  Mayor,  but  by  a  Captain,  as  in 
Times  paft ;  and  that  the  Marfhal  of  England  fhould  take  the  An  efts  in 
that  City,  as  in  other  Cities;  with  other  Claufes  more,  tending  to  the 
Prejudice  of  the  Liberties  of  the  City  of  London:  Which  Bill  being^  read, 
John  Thilpot,  Citizen  for  the  City,  ftood  up  and  faid,  That  this  was  never 
fo  feen  before  ',  adding  moreover,  That  the  Mayor  would  never  fufer  any 
fuch  Thing,  or  any  other  An  eft  than  tifual,  to  be  brought  into  the  City ; 

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1 60  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  with  other  Words  of  the  like  Nature.  The  next  Day  the  Londoners  af- 
v^/W  fembled  themfelves  in  a  Common-Council,  to  confider  among  themfelves 
about  the  Bill  for  taking  off  the  Mayor,  and  about  the  Office  of  the  Marfhal, 
as  alio  concerning  the  Injuries  done  the  Day  before  to  the  Biihop.  And 
whilft  they  were  in  Council,  they  were  informed  by  the  Lord  Fitzwalter, 
that  the  Lord  Tiercy  had  in  his  Houfe,  within  the  Liberties  of  the  City, 
one  in  Ward  and  Cuftody;  whereupon  the  Citizens  in  all  Hafte,  being 
in  great  Fury,  ran  to  their  Arms,  and  went  forthwith  to  the  Lord  Tier- 
cy's  Houfe,  where  breaking  open  the  Gates  by  Violence,  they  took  out 
the  Prilbner,  and  burnt  the  Stocks  wherein  he  was  put  in  the  Middle  of 
the  Street :  Then  they  fought  for  the  Lord  Tiercy,  whom  doubtlefs  they 
would  have  flain  if  they  could  have  found  him;  but  he  was  then  with  the 
Duke,  whom  one  John  Tf>er  had  that  Day  invited  to  Dinner.  The  Lon- 
doners not  finding  the  Lord  Tiercy  at  Home,  and  fuppofing  he  was  with 
the  Duke,  went  in  all  Hafte  to  the  Savoy  to  the  Duke's  Houfe,  and  he 
not  being  at  Home  they  were  difappointed.  In  the  mean  Time,  one  of 
the  Duke's  Servants  went  to  the  Duke  and  the  Lord  Tiercy,  telling  them 
what  was  done :  The  Duke  was  then  eating  Oyfters,  and  he  leaving  his 
Oyfters  went  fb  haftily  away,  that  he  broke  both  his  Shin's  againft  the 
Form,  getting  out  in  Hafte ;  and  he  took  Boat  with  the  Lord  Tiercy  and 
went  to  Kingfton,  where  then  the  Princefs  with  Richard  the  young  Prince 
did  lie.  The  Londoners  in  the  Streets  meeting  a  Prieft  that  fpoke  againft 
their  Doings,  did  fo  beat  him,  that  he  died  a  few  Days  after  of  his  Wounds : 
Neither  would  the  Rage  of  the  People  thus  have  ceafed,  but  they  would 
have  pulled  down  the  Duke's  Houfe,  had  not  Bifhop  Courtenay,  leaving 
his  Dinner,  come  to  them  to  the  Savoy,  and  putting  them  in  Mind  of  the 
Holy  Time  of  Lent,  perfwaded  them  to  depart. 

The  Articles  that  were  then  collected  out  of  Wicklijf's  Sermons,  and 
which  were  thought  Heretical,  were,  as  Mr.  Fox  lays,  thefe  that  follow : 
"  1.  That  the  Holy  Eucharift  after  Confecration  is  not  the  Body  ofChrift 
"  but  figuratively.  2.  That  the  Church  of  Rome  is  not  the  Head  of  all 
"  Churches,  more  than  any  other  Church  is;  nor  that  Teter  had  any  more 
"  Power  given  of  Chriji  than  any  other  Apoftle  had.  3.  That  the  Pope 
"  of  Rome  hath  no  more  Power  of  the  Keys  of  the  Church  than  hath  any 
"  other  within  the  Order  of  Priefthood.  4.  If  G  O  D  be,  the  Lords  Tem- 
"  poral  may  lawfully  and  meritorioufly  take  away  the  Temporalities  from 
"  the  Churchmen  offending  habitnaliter.  5.  If  any  Lord  does  know  the 
"  Church  fo  offending,  he  is  bound  under  Pain  of  Damnation  to  take  the 
"  Temporalities  from  the  fame.  6.  That  all  the  Gofpel  is  a  Rule  fufficient 
"  of  itfelf  to  rule  the  Life  of  every  Chriftian  Man  here,  without  any  other 
"  Rule.  7.  That  all  other  Rules,  under  whofe  Obfervances  divers  Reli- 
"  gious  Perfbns  be  governed,  do  add  no  more  Perfection  to  the  Gofpel,  than 
"  doth  the  white  Colour  to  the  Wall.  8,  That  neither  the  Pope,  nor  any 
"  other  Prelate  of  the  Church,  ought  to  have  Prifons  wherein  to  punifh 
"  Tranfgreffors. " 
Ami-  Mr.  Wood  fays,  that  a  great  Quarrel  that  happened  fome  Time  before  in 
the  TJniverfity  of  Oxford,  between  the  Scholars  and  Townfmen,  continued 
pig.z'%,  '  home  to  this  Year;  and  the  Scholars  not  minding  the  King's  Orders  which 
1 376'  he  fent  to  them  before,  the  King  committed  the  Suppreffing  the  Diforders 
to  certain  wife  Men  who  had  been  formerly  of  the  Univerfity,  viz.  to 
William  Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  London,  Thomas  Arundel,  Bifhop  of  Ely, 
and  others,  of  whom  any  three  or  four  of  them  fhould  have  Power  of  hear- 
ing and  determining  the  Matter. 

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Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  16 1 

The  next  Year,  being  1377,  King  Edward  III.  after  he  had  reigned  51    Chap.  X. 
Years,  departed  this  Life,  in  the  Sixty   Fourth  Year  of  his  Age.    King   v-/"V~Vy' 
Richard^  fecond  Son  of  Prince  Edward,  commonly  called  the  Black  Prince, 
being   but  Eleven  Years  old,  began  his  Reign,  June  ai,  1377.     About     1377. 
Michaelmas  a  Parliament  met  in  the  firft  Year  of  the  King ;  and  the  firft 
Thing  that  was  done,  was  a  Petition  made  by  the  Commons,  that  a  Coun- 
cil might  be  joined  to  the  King's  Officers  to  advife  him  in  the  Affairs  of 
the  Government  •  and  the  Counfellors  were  appointed  by  Parliament,  <-0'Jz. 
William  Bilhop  of  London,  the  Bifhops  of  Carlijle  and  Salisbury,  the 
Earls  of  March  and  Stafford,  Sir  Richard  de  Stafford  and  Sir  Henry  le 
Scroop,  Bannerets,  Sir  John  Devoreaux  and  Sir  Hugh  Segrave,  Knights. 

This  Year  there  were  certain  Articles  drawn  out  of  Wtckliffs  Works  by 
the  Bifhops,  and  fent  to  Pope  Gregory  at  Rome,  where  the  faid  Articles 
being  read  and  perufed,  were  condemned  by  Three  and  Twenty  Cardinals : 
And  the  faid  Pope  the  next  Year,  1378,  fendeth  his  Bull,  by  the  Hands  1378; 
of  Edmund  Stafford,  Son  of  the  Earl  of  Stafford,  and  afterwards  Bilhop  of 
Exeter,  dire&ed  unto  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford,  in  which  he  rebukes 
them  fharply  for  fuffcring  the  Do&rine  of  John  Wickliff  to  take  Root. 
Befides  this  Bull  fent  to  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford,  the  Pope  fent  Letters 
at  the  fame  Time  to  Simon  Sudbury,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  to  Wil- 
liam Courtenay,  Bilhop  of  London,  with  the  Conclufions  of  Wickliffthere- 
in  enclofed,  commanding  th'em,  by  Virtue  of  thofe  his  Letters  Apoltolical, 
and  ftri&ly  enjoining  them  to  caufe  the  faid  John  Wickliff '.to  be  appre- 
hended and  caft  into  Prilbn ;  and  that  the  King  and  Nobles  fhould  be  ad- 
moniihed  by  them  not  to  give  any  Credit  to  the  faid  John  Wickliff,  or  to 
his  Doctrine ;  and  at  the  fame  Time  he  writeth  a  Letter  to  the  King  to  be 
aiding  and  affilting  to  the  Bifhops  in  fuppreffing  the  Do&rine  of  Wickliff. 

The  Articles  inclofed  in  the  Letters  are  thefe  that  follow : 

"  1.  All  the  Race  of  Mankind  here  on  Earth,  befides  Chriji,  have  no 
"  Power  fimply  to  ordain,  that  Teter  and  all  his  Offfpring  fhould  politickly 
"  rule  over  the  World  for  ever.  2.  G  O  D  cannot  give  to  any  Man  for 
"  him  and  his  Heirs  any  Civil  Dominion  for  ever.  3.  All  Writings  invent- 
"  ed  by  Men,  as  touching  perpetual  Heritage,  are  impolfible.  4.  Every 
"  Man,  being  in  Grace  juftifying,  hath  not  only  Right  unto  the  Thing, 
"  but  alio  for  his  Time  hath  PJght  indeed  to  all  the  good  Things  of  G  OD. 
"  j.  A  Man  cannot  only  miniftratorioufly  give  any  temporal  or  continual 
"  Gift,  either  as  well  to  his  Natural  Son,,  as  to  his  Son  by  Imitation.  6. 
"  If  GOD  be,  the  Temporal  Lords  may  lawfully  and  mcritorioufly  take 
"  away  the  Riches  from  the  Church  when  they  do  offend  habitnaliter.  7. 
"  We  know  that  Chriji's  Vicar  cannot,  neither  is  able  by  his  Bulls,  neither 
"  by  his  own  Will  and  Content,  neither  by  the  Confent  of  his  College, 
"  either  to  make  able  or  difable  any  Man.  8.  A  Man  cannot  be  excommu- 
*'  nicated  to  his  Hurt  or  Undoing,  except  he  be  firft  and  principally  excom- 
"  municated  by  himfelf.  p.  No  Man  ought,  but  in  G  O  D's  Caufe  alone,  to 
"  excommunicate,  fufpend,  or  forbid,  or  otherwife  to  proceed  to  Revenge  by 
"  Ecclefiaftical  Ceniure.  10.  A  Curfe  or  Excommunication  doth  not  fimply 
"  bind,  but  in  cafe  it  be  pronounced  and  given  out  againft  the  Adverfary  of 
"  GO  D's  Law.  11.  There  is  no  Power  given  by  any  Example,  either 
"  by  Chriji  or  his  Apoftles,  to  excommunicate  any  Subjed,  efpecially  for 
"  denying  any  Temporalties,  but  rather  contrary  wife.  1  a.  The  Difciples 
"  of  Chriji  have  no  Power  to  exaft,  by  any  Civil  Authority,  Temporalties 
*  by  Cenfures.    13.  It  is  not  poflible  by  the  abfolute  Power  of  GOD,  that 

S  f  «  if 


\6i  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  "  if  the  Pope,  or  any  other  Chriftian,  do  pretend  by  any  Means  to  bind  or 
v^-v — '  "  loofe,  that  he  doth  thereby  fo  bind  and  loofe.  14.  We  ought  to  believe, 
"  that  the  Vicar  of  Chriji  doth  at  fuch  Times  only  bind  and  loofe,  when  as 
"  he  worketh  conformably  by  the  Law  and  Ordinance  of  Chriji.  15.  This 
"  ought  univerfally  to  be  believed,  That  every  Prieft,  rightly  and  duely 
"  ordered  according  to  the  Law  of  Grace,  hath  Power,  according  to  his  Vo- 
"  cation,  whereby  he  may  minifter  the  Sacraments,  and  confequently  ab- 
"  folve  any  Man  confeffing  his  Fault,  being  contrite  and  penitent  for  the 
«  fame.  16.  It  is  lawful  for  Kings,  in  Caufes  licenfed  by  the  Law,  to 
«  take  away  the  Temporalties  from  the  Spiritualty  finning  habualiter  j 
"  that  is,  which  continue  in  the  Cuftom  of  Sin,  and  will  not  amend.  1 7, 
"  Whether  they  be  Temporal  Lords,  or  any  other  Men,  whatfoever  they 
"  be,  which  have  endowed  any  Church  with  Temporalties,  it  is  lawful  for 
"  them  to  take  the  fame  Temporalties,  as  it  were  by  Way  of  Medicine,  to 
a  avoid  Sin,  notwithstanding  any  Excommunication,  or  other  Ecclefiaftical 
"  Cenfure,  foraf much  as  they  are  not  given  but  under  a  Condition.  1 8. 
"  An  Ecclefiaftical  Minifter,  and  alfo  the  Bifhop  of  Rome,  may  lawfully  be 
"  rebuked  of  his  Subje&s,  and  for  the  Profit  of  the  Church  be  accufed  ei- 
"  ther  of  the  Clergy  or  of  the  Laity. " 

When  the  Bilhops  had  received  the  Letters  from  the  Pope  with  thefe 
Articles  inclofed,  they  declared  in  a  Provincial  Council,  "  That  all  Manner 
"  of  Refpe&s,of  Fear  or  Favour  fet  apart,  no  Perfon,  neither  High  nor  Low, 
"  ihould  let  them,  neither  would  they  be  feduced  by  the  Intreaty  of  any 
"  Man,  nor  by  any  Threatnings  nor  Rewards ;  but  in  this  Caufe  they 
"  would  execute  moft  furely  upright  Juftice  and  Equity ;  yea  albeit  pre- 
"  lent  Danger  of  Life  Ihould  follow  thereupon.  "  And  John  Wickliff  was 
again  ordered  to  appear  before  the  Arch-Bifhop  Simon  Sudbury  at  Lambeth, 
where,  whilft  he  was  upon  his  Examination,  a  certain  Perfon  of  the  King's 
Court,  one  Lewis  Clifford,  entering  in  amongft  the  Bilhops,  commanded 
them  in  the  King's  Name,  that  they  Ihould  not  proceed  to  any  definitive 
Sentence  againft  John  Wicklif;  and  fo  he  efcaped  the  fecond  Time  out  of 
the  Hands  of  the  Bilhops,  and  was  by  them  difmiffed,  after  he  had  exhi- 
bited in  Writing  unto  the  Biftiops  a  Proteftation,  with  his  Expofition  upon 
the  faid  Articles,  which  is  at  large  in  Mr.  fox. 

1378.  In  this  Year,  1378,  a  Richard  II.  there  was  committed  a  barbarous 
Murder  in  the  San&uary  at  Weftminfter,  which  whether  caufed  by  the 
Duke  of  Lancajier  or  not,  is  uncertain ;  yet  he  was  fo  far  concerned  in  it, 
CompU.niMo-  as  t^at  lt  redounded  much  to  his  Difhonour,  and  encreafed  the  Hatred  of 
tyof  England,  him  amongft  the  People.  The  Occafion  of  it  was  this:  In  the  War  which 
Edward  the  Black  Trince  had  in  Spain  for  the  Reftoration  of  Teter  King 
of  Cafiille  and  Leon,  two  Gentlemen,  Robert  Hawl  and  John  Shakell,  had 
by  their  Valour  taken  the  Earl  of  Denia  Prifoner ;  and  that  fuch  brave 
A&ions  might  be  encouraged,  the  Prince  himfelf,  and  Sir  John  Shandois,  a 
Chief  Commander  under  him,  gave  him  to  the  Gentlemen  to  make  the  beft 
of  his  Ranfom.  The  Earl  being  thus  left  in  their  Hands,  made  an  Agree- 
ment with  them  for  his  Liberty,  and  left  his  Son  as  a  Hoftage  'till  the 
Ranfom  was  paid,  which  the  Earl  neglecting,  the  Earl's  Son  remained  with 
them  many  Years.  The  Duke  of  Lancafter,  who  had  married  one  of  the 
Heireffes  of  the  Crown  of  Spain,  who  were  kept  out  of  their  Right  by 
their  Uncle,  calling  about  to  find  out  all  Ways  how  to  recover  his  Wife's 
Right,  thought  upon  the  Reftitution  of  the  Earl  of  Denia's  Son,  whereby 
he  might  oblige  his  Father  to  engage  in  his  Intereft,  and  make  a  Party 

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among  his  Friends  for  him ;  wherefore  the  Duke  fends  to  Mr.  Hawl  and  Chap.  X. 
Shakell,  in  the  King's  Name,  to  deliver  up  their  Prifoner ;  and  becaufe  ^•W 
they  obftinately  refilled,  he  caufcd  them  to  be  imprifoned  in  the  Tower : 
The  Gentlemen,  though  thus  unjuftly  handled,  yet  kept  him,  and  after 
iome  Time  made  their  Efcape  out  of  the  Tower,  and  got  to  the  Sanctuary 
at  Weftminfter,  where  they  hoped  to  find  more  Liberty  and  kinder  Ufage. 
The  Conftable  of  the  Tower,  Sir  Allen '  Buxhall,  a  great  Friend  of  the 
Duke's,  much  troubled  at  this  Efcape,  contrived  with  the  Lord  Latimer 
and  Sir  Ralph  Ferrers,  two  of  the  Duke's  Creatures,  to  take  them  by 
Force  out  of  the  Sanduary,  and  accordingly,  with  a  fufficient  Strength  of 
armed  Men,  entered  the  Abbey-Church  when  the  Monks  were  at  Prayers, 
and  leized  upon  the  two  Gentlemen :  Mr.  Hawl  made  fbme  Oppofition, 
and  was  flain  in  the  Choir  with  a  Monk,  and  his  Servant  who  ftood  up  for 
his  AiBftance  j  but  Mr.  Shakell  they  carried  away  with  them  to  the  Tower, 
from  whence  he  at  length  got  his  Freedom  by  refigning  his  Prifoner  unto 
them,  upon  Condition,  that  he  mould  receive  an  Hundred  Marks  per  An- 
num, and  that  the  King  fhould  found  a  Chauntry  of  Five  Priefts  to  pray 
for  the  Souls  of  Mr.  Hawl  and  his  Servant.  This  Violation  of  the  Sanctu- 
ary was  fo  highly  refented  by  the  Arch-Bifhop,  Bifhop  of  London,  and 
other  Bifhops,  that  they  excommunicated  all  that  were  Affiftants  in  this 
Murder,  except  the  King,  Queen,  and  Duke  of  Lane  after  ;  and  the  Bi- 
fhop of  London  pronounced  the  Excommunication  every  Sunday,  Wednes- 
day, and  Friday  for  a  long  Time  after.  The  King,  looking  upon  it  as  a 
Reflection  upon  himfelf  and  the  Duke,  fent  to  the  Bifhop  to  forbear  read- 
ing the  Excommunication,  who  not  regarding  the  Order  was  fummoned  to 
Windsor  ',  but  he  would  not  obey  :  Whereupon  the  Duke  of  Lancafter  in 
a  Rage  told  the  King,  That  he  would  fetch  the  Bifhop  by  Force  to  him,  in 
Spite  of  thofe  Rebels  the  Londoners,  if  he  would  give  him  Leave.  Thefe 
Words  loft  the  Duke  the  Good-will  of  the  City,  and  made  him  generally 
thought  the  Author  of  the  Murder. 

In  the  Year  1380,  William  Barton,  Chancellor  of  Oxford,  calling  unto  138c* 
him  Eight  Monaftical  Doctors  and  Four  other,  with  the  Confent  of  the 
Univerfity,  did  put  forth  an  Edict,  fealed  with  the  common  Seal  of  the 
Univerfity,  in  which  he  threatens  with  a  fevere  Penalty  all  thofe  that 
mould  affociate  themfelves  with  the  Favourers  of  Wickliff;  and  unto  Wickr 
/ij^ himfelf  he  threatned  the  greater  Excommunication,  and  further,  Impri- 
fonment,  and  to  all  his  Favourers,  unlefs  that  they,  after  three  Days  Ca- 
nonical Admonition,  did  repent  and  amend :  Which  when  Wickliff  under- 
ftood,  he  thought  to  appeal  to  the  King's  Majefty  ;  but  the  Duke  of  Lan- 
cafter coming  between  forbad  him,  and  told  him,  That  he  fhould  not  for  the 
future  attempt  or  begin  any  fuch  Matters,  but  rather  fhould  fubmit  him- 
felf unto  the  Cenfure  and  Judgment  of  his  Ordinary.  Wickliff"  being  thus 
beiet  with  Troubles,  fays  Mr.  Fox,  was  forced  once  more  to  make  Con- 
feffion  of  his  Doctrine ;  in  which  Confeflion,  to  avoid  the  Rigour  of  Things, 
he  anfwered  as  before,  making  his  Declaration,  and  qualifying  his  Affer- 
tions  after  fuch  a  Sort,  that  he  did  mitigate  and  affwage  the  Rigour  of  his 
Enemies.  But  Mr.  Wood  fays,  that  the  Univerfity,  upon  the  receiving  the  Wood'*  Jntv 
Pope's  Letter,  did  condemn  the  Articles  taken  out  of  Wickliff  s  Works  as  ^"0%"[ 
heretical,  and  that  Wickliff  was  made  to  recant:  And  that  in  the  Year 
1380,  Wickliff being  in  great  Danger,  and  not  knowing  which  Way  to. 
get  out  of  it,  was  forced  to  recant  a  fecond  Time  before  the  Chancellor 
and  many  Doctors  of  the  Univerfity,  there  being  prefent  alfo  the  Arch- 
bifhop  of  Canterbury,  the  Bifhop  of  London,  and  other  Bifhops. 

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1 64  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the     Book  I. 

The  next  Year,  1 381,  the  Commons  of  Ejfex  and  Kent  rebelled  by  Rea- 
fon  of  a  great  Tax  that  was  laid  upon  the  People,  and  they  drew  toge- 
ther and  went  to  Maidfione,  from  thence  to  Blackheath,  and  fo  to  Lon- 
don, and  entered  the  Tower,  and  took  out  the  Arch-Bifhop  Simon  Sud- 
bury, with  fome  others,  and  beheaded  them  on  Tower-Hill:  They  put  to 
Death  all  that  they  found  belonging  to  the  Law,  and  all  f lemmings,  and 
deftroyed  all  the  Books  of  Law,  Records,  and  Monuments  that  they  could 
meet  with,  and  fet  all  Prifoners  at  Liberty.  The  King  offered  them  Peace, 
upon  Condition  they  would  ceafe  Burning  Houfes  and  Killing  of  Men, 
which  the  Ejfex-M.cn.  accepted  of  and  went  Home  ;  but  the  Kentifb-Mcn 
ftaid  burning  and  deftroying  as  before  :  Whereupon  the  King  fent  Sir  John 
Newton,  Knight,  to  Wat  'Tyler  their  Captain,  to  intreat  him  to  come  and 
talk  with  the  King :  The  Knight  doing  his  Meffage,  Wat  Tyler  anfwered, 
He  would  come  at  his  own  Leifure ;  neverthelefs  he  followed  loftly,  and 
when  he  came  near  Smithfield,  where  the  King  ftaid  for  his  coming,  the 
King  commanded  William  Walworth,  the  Mayor,  to  arreftthe  Rebel;  and 
the  Mayor  being  a  Man  of  great  Courage,  ftruck  him  on  the  Head  in  fuch 
a  Manner,  that  he  aftonifhed  him,  and  then  they  that  were  with  the  King 
thrult  him  through  the  Body  in  feveral  Places ;  which  when  his  Follow- 
ers perceived,  they  cried  out  that  their  Captain  was  traiteroufly  flain : 
But  the  King  rode  unto  them,  and  laid,  What  do  you  mean  ?  I  will  be 
your  Captain;  follow  me,  and  you  jhall  have  what  you  do  require.  In 
the  mean  Time  the  Mayor  rode  into  the  City,  and  rofe  the  Citizens,  and 
in  a  little  Time  returned  with  a  Thoufand  well-armed  Men,  Sir  Robert 
to&JaVfl/jft-  Knoles,  a  Citizen  of  London,  being  their  Leader.,  The  King  rejoycing  at 
to0!*-  this  unlooked  for  Aid,  fuddenly  encompaffed  the  Rebels  with  fighting  Men, 

and  the  Rebels  throwing  down  their  Arms  begged  Pardon,  which  was 
granted,  and  then  the  Multitude  was  difperfed.  Jack  Straw  being  taken 
confeffed  all  the  Confpiracy,  and  loft  his  Head  at  London. 
Paikei'j  Ami  The  Reafon  why  they  murdered  the  Arch-Biihop,  who  was  Chancellor, 
fll,!v?SW'  anc*  ^K  Robert  Hales  the  Treafurer,  was,  becaufe  they  in  Council  dif- 
fwaded  the  King  from  going  to  them  as  they  defired;  for  as  foon  as  they 
heard  it,  they  vowed  they  would  take  off  their  Heads.  The  Arch-Bifhop, 
having  had  fbme  Notice  of  their  Defign  the  Day  before,  fpent  all  the  Night 
in  Prayer,  and  juft  when  they  demanded  him  was  faying  of  Mafs  in  the 
Chapel  of  the  Tower :  Mais  being  ended,  and  he  hearing  of  their  coming, 
faid  to  his  Men,  Let  us  now  go ;  furely  it  is  beji  to  die,  feeing  to  live  it 
can  be  no  Tleafure  :  With  that  in  came  thofe  murderous  Rebels,  crying, 
Where  is  the  "Traytor?  where  is  the  Tray  tor?  He  anfwered,  /  am  the 
Arch-Bipop,  whom  1  think  you  feek,  but  no  Traytor.  With  great  Violence 
then  they  drew  him  out  of  the  Chapel,  and  carried  him  to  the  Tower-Hill, 
A»g'ican&.  where  feeing  nothing  but  Swords  and  Weapons,  and  hearing  nothing  but 
Kill,  kill,  away  with  the  Traytor ;  he  was  not  fo  amazed,  but  with  great 
Eloquence  he  could  go  about  to  perfwade  them  not  to  imbrue  their  Hands 
in  the  Blood  of  their  Arch-Biihop,  their  Chief  Paftor,  that  had  never  of- 
fended them  to  his  Knowledge,  nor  deferved  fo  cruel  a  Death  at  their 
Hands;  but  they  would  not  hearken  to  him:  He  feeing  therefore  nothing 
but  Death  before  his  Face,  with  comfortable  Words  forgiving  the  Execu- 
tioner, that  fcarce  ever  requefted  him  fo  to  do,  with  a  chearful  Counte- 
nance kneeled  down,  and  yielded  himfelf  unto  their  Fury.  Once  he  was 
flricken  on  the  Neck  fo  weakly,  as  that,  notwithstanding  the  Blow,  he 
kneeled  ftili  upright,  and  putting  his  Hand  up  to  the  Wound,  he  ufed 
thefe  Words,  Ah !  ha  !  it  is  the  Hand  of  GOD :  He  had  not  moved  his 
Hand  from  the  Place,  when  a  fecond  Stroke  cut  off  his  Fingers  Ends,  and 

felled 


i.mmccz. 


HarpsficLi'. 
Hiftorin  Eccle- 


Part  HI.        Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  165? 

felled  him  to  the  Ground ;  with  much  a-do,  having  hacked  and  he  wen  his    Chap.  X, 
Neck  with  eight  Blows,  they  got  off  his  Head,     This  horrible  Murder    y^rv^j 
was  committed  upon  Friday,  June  14,  1381.    The  Arch-Bifhop  Simon     1381, 
Sudbury  being  thus  barbaroufly  murdered,  William  Courtenay,  Bifhop  of 
London,  was  tranflated  to  Canterbury,  after  he  had  fat  at  London  three 
Years.     The  Monks  of  Canterbury  did  with  one  Confent  eleft  him  to  be 
Arch-Bifhop,  and  did  fend  to  the  Pope,  defiring  him  to  confirm  what  they  . 
had  done ;  but  the  Pope,  before  he  had  heard  of  their  Requeft,  had  de-* 
figned  to  translate  him  to  Canterbury,  and  fent  his  Bulls  for  that  Purpofe. 
The  Bulls  for  his  Tranflation  were  publifhed  in  Cbrifi-Chaxch.  in  Canter-' 
bury,  January  9 ;  and  then  having  received  his  Temporals  from  the  King, 
and  done  Homage  for  the  fame,  he  went  to  Lambeth ;  and  there  came  to 
him  a  Monk,  fent  from  the  Prior  and  Convent  of  Canterbury,  to  deliver 
him  the  Crofs,  which  he  did  in  the  Chapel  of  Lambeth,  January  aa,  fay- 
ing thefe  Words,  Reverend  Father,  I  am  the  Meffenger  of  the  great  King, 
that  doth  require  and  command  you  to  take  upon  you  the  Government  of 
his  Church,  to  love  and  defend  the  fame. 

As  loon  as  the  Arch-Bifhop  had  received  the  Crofs,  he  was  in  Doubt 
whether  he  might  have  it  carried  before  him  before  he  had  received  his  Pall 
from  Rome ;  and  from  that  Queftion  there  arofe  another.     At  that  Time 
there  came  into  England  the  Sifter  of  the  King  of  Bohemia  to  be  married 
to  King  Richard  II.  and  it  did  belong  to  the  Arch-Bilhop  of  Right  to 
perform  the  Ceremony  of  marrying  them,  and  to  put  the  Crown  on  the 
Queen's  Head,  but  he  doubted  whether  he  could  do  this  before  he  had  re- 
ceived his  Pall :  But  thefe  Doubts  of  the  Arch-Bifhop  were  at  laft  taken 
away,  not  by  Lawyers  and  Canonilts,  but  by  the  Monks  of  Canterbury, 
who  brought  many  Inftances  of  Things  of  that  Nature  done  by  Arch-Bi- 
fhops  before  they  had  received  their  Palls :  But  the  Arch-Bifhop  was  fa 
cautious,  that  he  entered  a  Proteft,  fignifying,  that  what  he  did  in  that 
Matter  was  not  in  Contempt  of  the  Bifhop  of  Rome;  and  then  a  little  after 
the  Feaft  of  the  Epiphany  he  performed  the  Ceremony  of  marrying  the 
King,  which  was  done  with  great  Pomp,  and  in  a  great  Affembly  of  the 
Nobility  :  And  then  a  little  after  he  crowned  the  Queen,  and  the  Golden 
Eagle  full  of  precious  Oil  was  delivered  to  him  by  the  King,  which  was 
preferved  from  the  Time  of  Henry  II.  and  by  Tradition  faid  to  be  firft 
given  by  the  Virgin  Mary  to  the  then  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  Tho- 
mas a-Eecket,  arid  the  Arch-Bifhop  anointed  the  Queen  with  it.     And  in 
the  Beginning  of  the  Spring  he  fent  over  a  Knight,  named  Sir  Thomas  Che- 
ney, to  the  Pope,  to  whom  and  to  one  John  Trefnaul,  an  Englifhman, 
that  was  then  Mafter  of  the  Pope's  Palace,  he  gave  Procuratorial  Power 
of  asking  of  the  Pope  his  Pall,  which  being  obtained,  Sir  Thomas  Cheney 
returned  to  England,  and  delivered  it  to  the  Bifhop  of  London,  fays  Arch- 
Bifhop  barker :  But  Harpffield  fays  to  the  Bifhop  of  Rochefter,  whofe 
Right  it  was  to  put  the  Pall  upon  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Shoulders,  and  to 
give  him  the  Oath,  in  which  he  is  fworn  to  the  Pope :  But  by  which  of 
them  loever  it  was,  it  was  delivered  to  the  Arch-Bifhop,  and  put  upon  his 
Shoulders  in  a  great  Crowd  of  People  with  the  ufual  Pomp  and  Solemnity, 
he  fitting  in  the  Chapel  of  his  Palace  at  Croydon,  on  the  6th  of  May. 

Amongft  other  Ceremonies  then  performed,  Harp/field  fays  he  did  ex- 
prefsly  renounce  the  Anti-Pope  Clement,  which  the  French  fat  up,  as  the 
Parliament  had  done  before ;  for  upon  the  Death  of  Pope  Gregory  II.  who 
-died  the  fame  Year  that  he  fent  his  Letters  into  England  againft  fVicklif, 
or  the  Beginning  of  the  Year  after,  there  were  two  Popes  fet  up,  Pope 
Urban,  whom  the  Englifh  owned  for  Pope,  and  Pope  Clement7  whom  the 
T  t  French 


1 66  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Bookl. 

Chap.  X.    French  fat  up ;  and  the  Schifm  between  thefe  two  Popes  and  their  Suc- 
VVWi  ceffors  continued  Thirty  Nine  Years,  until  the  Time  of  the  Council  of 

Conftance. 
fox's  J$s&       In  the  Later  an  Council,  1 175?,  it  was  decreed^  That  no  Arch-Bifhop 

f%Y'"Uz'     lhould  receive  the  Pall>  unlefs  he  Jhould  firft  lWear  to  the  PoPe  J  and  the 
■?•*$?•  porm  of  the  Qat}a  is  this.  j  N>  Bijkoj,  0j  jje  henceforth  from  this  Hour 

.  will  be  faithful  and  obedient  to  blejjed  St.  Peter,  and  to  the  Holy  Apofio- 
lick  Church  of  Rome,  and  to  my  Lord  N.  the  To£e:  I  /hall  be  in  no 
Council,  neither  will  I  help  by  my  Confent  or  Deed  any  Tiding  whereby  ei- 
ther of  them,  or  any  Member  of  them  may  be  impaired,  or  whereby  they  may 
be  taken  with  any  evil  faking.  The  Council  which  they  fhall  commit  to 
me,  either  by  themf elves  or  Meffengers,  or  by  tbeir  Letters,  I fball  wit- 
tingly or  willingly  dif cover  to  none,  to  their  Hinder  ance- or  Damage.  To 
the  retaining  and  maintaining  the  'Papacy  of  Rome  and  the  Regalities  of 
St.  Peter  I  pall  be  always  affifting,  Jo  mine  Order  be  faved,  againfi  all 
Terfons.  The  Legate  of  the  Apoftolick  See,  both  in  going  out  and  coming 
in,  I  pall  honourably  intreat,  and  help  in  all  KeceJJities.  Being  called  to 
a  Synod  1  pall  be  ready  to  come,  unlefs  I  be  let  by  fome  lawful  and  cano- 
nical Impediment.  The  Talace  of  the  Apoftles  every  third  Tear  I  will 
vifit,  either  by  myfelf  or  my  Mejfenger,  except  being  otherwife  licenfed  by 
the  See  Jpoftolick.  All  fitch  Tojjefions  as  belong  to  the  Table  and  Diet  of 
my  Bipoprick  I  pall  neither  fell,  nor  give,  nor  put  to  mortgage,  nor  leafe 
out,  nor  remove  away,  by  any  Manner  of  Means,  without  the  Confent 
and  Knowledge  of  the  Bipop  of  Rome :  So  help  me  and  the  Holy  Gofpels 
of  GOD.  And  it  was  in  this  Council  of  Later  an  agreed,  That  no  Arch- 
Bifhop  fhould  receive  the  Pall  unlefs  he  fhould  firft  take  this  Oath :  And 
when  the  Pope  does  deliver  the  Fall  he  fays  thefe  Words :  To  the  Honour 
of  Almighty  GOD,  and  ofbleffed  Mary  the  Virgin,  and  ofblejfedSt.  Peter 
and  St,  Paul,  and  of  our  Lord  'Tope  N.  and  of  the  holy  Church  of  Romc> 
and  alfo  of  the  Church  of  N.  committed  to  your  Charge,  We  give  to  you  the 
Tall, taken  from  the  Body  of  St.  Peter,  as  a  Fulnefs  of  the  Office  Tontifical^ 
which  you  may  wear  within  your  own' Church  upon  certain  Days,  which 
be  exprefed  in  the  Trivi ledges  of  the  f aid  Church  granted  by  the  See  Apofto- 
lical.  There  was  a  Difference  between  the  Popes  and  the  Arch-Bifhops  as 
to  the  wearing  the  Pall :  The  Pope  might  wear  it  all  Times  and  in  all  Pla- 
ces at  his  Pleafure;  Arch-Bifhops  might  not  wear  it  but  upon  certain 
Days,  and  in  the  Churches  only  within  their  Province :  Moreover,  this  Pall 
is  to  be  obtained  within  three  Months  after  Election,  without  which  the 
Perfbn  elected  is  not  to  be  called  Arch-Bifhop ;  and  if  it  be  not  obtained 
within  three  Months  he  may  be  depofed;  and  this  Pall  muft  be  buried 
with  the  Perfon  that  has  it ;  and  when  it  is  given,  fome  Priviledge  muft 
be  given  with  it,  or  the  old  Priviledges  renewed:  The  Price  of  this  Pall 
was  commonly  One  Thoufand  Florins. 

Thefe  Ceremonies  of  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Inftalment  being  over,  he  went 

Somnet',-  An-  uPon  tne  Exercife  of  his  Office ;  and  in  the  firft  Place  he  reftrained  the 

tiqmtks  of      Bailiffs  of  Canterbury  from  punifhing  by  a  Lay-Power  Adultery  and  other 

Canterbury,    Crimes,  which  it  did  belong  to  Bifhops  and  their  Courts  to  punifh,  and  pu- 

'7^'  *  7'        nilhed  them  with  Ecclefiaftical  Cenfures  for  doing  it.    He  had  the  Serjeants  - 

of  the  City  alfo  before  him,  for  bearing  their  Maces,  or  the  Signs  of  their 

Authority,  within  tfce  Precincts  of  his  Church ;  but  at  the  Petition  of  the 

City  they  were  difmiffed,  upon  the  Promife  that  for  the  Time  to  come 

they  leave  their  Maces  without  the  outer  Gate  when  they  come  to  Church, 

or  without  the  Precincts  of  the  Church.     He  had  alfo  the  Bailiffs  of  the 

Town  of  Romney  before  him  for  meddling  in  Church  Matters,,  who  obfti* 

nately 


Part  III.       Noble  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  I.    167 

nately  rebelled,  and  endeavoured  to  fecure  themfelves  by  a  Prohibition,  but  Chap.  X 
were  difappointed ;  For  the  Arch-Bifhop  got  the  Prohibition  reverted,' and  <S~V~>J* 
as  faith  the  Record,  made  that  unadvifed  Town  to  fubmit. 

About  the  Beginning  of  November,  1381,  a  little  after  the  Arch-Bi-     l,^l 
fhop  had  been  eieded  by  the  Monks  of  Canterbury,  the  King  called  a  &i>  Lb.  Cot- 
Parliament,  which  was  the  fixth  Parliament  of  his  Reign  ;  and  the  King  t?a'1  ^tidg- 
being  in  Parliament,  and  the  Council  appointed  to  manage  Affairs  in  the  "*?? 
King's  Minority  being  called  over  by  their  Names,  William  Arch-Bifhop  T°™- 
of  Canterbury  ElecT:  and  Confirmed,  Chancellor  of  England,  began  to  de- 
clare* the  Caufe  of  Calling  the  Parliament,  taking  for  his  Theme  Rex  con- 
venire  fecit  Confdittm,  upon  which  he  made  a  good  Oration,  and  fpake  of  the 
good  virtuous  Government  of  the  King  and  his  Reign ;  affirming,  that  no 
Reign  could  long  endure,  if  Vice  reigned  therein  ;  to  redrefs  which,  feeing 
it  could  not  be  done  by  the  ordinary  Courfe  of  the  Law,  the  King,  he  faid 
had  called  this  Parliament  j  fo  fays  Sir  Robert  Cotton,  in  his  Abridgment 
of  the  Records  of  the  Tower  :  But  the  Englifh  Hiftory  fays,  that  towards  Kenneth  com- 
the  latter  End  of  this  Parliament,  at  the  Requeft  of  Lords  and  Commons  Pkat  Hifl0,y 
the  Lord  Scroop  was  made  Chancellor,  and  Sir  Hugh  Segrave  Treafurer'  0^En2land* 
thofe  great  Places  remaining  vacant  ever  fince  the  Rebellion  in  which  the 
Arch-Bifhop  and  Sir  Robert  Hales  were  flain.     Now  it  is  plain  by  the  Re- 
cords of  the  Tower,  and  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Monument,  that  he  was  Chan- 
cellor, but  it  was  not  long :  And,  in  all  Probability  in  this  Parliament  he 
refigned  that  Place,  that  he  might  the   better  attend  the  Affairs  of  the 
Church;  for  he  was  refolved  to  do  what  did  lie  in  his  Power  to  fupprefs 
the  Do&rines  of  Wickliff;  and  in  Order  to  it  he  called  a  Synod,  May  17, 
1382,  to  be  held  in  the  Priory  of  the  Preaching-Fryers  in  London,  where' 
Wickliff  was  commanded  to  be  prefent ;  but  whether  he  was  there  or  not 
it  does  not  appear.     The  Mandate  for  convening  the  faid  Synod,  taken 
out  of  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Regifter,  is  as  follows: 

"  Whereas  amongft  the  Nobles,  as  well  as  amongft  the  Commons,  there 
"  has  been  a  Rumour  fpread  Abroad,  that  divers  Conclufions,  both  erro- 
"  neous  and  repugnant  to  the  Determinations  of  the  Church,  which  tend 
"  to  the  Subverfion  of  the  whole  Church,  and  to  our  Province  of  Canter- 
"  bury,  and  alfo  to  the  Subverfion  of  the  whole  Realm,  have  been  preached 
"  in  fundry  Places  of  our  faid  Province  commonly  and  publickly,  We 
"  William,  by  G  O  D's  Permiffion,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  Primate  of 
"  all  England,  and  Legate  of  the  See  Apoftolical,  being  minded  to  execute 
"  our  Office,  and  do  our  Duty  herein,  have  convocated,  or  called  together, 
"  certain  of  our  Brethren  and  others,  a  great  many  as  well  Doctors  as 
"  Bachelors  in  Divinity,  and  Docfors  of  the  Canon  and  Civil  Law,  and 
"  thofe  whom  we  thought  to  be  the  moft  famous,  moft  skilful,  and  moft 
"  ibund  in  Religion,  that  were  in  the  Realm,  whofe  Names  hereafter  fol- 
"  low;  and  the  fame  Men  being  the  lyth  Day  of  May,  138a,  in  a  certain  1 3 82. 
"  Chamber  in  the  Territories  of  the  Fryers-Preachers  in  London  before  us 
"  and  our  Fellow-Brethren  affembled,  then  and  there  perfonally  prefent ; 
"  after  the  faid  Conclufions,  which  do  hereafter  follow,  were  openly  pro- 
"  pofed,  and  plainly  and  diftin&ly  read,  We  charged  them,  as  they  would 
"  anfsver  before  the  High  Judge' in  the  Day  of  Judgment,  that  they  fhould 
"  fpeak  their  Opinions  touching  the  faid  Conclufions,  and  what  every  one 
':  did  think  concerning  them :  And  at  length,  after  good  Deliberation  had 
"  upon  the  Premiffes,  our  Brethren  the  Bifhops  aforefaid,  and  the  Doftors 
"  and  Bachelors  were  affembled  again,  the  21 ft  Day  of  May,  in  the  afore- 
faid Chamber,  and  then  the  faid  Conclufions  again  and  again  repeated,  and 

"  plainly 


1 68    Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  «  plainly  read,  they  did  agree,  confent,  arid  declare,  That  fome  of  the  Con- 
*-^V^«>  «  clufions  are  heretical,  and  others  erroneous,  and  contrary  to  the  Deter- 
"  mination  of  the  Church:  And  forafmuch  as  by  fufficient  Information  we 
«  find  and  perceive,  that  the  faid  Conclufions  in  many  Places  of  the  faid 
"  Province  have  been,  as  it  is  faid,  both  taught  and  preached,  and  that  di- 
"  vers  Perfbns  do  hold  and  maintain  the  fame,  and  are  of  Herefie  vehe- 
"  mently  and  notorioufly  fufpecled,  We  have  thought  good,  as  well  gene- 
"  rally  as  fpecially,  to  fend  out  this  Procefs  under-written,  &c." 

After  this,  in  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Regifter,  are  found  the  Names  of  thofe 
Bilhops,  and  others  that  were  convened,  who  did  condemn  the  Conclufions 
of  Jficklif;  as  alfo  the  Conclufions  themfelves,  thofe  that  were  condemned 
as  heretical,  and  thofe  that  were  condemned  as  erroneous  ;  and  they  arc 
thefe  which  follow :  "  The  Subftance  of  the  Bread  and  Wine  doth  remain 
"  in  the  Sacrament  of  the  Altar  after  the  Confecration.     a.  The  Accidents 
"  do  not  remain  without  the  Subjeft  in  the  fame  Sacrament.     3.  That 
"  Chr'ift  is  not  in  the  Sacrament  of  the  Altar  truly  and  really  in  his  Cor- 
"  poral  Perfon.     4.  That  if  a  Bilhop  or  Prieft  be  in  deadly  Sin,  he  doth 
"  not  order,  confecrate,  nor  baptize.     5.  That  if  a  Man  be  duly  contrite 
"  and  penitent,  all  exterior  and  outward  Confeflion  is  but  fuperfluous  and 
"  unprofitable  unto  him.  6.  That  it  is  not  found  or  ftablifhed  by  the  Gofpel, 
"  that  Chrift  did  make  or  ordain  Mafs.     7.  If  the  Pope  be  a  reprobate  and 
"  evil  Man,  and  confequently  a  Member  of  the  Devil,  he  hath  no  Power, 
"  by  any  Manner  of  Means,  given  unto  him  over  Faithful  Chriftians,  except 
"  peradventure  it  be  given  him  from  the  Emperour.     8.  That  fince  the 
*'  Time  of  Urban  the  Vlth.  there  is  none  to  be  received  for  Pope,  but 
"  every  Man  is  to  live,  after  the  Manner  of  the  Greeks,  under  his  own 
"  Law.     5).  That  it  is  againft  the  Scripture,  that  Ecclefiaftical  Minifters 
"  mould  have  any  Temporal  Pofleflions. "     The  other  Articles  condemned 
as  erroneous  are  thefe:     "  10.  That  no  Prelate  ought  to  excommunicate 
"  any  Man,  except  he  knew  him  firft  to  be  excommunicated  of  GOD, 
"  11.  That  he  that  doth  fo  excommunicate  any  Man  is  thereby  himfelf 
"  either  an  Heretick  or  excommunicated.     1  2.  That  a  Prelate  or  Bilhop 
-  a  excommunicating  any  of  the  Clergy,  which  hath  appealed  to  the  King 
"  or  the  Council,  is  thereby  himfelf  a  Traytor  to  the  King  and  Realm. 
"  13.  That  all  fuch  which  do  leave  off  Preaching  or  Hearing  the  Word  of 
"  GOD,  or  preaching  the  Gofpel,  for  Fear  of  Excommunication,  they  are 
il  already  excommunicated,  and  in  the  Day  of  Judgment  fhall  be  counted 
*'  as  Traitors  unto  GOD.      14.  That  it  is  lawful  for  any  Man,  either  Dea- 
"  con  or  Prieft,  to  preach  the  Word  of  G  O  D  without  Authority  or  Li- 
"  cence  of  the  See  Apoftolick,  or  any  other  of  his  Catholicks.     15.  That 
"  as  long  as  a  Man  is  in  deadly  Sin,  he  is  neither  Bifhop  nor  Prelate  in  the 
"  Church  of  GOD.     16.  Alio,  that  the  Temporal  Lords  may,  according 
*'  to  their  own  Will  and  Difcretion,  take  away  the  temporal  Goods  from 
<c  the  Churchmen,  whenfoever  they  do  offend.     17.  That  Tenths  are  pure 
"  Alms,  and  that  the  Parifhioners  may,  for  Offence  of  their  Curates,  detain 
"  and  keep  them  back,  and  bellow  the  fame  upon  others,  at  their  own 
"  Will  and  Pleafure.     1 8.  That  alfo  all  fpecial  Prayers,  applied  to  any  prn 
"  vate  or  particular  Perfon  by  any  Prelate  or  Religious  Man,  do  no  more 
"  profit  the  fame  Perfon  than  general  or  univerfal  Prayers  do  profit  others 
"  which  be  in  like  Cafe  or  State  unto  him.     19.  Moreover  in  that  any 
"  Man  doth  enter  into  any  private  Religion,  whatfoever  it  be,  he  is  there- 
"**  by  rhade  the  more  unapt,  and  unable  to  obferve  and  keep  the  Comn  .  nd- 
"  ments  of  GOD.     20.  That  Holy  Men  which  have  inftitut:d  private 

"  Religions, 


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"  Religions  (whatsoever  they  be,  as  well  fuch  as  are  indued  or  pofTefTed)  Chap.  X. 
"  in  fo  doing  have  grievoufly  offended,  21.  That  Religious  Men  being  c/W/ 
"  in  their  private  Religions  are  not  of  the  Chriftian  Religion.  22.  That 
"  Fryers  are  bounden  to  get  their  Living  by  the  Labour  of  their  Hands, 
"  and  not  by  Begging.  23.  That  wholoever  doth  give  any  Alms  unto 
"  Fryers,  or  to  any  begging  Obfervant,  is  accurfed,  or  in  Danger  thereof. " 
The  Arch-Biihop  about  this  Time  did  fend  his  Letter  to  the  Bifhop  of 
London,  wherein  he  fays,  We  will  and  command  your  Brotherhood,  and 
by  Virtue  of  holy  Obedience,  ftraitly  enjoin  all  and  fingular  our  Brethren 
and  Sufragans  of  our  Body  and  Church  of  Canterbury,  that  every  one  of 
them  in  their  Churches,  and  other  T laces  of  their  City  and  Diocefe,  do 
admonifb  and  warn,  That  no  Man  from  henceforth  do  hold,  preach,  or  de- 
fend the  aforefaid  Herefies  and  Errors,  or  any  of  them,  under  the  Tain 
of  the  greater  Curfe,  the  which  we  command  to  be  thundered  againft 
all  and  every  one  of  them  which  fh  all  be  difobedient  in  this  Behalf;  the 
which  Letter  is  at  large  in  Mr.  Fox. 

On  the  12th  Day  of  June  in  the  Year  aforefaid,  1382,  in  the  Chamber 
of  the  Fryers-Preachers,  Mafter  Robert  Rigge,  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity 
of  Oxford,  and  Thomas  Brightwell,  Profeffors  of  Divinity,  according  to 
Appointment,  appeared  before  the  Arch-Bifhop,  in  the  Prefence  of  the 
Bifhop  of  jVinchejler,  and  divers  other  Doctors  and  Bachelors  of  Divinity, 
and  of  the  Canon  and  Civil  Law  •  and  firft  the  faid  Chancellor  being  exa- 
mined by  the  Arch-Bifhop,  what  his  Opinion  was  as  touching  the  aforefaid 
Articles,  publickly  affirmed  and  declared,  That  certain  of  thole  Conclufions 
were  heretical,  and  certain  erroneous,  as  the  other  Docbors  and  Clerks  a- 
forementioned  had  declared :  And  then  immediately  next  after  him  the 
aforefaid  Thomas  Brightwell  was  examined,  who  upon  fome  of  the  Con- 
clufions at  firft  lomewhat  hefitated ;  but  in  the  End,  being  by  the  laid 
Arch-Bifhop  diligently  examined  upon  the  fame,  did  affirm  and  repute  the 
flfamc  to  re  heretical  and  erroneous,  as  the  aforefaid  Chancellor  had  done. 
Another  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  whole  Name  is  not  mentioned,  hefitated  al- 
io at  fome  of  thefe  Conclufions  at  firft,  but  in  the  End  affirmed,  that  his 
Opinion  was  the  fame  with  the  Judgment  of  the  aforefaid  Chancellor  and 
Thomas  Brightwell,  as  is  above  declared.  Then  the  Lord  Arch-Bifhop  of 
Canterbury  delivered  unto  the  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity  his  Letters  Pa- 
tents, which  were  then  publickly  read,  to  be  by  him  executed,  in  which 
he  commands  him,  That  he  caufe  to  be  read  in  St.  Mary's  Church,' when 
there  is  a  Sermon,  and  alio  in  the  Schools,  when  publick  Letf  ures  are  read, 
the  Articles  that  were  by  him  and  other  Bifhops  condemned,  together  with  *' 

the  Condemnation  of  them  ;  and  he  likewife  in  thefe  Letters  enjoined  him 
to  fnfpend  from  Preaching,  and  all  Scholaftical  Exercifes,  John  Wicklif, 
Nicholas  Hereford,  Thilif  Rifpngton,  John  Afhton,  and  Laurence  Red- 
man, whom  he  vehemently  fuipecb ed  to  be  guilty  of  Herefy ;  and  that  he 
publickly  denounce  them  to  be  fufpended ;  and  that  if  he  find  any  others 
to  be  fuipecbed  guilty  of  the  laid  Errors,  that  he  fufpend  them  from  all 
publick  Exercifes,  and  that  he  take  all  the  Care  he  can  to  fupprefs  the 
Docfrines  of  Wickliff.  This  Letter  is  at  large  in  Fox,  taken  out  of  the 
Bifhop's  Regifter. 

A  few  Days  after  the  Arch-Bifhop  fends  down  another  Letter  to  Robert 
Rigge,  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity,  much  to  the  fame  Purpofe,  which 
Letter  is  at  large  in  Fox,  taken  out  of  the  Arch-Bifhop 's  Regifter,  in  which 
he  fays,  That  by  good  Information,  and  by  Experience,  he  did  find,  that 
the  Chancellor  was  inclined  to  the.  Docbrines  of  ll'icklijf,  and  therefore  he 
did  peremptorily  admonifh  him  not  to  grieve,  let,  or  moleft  thofe  that  did 
U  u  adhere 


1 70   Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X.    adhere  to  the  Do&rines  of  the  Church ;  and  that  he  fulpend  from  Preach- 
\^~v~~'    ing  the  Perfons  afore-named,  and  declare  them  to  be  fufpended  until  they 
did  clear  their  Innoctncy  before  him,  under  the  Pain  of  the  greater  Curfe 
to  be  infli&ed  upon  him,  if  he  did  not  obey  the  faid  Admonitions. 

Upon  the  1  %th  Day  of  the  Month  aforefaid,  and  the  Year  aforefaid,  in 
the  Chamber  of  the-  Preaching-Fryers  aforementioned,  appeared,  according 
to  Summons,  Nicholas  Hereford  and  Philip  Rippington,  Bachelors  in  Divi- 
nity, who,  after  a  corporal  Oath  taken  to  give  their  Judgment  upon  the 
Conclufions  aforefaid,  were  feverally  examined  before  the  Arch-Bifhop; 
and  they  there  required  a  Day  and  Place  to  deliberate  upon  the  Conclufions 
aforefaid,  and  to  give  their  Anfwers  unto  the  fame  in  writing,  and  alio  did 
defire  a  Copy  of  the  faid  Conclufions  to  be  delivered  unto  them  •  the  which 
Ccpy  being  openly  read  unto  them,  the  faid  Nicholas  and  Philip  received. 
Alfb  the  aforefaid  John  Afhton  was  examined,  and  judicially  admonifhed  by 
the  Arch-Bifhop,  by  Virtue  of  his  Oath,  that  he,  fetting  afide  all  fophifti- 
cal  Words  and  Subtilties,  do  fpeak  his  Mind  fully  and  plainly  upon  the 
Conclufions  aforefaid;  and  being  asked  moreover  by  the  faid  Arch-Bifhop, 
whether  he  would  have  farther  Day  to  deliberate  upon  his  Anfwer,  as  the 
aforefaid  Nicholas  Hereford  and  Philip  Rippington  had  before,  faid  exprefs- 
ly  that  he  would  not,  but  would  anfwer  prefently  to  thofe  Conclufions  5 
and  for  final  Anfwer  laid,  as  concerning  .all  the  Conclufions,  his  final  Anfwer 
was  to  hold  his  Peace :  Whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop,  reputing  the  faid  Afh- 
ton  to  be  fufpe&ed,  admonifhed  him  in  the  Form  of  Words  following: 
We  admonifo  thee,  John  Afhton,  whom  we  refute  to  be  defamed,  and  no- 
tori ou fly  fujpetfed  of  Herejy,  the  firft,  the  fecond,  and  the  third  Time,  that 
in  oiir  'Province  of  Canterbury  hereafter  thou  do  not  preach  publickly  or 
privately  without  our  fpecial  Licence,  upon  the  Pain  of  the  greater  Curfe, 
which  we  denounce  here  by  thefe  Prefents  againft  thy  Perfon,  if  thou  obey 
not  our  Monitions.    And  the  Arch-Bifhop  afiigned  to  him  Friday  next  fol- 
lowing, which  was  the  20th  Day  of  the  fame  Month,  after  Dinner  to  ar>»# 
pear  before  him,  either  at  Lambeth  or  the  fame  Place,  to  fay  for  himfelfj 
wherefore  he  might  not  be  pronounced  for  an  Heretick,  and  for  fuch  an 
one  to  be  denounced  through  his  whole  Province.     Alfo  the  Arch-Bifhop 
afiigned  to  the  aforefaid  Nicholas  Hereford  and  'Philip  Rippington  the  faid 
Day  and  Place,  to  anfwer  peremptorily,  and  to  fpeak  fully  and  plainly  to 
the  Conclufions  aforefaid,  all  Sophiftication  of  Words  and  Difputation  fet 
apart.     Mr.  Fox  fays,  that  on  the  next  Day,  the  lyth  of  June,  St.  Dun- 
fan's  Day,  when  the  Arch-Bifhop  and  Suffragans,  with  the  other  Doctors 
of  Divinity  and  Lawyers,  with  a  great  Company  of  Fryers  and  other  reli- 
gious Perfons,  were  gathered  together  to  confult  as  touching  John  Wick- 
liffs  Books,  and  that  whole  Seel,  when  they  were  met  at  the  Grey-Fryers 
to  begin  their  Bufinefs,  after  Dinner,  about  two  a-Clock,  when  they  were 
juft  going  to  begin  their  Bufinefs,  a  wonderful  and  terrible  Earthquake  hap- 
pened throughout  all  England,  whereupon  divers  of  the  Suffragans,  being 
affrighted,  thought  fit  to  leave  off  their  Bufinefs ;  but  the  Arch-Bifhop  en- 
couraged them  to  go  on,   and  they  proceeded  to  examine  the  Articles  of 
Wkkliff,  and  to  give  their  Cenfure  upon  them.    Upon  the  next  Day,  the 
1*8  2'     ~ot^       y  °^  June>  m  t^le  ^me  Place>  according  to  Order,  appeared  perfo- 
nally  Nicholas  Hereford  and  Philip  Rippington,  Bachelors  of  Divinity,  and 
John  Ajhton,  Matter  of  Arts,  before  the  Arch-Bifhop  fitting  in  his  Tribu- 
nal Seat,  in  the  Prefence  of  divers  Doftorsof  Divinity,  and  Lawyers  both 
Civil  and  Canon,  where  the  aforefaid  Nicholas  and  Philip  being  required 
by  the  faid  Arch-Bifhop  to  anfwer  and  fpeak  fully  and  plainly  their  Judg- 
ments upon  the  Conclufions  prefixed,  for  which  purpofc  the  Arch-Bifhop 

had 


Part  III.        Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  I.  1 7 1 

had  affigned  that  Time,  did  exhibit  to  the  Arch-Bilhop  there  judicially  lit-  Chap.  X. 
ting  certain  Anfwers  in  writing ;  and  the  Articles  with  their  Anfwers  an-  vyyv 
nexed  are  in  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Regifter.  And  then  they  being  examined 
upon  every  one  of  the  Articles  concerning  their  Anfwers,  the  Arch-Bilhop 
of  Canterbury  demanded  of  all  the  Doctors  there  prefent,  what  their  Judg- 
ment was  concerning  the  Anfwers  that  were  made  to  all  and  lingular  the 
Gonclufions ;  all  which  Doctors,  and  every  one  of  them  feverally,  laid,  that 
all  the  Anfwers  given  unto  the  firft,  fecond,  third,  and  fixth  Conclufion 
were  infufficient,  heretical  and  fubtle ;  and  that  all  the  Anfwers  made  to 
the  ninth,  tenth,  and  laft  Conclufion  were  infufficient,  erroneous,  and  per- 
verfe.  Whereupon  the  Arch-Bilhop  of  Canterbury.)  confidering  the  laid 
Anfwers  to  be  heretical,  fubtle,  erroneous  and  perverfe,  (according  as  the 
faid  Doctors  aforefaid  had  weighed  and  confidered)  admonifhed  the  faid  Ni- 
cholas and  T hi  lip  in  this  Form  of  Words :  The  Name  of  Chrift  being  called 
upon,  We  William,  by  G  OD's  Termifion,  Arch-Bifoop  of  Canterbury, 
Metropolitan  of  all  England,  and  Legate  of  the  Apofiolick  See,  and  through 
all  our  Trovince  of  Canterbury  Inquifitor  of  all  heretical  Travity,  do 
fufficiently  and  lawfully  admonifo  and  cite  you,  Nicholas  Hereford  and  Phi- 
lip Rippington,  Trofejfors  of  Divinity,  having  this  Day  and  Tlace  align- 
ed you  by  your  own  Confent  and  our  "Trefixion,  peremptorily  to  anfwer  and 
to  fay  fully  your  Opinions  concerning  thefe  Conclufions,  whereunto  we  do 
refer  you,  all  fubtle,  fophiftical  and  logical  Words  fet  apart,  being  hereunto 
fworn,  cited,  and  commanded,  which  "thing you  have  refufed  to  do;  We  ad- 
monifbyou  therefore,  that  you  anfwer  unto  the  fame  Conclufions,  and  unto 
the  Senfe  and  Meaning  by  us  limited,  under  the  Tain  that  otherwife  fuch 
Conclufions  by  you  confejfed  do  deferve,  and  that  for  the  fame  Conclufions 
you  ought  to  have.  Which  Admonition  being  made,,  for  that  the  faid  Thi- 
lip  and  Nicholas  would  make  no  other  Anfwer,  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Can- 
terbury concluded  that  Bufinefs,  prefixing  and  affigning  unto  the  aforefaid 
Thilip  and  Nicholas  eight  Days  Space ;  that  is  to  fay  until  the  ijth  Day  of 
the  fame  Month,  and  that  then  they  fhould  appear  before  the  faid  Arch- 
Bilhop  of  Canterbury,  whitherfoever  within  the  faid  Province  of  Canter- 
bury he  fhould  fortune  to  be,  to  hear  his  Decree  that  fhould  be  made  on 
that  Behalf.  And  then  the  Arch-Bifhop  admoniihed  Jo/m  Afbton,  that  he 
fully  and  plainly  do  anfwer  to  the  Conclufions ;  which  Admonition  being 
premifed,  the  Arch-Bilhop  read  the  firft  Concluf  on,  and  asked  what  his 
Opinion  was  of  it ;  and  then  he  fpake  his  Mind  concerning  the  Monition  : 
And  then  being  required  by  the  Arch-Bifhop  to  anfwer  in  the  Latin 
Tongue  to  thofe  Queftions  that  were  demanded  of  him,  becaufe  of  the 
common  People  that  flood  by,  he  cried  out  in  the  Englifh  Tongue,  and 
uttered  opprobrious  and  frivolous  Words,  to  move  and  excite  the  People 
againft  the  Arch-Bifhop ;  neither  did  he  anfwer  dire&ly  or  pertinently  to 
any  of  the  Conclufions,  but  faid  it  was  fufficient  for  him  to  believe  as  the 
Church  believed :  And  when  the  Arch-Bifhop  asked  him,  Whether  after 
the  Words  of  Confecration  there  remaineth  material  Bread  in  the  Sacra- 
ment? He  faid,  by  Way  of  Derifion,  Ton  may  put  that  in  your  Turfe  if 
you  have  any.  The  Arch-Bifhop  «then  called  that  an  unwife  and  foolifh 
"Anfwer,  as  the  reft  of  the  Doclors  did ;  and  the  rather  becaufe  it  did  pro- 
ceed from  one  that  was  a  Graduate  in  the  Schools ;  and  then  the  Arch-Bi- 
lhop pronounced  Sentence,  and  declared  fome  of  his  Conclufions  to  be  he- 
retical, and  he  an  Heretick. 

Upon  the  fame  10th  Day  of  June,  the  Arch-Bifhop  being  defirous  to 
be  informed  by  Thomas  Hi  Urn  an,  Bachelor  in  Divinity,  being  there  pre- 
fent, and  favouring  the  laid  John  Afhton,  what  his  Judgment  was  touch- 
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172   Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  ing  the  aforefaid  Conclufions,  did  prefix  and  affign  unto  the  faid  Thomas 
•-'-v-w  the  i%th  Day  of  the  fame  Month  to  appear  before  the  Arch-Bifhop,  where- 
fbever  in  his  faid  Province  of  Canterbury  he  fhould  then  happen  to  be,  to 
declare  plainly  and  fully  avhat  his  Opinion  was  touching  the  aforefaid  Con- 
clufions. Friday,  June  a8,  Nicholas  Hereford,  Thilip  Rippington,  and 
Thomas  Hillman  appeared  before  the  Arch-Bifhop  in  the  Chapel  of  his  Ma- 
nour  of  Otford,  in  the  Diocele  of  Canterbury,  there  fitting  in  his  Tribunal 
Seat :  To  whom  the  Arch-Bifhop  faid,  That  becaufe  at  that  Time  he  had 
not  the  Trefence  and  Affiftance^  of  the  Doctors  in  Divinity*,  and  of  the 
Canon  and  Civil  Law,  he  continued  the  [aid  Bufmefs,  touching  the  faid 
Nicholas,  Philip,  and  Thomas,  in  the  fame  State  wherein  it  was  'till 
i  Tuelday  next,  and  immediately  enfuing,  being  the  ift  of  July.  Which 
Tuefday  being  come,  the  Arch-Bifhop  in  the  chief  Houfe  of  his  Church  of 
Canterbury,  before  the  Hour  of  Nine,  with  the  Doctors  -and  other  Clerks, 
a  great  Multitude,  expefted  the  aforefaid  Nicholas  Hereford,  ¥hilij>  Ri$~ 
pngton,  and  Thomas  Hillman  .•  Hereford  and  Rifflington  did  not  appear ; 
whereupon  the  Bifhop  excommunicated  them  for  their  Contumacy.  And 
Thomas  Hillman  being  asked  by  the  Arch-Bifhop  his  Opinion  touching  the 
aforefaid  Conclufions,  he  hefitated  at  firft,  but  at  laft  he  made  this  Anlwer : 
Ifetppfe  and  judge  all  andfmgular  thefe  Conclufions  lately  condemned  by 
my  Lord  of  Canterbury  that  now  is,  with  the  Counfel  and  Confent  of  his 
Clerks,to  be  heretical  and  erroneous:  And  I  do  as  much  as  in  me  is  condemn 
them,  pot eft  ing  that  I  will  hold  and  affirm  the  contrary  of  thefe  Conclufions, 
and  inthe  fame  Faith  live  and  die.  Againft  the  Bifhop's  Excommunication, 
Nicholas  Hereford  and  fhilip  Rif pngton  commenced  and  exhibited  their 
Appeal  unto  the  Bifhop  of  Rome ;  which  Appeal  of  theirs,  as  inefficient, 
the  Arch-Bifhop  reje&ed,  and  writ  his  Letters  to  him  that  fhould  preach 
next  at  Taul's  Crofs,  to  denounce  them  excommunicated ;  and  he  lent  a- 
nother  Letter  to  Mr.  Rigge,  Chancellor  of  Oxford,  ftri&ly  charging  him, 
not  only  to  denounce  the  faid  Sentence  of  Excommunication,  and  to  give 
publick  Citations  againft  them,  but  alfo  to  make  diligent  Search  for  them 
throughout  Oxford,  to  have  them  apprehended  and  fent  up  to  him. 

Whilft  the  Arch-Bifhop  was  thus  carrying  on  his  Profecution  againft 
Wickliff  and  his  Followers,  he  got  an  Ad  of  Parliament  to  be  made,  in  the 
7th  Parliament  of  the  King's  Reign,  which  Parliament  began  the  6th  of  May 
this  Year,  by  which  Aft  it  was  ordained,  "  That  Commiflions  fhould,  up- 
"  on  the  Certificate  and  Requeft  of  the  Bifhops  into  the  Chancery,  be  di- 
"  reeled  by  the  Chancellor  to  the  Sheriffs  and  others,  to  apprehend  cer- 
"  tain  Preachers  of  Herefy,  who  without  the  Licence  of  their  Ordinaries 
"  preached  not  only  in  Churches  and  Church-Yards,  but  in  Market-places 
"  and  other  Places  of  Concourfe,  Sermons  full  of  Error  and  Herefy,  and 
"  their  Followers,  and  to  keep  them  in  itrong  Prifon  until  they  fhall  ju- 
"  ftify  themfelves  according  to  the  Law  of  the  Holy  Church. "  Mr.  Fox 
fays  this  was  the  firft  Act  that  ever  was  made  againft  Religion  and  the  Pro- 
feflbrs  of  it.  And  by  Virtue  of  this  Ad,  upon  the  16th  of  June  this  Year, 
the  King  fent  his  Letters  Patents  to  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  where- 
in he  does  give  and  grant  fpecial  Licence  and  Authority  unto  the  aforefaid 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury  and  his  Suffragans  to  arreft  and  imprifbn,  ei- 
ther in  their  own  Prilbns  or  any  other,  all  and  every  fuch  Peribn  or  Per- 
ibns  as  fhall  either  privily  or  openly  preach  and  maintain  the  Conclufions 
condemned  by  the  Arch-Bifhop  and  his  Suffragans :  And  further  the  King 
charges  and  commands  all  and  lingular  his  Liege  Men,  Minifters  and  Sub- 
jects, of  what  State  or  Condition  foever  they  be,  not  to  favour,  help,  of 
maintain  the  Preachers  or  Maintainers  of  the  laid  Conclufions,  upon  Pain  of 

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Forfeiture  of  all  that  they  have,  but  they  obey  and  humbly  attend  upon  Chap.  X. 
the  faid  Arch-Bifhop,  his  Suffragans  and  Minifies  in  the  Execution  of  i^yv^W 
thefe  Prefents.  And  upon  the  14th  of  July,  that  fame  Year,  the  King 
fends  likewiie  his  Letters  Patents  to  the  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity  of 
Oxford,  commanding  him  to  banifh  and  expel  from  the  faid  Univerfity  of 
Oxford,  John  Wickliff,  Nicholas  Hereford,  Philip  Rippington,  John  Afh- 
ton,  or  any  other  that  is  fuipe&ed  of  Herefy,  or  favouring  the  condemned 
Propositions,  'till  fiich  Time  as  they  mall  declare  their  Innocency  before 
the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury  for  the  Time  being,  by  manifeft  Purga- 
tion. And  the  King  in  the  fame  Letters  does  charge  the  Mayor  of  Ox- 
ford for  the  Time  being,  and  all  Sheriffs  and  Under-Sheriffs,  Bailiffs,  and 
all  his  Subjects,  to  be  aiding  and  affifting  to  the  Chancellor  in  the  Execu- 
tion of  the  PremifTes.  And  upon  the  i$d  of  July  the  lame  Year,  the  King 
lends  another  Letter  to  the  Chancellor  and  the  Proctors,  wherein  he  com- 
mands them,  not  only  to  feize  upon  the  aforelaid  Perlons,  but  alfb  upon 
all  the  Books  that  could  be  found  of  the  aforefaid  John  Wicklif,  Nicholas  ' 
Hereford,  &c.  and  the  Perfons  that  had  them  in  their  Cuftody,  and  to  bring 
them  up  to  the  Arch-Bifhop  within  a  Month,  upon  their  Faith  and  Alle- 
giance, and  as  they  will  avoid  the  Forfeiture  of  the  Liberties  and  Privi- 
ledges  of  the  Univerfity.  The  Chancellor  of  Oxford  at  that  Time  was 
Mr.  Robert  Rigge ;  the  Proctors  were  John  Hitntman  and  Walter  Difby 
who  favoured  as  much  as  they  durft  the  Cauie  of  John  Wickliff.  And  a 
little  before  thefe  Letters  of  the  King  came  to  them,  they  appointed  Ni- 
cholas Hereford  to  preach  before  the  Univerfity  on  Afcenfion-Day,  and 
Rippington  upon  Corpus-Chrifti-Day,  being  the  tith  of  June.  Hereford,  in 
his  Sermon,  defended  Wicklif  s  Opinions.  The  Carmelite  Fryers,  and  par- 
ticularly one  Teter  Stokes,  who  was  a  great  Enemy  to  Wickliff  and  his 
Doctrine,  took  Notes  of  his  Sermon,  and  exclaimed  bitterly  againft  him 
for  preaching  Falfe  Doctrine.  Thefe  Fryers  understanding  that  Rippington 
was  to  preach  on  Corpus-Chrifti-Day,  defired  the  Arch-Bifhop,  that  Wick- 
liffs Conclufions,  condemned  before  in  Convocation,  together  with  the  Con- 
demnation, might  on  that  Day,  a  little  before  Rippington  did  begin  his 
Sermon,  be  publickly  read  before  the  whole  Univerfity  ;  the  doing  of  which 
was  by  the  Arch-Bifhop  committed  to  'Peter  Stokes.  The  Arch-Bifhop 
likewiie  fent  Letters  to  the  Chancellor,  commanding  him  to  aid  and  affift 
Stokes  in  the  doing  of  it.  Mr.  Wood  fays,  that  Stokes  was  not  able  to 
obey  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Commands,  and  to  publifh  the  Articles ;  but  the 
Chancellor  did  ieverely  reprove  him,  and  did  all  that  he  could  to  ftir  up  the 
Univerfity  againft  him  ;  and  faid,  that  Stokes  did  endeavour  all  he  could  to 
infringe  the  Liberties  and  Priviledges  of  the  Univerfity,  in  which,  faid  he, 
no  Bifhop  ought  to  exercife  any  Power,  or  examine  about  Herefy.  After 
Stokes  had  endeavoured  to  read  the  Conclufions,  but  could  not  do  it,  Rip- 
pington at  the  Time  appointed  began  his  Sermon,  in  which  he  faid,  That 
the  Popes  or  Bifhops  ought  not  to  be  recommended  in  their  Prayers  be- 
fore Temporal  Lords :  That  in  moral  Matters  he  would  defend  Mr,  Wick* 
liff  as  a  true  Catholick  Doctor :  That  the  Duke  of  Lancafter  was  very 
earneftly  affected  in  this  Matter ;  and  that  all  fuch  as  favoured  Wickliff  fhould 
be  received  under  his  Protection ;  and  concluded  with  this  Saying,  /  will, 
in  the  fpecu  lathe  Doctrine,  as  pertaining  to  the  Matter  of  the  Sacrament 
of  the  Altar,  keep  Silence,  until  fuch  Time  as  GOD  otherwife  fhall  in- 
fruit  and  illuminate  the  Hearts  of  the  Clergy.  When  the  Sermon  was 
ended,  Rippington  went  out  of  St.  Fridefwide's  Church,  accompanied  with 
many  of  nis  Friends  with  Weapons  under  their  Coats,  which  Teter  Stokes 
perceiving,  kept  himfelf  within  the  Sanctuary  of  the  Church,  not  daring 

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Chap.  X.   to  put  out  his  Head  for  Fear  of  being  hurt.     The  Chancellor  and  Ripping* 
\ssr~^    ton  friendly  faluting  one  another  in  the  Church-Porch,  difmiffed  the  Peo- 
ple, and  every  Man  departed  to  his  own  Home.     Peter  Stokes,  by  Letters 
fent  to  the  Arch-Bifhop,  tells  him  every  Thing  that  was  done,  and  de- 
clares, That  he  was  hindered  from  publishing  the  Conclulions,  and  that  he 
was  in  Danger  of  his  Life  for  attempting  of  it,  and  that  he  and  thofe  of 
his  Side  were  ftill  in  Danger,  and  defired  him  to  interpofe  his  Authority 
and  fend  them  help.     The  Arch-Bilhop,  by  Letter  dated  June  o,  fent  to 
Peter  Stokes,  commanding  him  without  Delay  to  appear  before  him,  and 
to  give  an  Account  why  he  did  not  obey  his  Commands.    'Peter  Stokes 
went  then  to  London,  on  St.  Barnabas-Day,  and  the  Day  after  he  went 
to  the  Arch-Bilhop  at  Lambeth,  and  declared  to  him,  that  he  could  not 
put  in  Execution  his  Orders  for  Fear  of  his  Life.    Upon  the  fame  Day  ap- 
peared the  Chancellor  with  Mr.  Brightwell,  to  purge  and  clear  themfelves 
and  their  Adherents  from  the  Accufations  of  this  Fryer  Peter ;  but  the 
Arch-Bilhop  would  not  hear  them  'till  the  third  Day  after  they  came; 
and  then  examining  the  Matter,  he  declared,  That  he  fufpebted  the  Chan" 
cellor  to  be  guilty  of  Hereby,  and  that  he  was  one  of  thofe  that  favoured 
Wickliff,  Rippington,  and  Hereford  ;  and  he  laid  the  fame  of  Walter  Difh 
and  John  Huntman,  Pro&ors :  And  he  appointed  the  farther  Examination 
of  the  Chancellor  and  Brightwell  to  be  on  the  O&aves  of  Corpus-Chrijii : 
And  then  when  they  faw  that  no  Excufe  would  prevail,  but  that  they  were 
in  Danger,  they  confeffed  that  the  Conclulions  of  Wickliff  wete  juftly  con- 
demned; and  the  Chancellor  kneeling  upon  his  Knees,  and  begging  the 
Arch-Bifhop's  Pardon  for  contemning  his  Commands,  (the  Bilhop  of  Win- 
chef  er,  William  Wickam,  at  the  fame  Time  interceding   for  him)  they 
were  pardoned.     And  the  Arch-Bilhop  ilri&ly  commanded  the  Chancellor, 
that  he  Ihould  not  favour  the  Lollards,  and  that  he  ihould  not  fuffer  any 
Herefies  or  Errors  to  be  lown,  either  publickly  or  privately,  either  in  Ser- 
mons or  in  the  Schools,  by  Lectures  or  Difputations :  And  he  commanded 
him,  that  he  mould  not  fuffer  either  Wickliff,  or  Hereford,  or  Rippington, 
or  Afhton,  or  Redman,  to  preach  publickly,  but  Ihould  fufpend  them  from 
all  publick  Scholaftick  A£ls  and  Exercifes,  'till  they  had  purged  themfelves 
before  the  Arch-Bifhop.     At  the  fame  Time,  at  the  Houfe  of  the  Preach- 
ing-Fryers in  London,  he  gave  Orders  to  the  Chancellor,  That  he  ihould, 
at  St.  Marys  Church  in  Oxford,  publickly,  both  in  Latin  and  Englifh, 
publifh  the  Conclulions  of  Wickliff that  were  condemned,  and  Ihould  take 
Care  to  do  the  fame  in  the  Schools  too ;  and  that  he  Ihould  make  Enquiry 
into  all  the  Colleges  and  Halls,  who  they  were  that  did  defend  the  faid  Con- 
clulions, and  thole  that  did  fb,  he  fhould  make  to  recant  by  Oath.     The 
Chancellor  made  Anfvver,  That  if  he  did  fo,  he  Ihould  be  in  great  Danger 
of  his  Life.     Whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop  replied,   That  the  Univerfity 
was  a  Favourer  of  Heretic ks,  and  that  it  hindered  Catholick  truths  from 
Parked  Av.ti-.  being  publiped.     The  Chancellor  being  charged  with  an  Order  of  the  Pri- 
qwtatesBman  vy-Council  concerning  fome  Things  that  were  to  be  put  in  Execution  by 
*"*'  him,  returns  to  Oxford  the  Week  after,  and  publifhed  the  Arch-Bifhop's 

Orders;  upon  which  the  Seculars  were  lb  angry  with  the  Regulars,  who, 
as  they  faid,  went  to  ruin  the  Univerfity,  that  a  great  many  were  in  Dan- 
ger of  their  Lives. 

After  this,  the  Chancellor  contemning  the  Commands  of  the  Arch-Bifhop, 
did  publickly  in  St.  Mary's  Church  fufpend  Henry  Crompe,  Doftor  in  Di- 
vinity, from  all  publick  Adb,  and  acculed  him  of  breaking  the  Peace,  be- 
caufe  he  fpoke  againfl  the  Do&rine  of  Wickliff,  and  called  the  Lollards 
Hereticks ;  whereupon  the  laid  Henry  Crompe  went  to  London,  and  made 

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his  Complaint  to  the  Lord  Chancellor,  the  Privy  Council,  and  to  the  Arch-    Chap.  X. 
Bifhop;  and  upon  his  Complaint  the  Chancellor  and  Proftors  were  lum-    \^~v~ 
moned  to  London  by  the  King's  Writ,  and  being  feverely  reprimanded,  they  *  ox'*  ASs  & 
were  fent  Home  with  this  Order:  '    **■»** 

That  whereas  Henry  Crompe,  a  Monk  Doctor  in  Divinity,  who  had 
with  fome  others  affifed  the  Arch-Bifloop  in  condemning  the  Conclufions  of 
Wickliff,  had  been  faljly  accused  before  the  Chancellor  of  fome  Words 
that  he  had  spoken  in  his  laji  Lecture,  and  that  he  had  broke  the  Teace 
of  the  Univerfity,  and  thereupon  did  pnnifh  him  with  Sufpenfion-,  It  is  or- 
dered by  this  Writ,  ThTff  the  faid  Henry,  becaufe  he  was  undefervedly  pu- 
nifbed,  be  reftored  to  his  former  State ;  and  that  he  have  Tower  'again  of 
reading  Lectures,  or  doing  any  Scholaftick  Alls. 

In  the  mean  Time,  Hereford  and  Ripfington,  having  had  private  Warn- 
ing by  the  Vice-Chancellor,  Mr.  Robert  Rigge,  who  was  ordered  to  ap- 
prehend them,  couveyed  themfelves  away  privately  to  London,  and  waited 
upon  the  Duke  of  Lancafter,  being  then  at  Totenhall  near  London ;  but 
the  Duke,  whether  for  Fear,  or  for  what  Caufe  elfe  I  cannot  fay,  %s 
Mr.  Fox,  forfook  his  poor  and  miferable  Clients :  But  Harpjfield  fays  far-  Harpsfieid 
ther,  that  when  they  came  to  the  Duke  they  opened  to  him  all  the  Mat-  HijlomWkh 
ter,  and  did  endeavour  to  fhew  him  out  of  the  Conclufions  that  were  con-  l$ana't' 68** 
demned,  that  the  Ecclefiafticks  did  endeavour  to  overturn  the  Civil  Power  : 
And  that  the  next  Day  there  came  to  the  Duke  feveral  Doctors  of  Divi- 
nity, defiring  him  that  he  would  affift  them  in  fuppreifing  the  Hereticks  • 
and  whilft  they  were  there,  came  in  Rippington  and  Hereford',  and  as  they 
were  pleading  their  Caufe  before  the  Duke,  and  explaining  their  Opinion 
concerning  the  Sacrament,  the  Duke  faid,  That  they  were  Followers  of  the 
Devil's  Doctrine ;  and  ever  after  the  Duke  hated  them.  He  then  difpu- 
ted  with  them,  and  fo  fharply  reprimanded  them,  that  he  forced  them  to 
Silence,  finding  that  they  had  put  a  Trick  upon  him,  as  foon  as  he  under- 
ftood  what  the  Conclufions  of  Wicklijfwere,  which  were  then  read  to  him. 
And  then  he  fent  them  to  the  Arch-Bilhop,  commanding  them  that  they 
mould  lubmit  to  his  Judgment :  And  then  Hereford  and  Ripp'mgton  being 
repulfed  by  the  Duke,  went  to  the  Arch-Bifbop ;  and  Rippington,  October 
23,  was  reconciled  again  to  the  Arch-Biihop,  and  by  his  Letter  was  releas- 
ed, and  admitted  to  his  Scholaftical  Acfs  in  the  Univerfity,  and  fo  was  alfo 
John  Jfljton.  Of  Nicholas  Hereford,  fays  Fox,  I  find  no  fpecial  Relation. 
In  the  mean  Time,  about  the  z^d  of  September  the  fame  Year,  the  King 
fent  his  Mandate  to  the  Arch-Bilhop  for  colleding  a  Subfidy,  and  to  have 
a  Convocation  of  the  Clergy  fummoned  againft  the  next  Parliament,  which 
ihould  begin  the  i  %th  Day  of  November.  The  Arch-Bilhop  likewife,  on 
the  15th  Day  of  October,  directed  his  Letters  Monitory,  as  the  Manner  is, 
to  Robert  Braybroke,  Bilhop  of  London,  to  give  the  fame  Admonition  to 
all  his  Suffragans,  and  other  of  the  Clergy  within  his  Province,  for  the  af- 
fembling  of  the  Convocation  aforefaid.  The  Parliament,  which  was  the 
Eighth  Parliament  of  Richard  II.  begun  to  fit  at  Oxford,  as  Mr.  Fox  fays, 
the  1  %th  Day  of  November ;  but  the  Hiftory  of  England  lays  it  met  at 
Weftminfter  in  the  Oftaves  of  St.  Michael :  But  whether  the  Parliament 
met  at  Oxford  or  no,  the  Convocation  was  then  held  in  the  Monaftery  of 
St.  Fridefwide  in  Oxford.  The  Arch-Bilhop,  the  Biihops  affifting,  faid 
Mafs,  and  the  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity,  Mr.  William  Rugg,  preached 
upon  this  Text,  Congregati  feint  in  valle  benedittionis;  and  Sermon  being 
ended,  they  adjourned  to  the  Chapter-Houfe,  and  the  Arch-Bilhop,  with 
other  Biihops  there  fitting  in  their  Pontificalibus,  declared  two  Caufes  of 
their  Meeting :  'The  one,  faith  he,  is  to  reprefs  Herefies  which  began  newly 

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Chap.  X.  to  ffring  uf  in  the  Realm,  and  to  correct  other  Abufes  in  the  Church  i 
c/~W-»  The  other  is  to  aid  and  fupport  the  King  with  fome  necejfary  Subfidy. 
Which  Caufes  of  their  Meeting  being  thus  declared,  the  Convocation  was 
continued  'till  the  Day  following,  which  was  the  19th  of  November.  The 
Arch-Biftiop,  after  the  ufual  Solemnity,  willed  the  Procurators  of  the  Cler- 
gy that  were  chofen  for  every  Diocefe,  to  confult  by  themlelves  in  fome 
convenient  Place,  and  to  confider  what  was  neceflary  for  redreffing  of  Things 
in  the  Church,  and  to  notify  and  declare  it  to  him  and  his  Brethren. 

Furthermore,  laid  he,  forafmuch  as  it  is  noifed  Abroad  through  all  the 
Realm,  that  there  are  certain  in  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford  that  do  hold 
and  maintain  Conckifions  that  are  heretical  and  erroneous,  condemned  by 
him,  and  by  other  Lawyers  and  Doctors  in  Divinity,  he  therefore  did 
ajfign  the  Rifhops  of  Sarum,  Hereford ■,  and  Rochefter.  with  William  Rugg, 
the  Vice-chancellor  vf  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford,  as  alfo  William  Berton 
and  John  MiddletOn,  Doctors*,  giving  them  full  Authority  to  fear ch  and  to 
enquire  all  over  the  Univerfity,  for  all  thofe  that  did  hold,  teach,  and 
maintain  and  defend,  in  Schools  or  out  of  Schools,  the  f aid  Conclufions,  and 
afterward  to  certify  what  they  had  done  in  the  Tremifes.  And  thus  far 
that  Day ;  and  the  Affembly  broke  up  for  the  next  Day,  and  fo  to  the 
next,  and  fo  to  the  third  Day,  being  Monday,  24th  of  November,  on  which 
Day,  in  the  Prefence  of  the  Prelates  and  the  Clergy,  in  the  Chapter-houfe 
of  St.  Fridefwide,  came  in  'Philip  Rippington,  and  there  abjured  the  Con- 
clufions of  W icklijf  'that  were  condemned,  and  then  he  was  difcharged,  and 
he  afterwards  was  made  Bifhop  of  Lincoln ;  and  became,  as  Mr.  Fox  fays, 
one  of  the  molt  bitter  Perfecutors  of  thofe  that  inclined  to  Wickliff's  Opi- 
nion. Arch-Bifhop  Tarker  fays,  that  Nicholas  Hereford  and  John  Afbton 
did  at  the  fame  Time  abjure.  Mr.  Wood  lays,  that  befides  Rippington,  Afh- 
ton  alio,  after  Examination,  was  then  reftored  to  his  Scholaftick  Exercifes  ; 
and  Lawrence  Redman  of  £x^r-College,  who  was  fufpeded  of  holding 
the  fame  Errors,  recanted,  and  was  reftored  to  Exercifes ;  as  alfb  Thomas 
Hillman  of  Merton-CoMcgc ;  and  as  for  Nicholas  Hereford  of  £>yeens-Gol- 
lege,  Mr.  Wood  fays,  he  was  of  a  more  ftubborn  Mind  than  the  reft,  and 
would  not  with  the  reft  depart  from  his  Opinion  ;  but  at  length  he  fays  he 
fubmitted,  and  went  to  Coventry,  and  took  upon  him  the  Habit  of  a  Car- 
thufian  Monk,  and  fpent  the  Remainder  of  his  Life  in  the  Monaftery  of 
St.  Anne,  without  giving  any  Difturbance  afterwards.  But  Mr.  Fox  fays, 
that  Rippington  recanted  at  that  Time  in  the  Morning;  and  that  when 
John  Ajhton  was  examined  at  that  fame  Time  concerning  the  Conclufions, 
he  anfwered,  That  he  was  too  fimple  and  ignorant,  and  therefore  would 
not  and  could  not  anfwer  any  Thing  clearly  and  dijlinctly  to  thofe  Conclu- 
fions. Whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop  at  his  Defire  affigned  to  him  Doctor 
Rugg  the  Vice-Chancellor,  and  other  Divines,  to  inftrucl:  him  in  the  Conclu- 
fions againft  the  Afternoon ;  who  then  appearing  again  after  Dinner  before 
the  Arch-Bifhop  and  the  Prelates,  did  abjure,  in  the  fame  Manner  as  Rip- 
pington had  done  before.  But  Mr.  Fox  fays,  that  he  was  afterwards  cited 
before  Arch-Bifhop  Arundel,  and  condemned;  but  whether  he  died  in  Pri- 
fon  or  was  burned  he  could  not  tell.  But  as  for  Nicholas  Hereford,  Mr. 
Fox  lays,  that  during  the  Time  of  this  Convocation  he  did  not  appear,  and 
therefore'  had  the  Sentence  of  Excommunication  denounced  againft  him ;  a- 
gainft  which  he  put  in  his  Appeal  from  the  Arch-Bifhop  to  the  King  and 
Council.  The  Arch-Bifhop  would  not  admit  of  it,  but  caufed  him  to  be 
apprehended  and  put  in  Prifon  ;  but  fome  Time  after  he  efcaped  out  of  Pri- 
fbn,  and  then  went  up  and  down  preaching  in  a  private  and  fecret  Man- 
ner ;  whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop  fends  out  his  Excommunication  againft 

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him  again,  commanding  it  to  be  read  in  all  Churches ;  and  fends  likewife  Chap.  X. 
^a  Letter  to  the  King,  defiring,  That  feeing  the  [aid  Nicholas  Hereford  had  <4 "~y"\j 
for  his  Contumacy  been  excommunicated,  and  had  continued  fo  forty  Days, 
that  the  King,  according  to  the  Cufiom  of  the  Realm,  would  ijjue  out  his 
Letters  for  the  apprehending  of  him.  Mr.  Fox  fays  no  more  of  him.  But 
if  Mr.  Wood  fays  true,  he  fubmitted  afterwards,  and  lived  quietly  at  Co- 
ventry. But  all  this  while,  what  became  of  John  Wickliff  is  not  certainly 
known ;  Mr.  Fox  thinks  that  he  was  in  Exile ;  Arch-Bifhop  Parker  fays, 
that  he  lurked  up  and  down  to  avoid  being  taken ;  but  whether  he  was  in 
the  Land  or  not,  it  is  certain  he  was  alive  whilft  all  this  was  done  ;  for  in 
the  Year  138a  he  fent  a  Letter  to  Pope  Urban.  Mr.  Lewis,  ih  his  Life 
of  Wicklijf,  fays,  that  he  was  feized  with  a  Fit  of  the  Palfy  in  the  Year 
1382  at  Lutterworth,  but  recovered  again,  and  continued  there  Preaching 
to  the  Time  of  his  Death.  And  he  did  not  die  'till  the  Year  1384;  for 
Upon  St.  Thomas's  Day  that  Year  he  was1  feized  with  a  Palfy,  and  died  the 
laft  Day  of  December,  and  was  buried  in  his  Parifh-Church  of  Lutterworth 
in  Leiceflerfhire.  But  One  and  Forty  Years  after,  his  Body  was  ordered 
by  Pope  Martin  V.  and  the  Council  of  Confiance  to  be  dug  up,  and  to  be 
burned,  which  was  done  accordingly.  He  was  bred  up  in  Merton-Collegc 
in  Oxford,  and  was  famous  for  his  ftrict.  Life  and  Learning.  He  difco- 
vered  a  great  many  Errors  of  the  Church  of  Rome,  and  preached  againft 
them ;  as  the  Do&rine  of  Tranfubftantiation  and  others ;  but  amongft  lome 
Truths  he  held  a  great  many  Errors.  He  wrote  a  great  many  Books ; 
Ibme  fay  above  Two  Hundred ;  and  Mr.  Lewis  with  great  Pains  has  col- 
lected them,  and  given  an  Account  of  them  in  his  Book  of  the  Life  of 
W'tcklijf,  and  they  do  amount  to  a  great  Number :  He  reckons  up  Two 
Hundred  Fifty  Five,  befides  a  Volume  of  Tra&s,  which  are  faid  to  be 
Wickliffs. 

And  thus  did  this  Arch-Bifhop,  with  a  great  deal  of  Pains  and  Courage, 
fupprefs  for  the  prefent  all  thofe  that  did  profefs  the  Doctrines  of  Wicklif, 
and  made  the  chief  of  them  to  recant :  And  although  he  was  very  zealous 
againft  them,  and  had  them  often  before  him,  yet  he  had  always  the  Bi- 
fhops  and  the  moft  eminent  Divines  of  the  Land  for  his  Affrftants,  and  had 
a  great  deal  of  Patience  with  them ;  and  entered  into  Difputations  with 
them,  and  gave  them  a  great  deal  of  Time  to  confider  before  he  did  pafs 
his  Cenfures  upon  them :  And  although  he  got  an  Act  of  Parliament  to  be 
made  for  the  Imprilonment  of  them,  yet  Mr.  Fox  obferves,  that  there 
was  not  one  put  to  Death  for  his  Religion  in  his  Time,  nor  in  all  that 
King's  Reign :  But  in  the  next  Reign,  Arch-Bifhop  Arundel,  his  Succeffor, 
got  an  Act  to  be  made  for  the  Burning  of  Hereticks.  Mr.  Fox  calls  the 
Act  of  Parliament  that  was  made  for  the  Imprifbning  Hereticks,  a  fup- 
pofed  Statute,  and  fays,  that  in  the  following  Parliament  that  was  holden 
at  Wejiminjler,  in  the  6th  Year  of  the  King's  Reign,  among  iundry  Peti- 
tions made  to  the  King,  there  is  one  in  this  Form :  Item,  prayen  the  Com- 
mons, That  whereas  a  Statute  was  made  in  the  laji  'Parliament  in  thefe 
Words,  It  is  ordained  in  this  pre  fent  Parliament,  that  Commijfions  from 
the  King  be  directed  to  the  Sheriffs,-  and  other  Minifters  of  the  King,  or 
to  other  fufficient  Perfons  skillful,  according  to  the  Certificate  of  the  Pre- 
lates thereof  to  be  made  unto  the  Chancery  from  Time  to  Time,  to  Arreji 
all  fuch  Preachers  and  their  Fautors,  Maintainers,  and  Abettors,  and 
them  to  detain  in  ftrong  Prifon,  until  they  will  jufti  fie  themfehes  according 
to  Reafon  and  Law  of  Holy  Church:  And  the  King  willeth  and  com- 
tnandeth,  That  the  Chancellor  make  fuch  Commiffions  at  all  Times,  as  he 
Jhall  be  by  the  Prelates  or  any  of  them  certified,  and  thereof  required,  as 
Y  y  is 


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Chap.  X. 


1382. 

Wood'*  Anti- 
quities Qxoiu 
Vol.  £.f.  189. 


I383. 

Patker'j  An 
t'iq.  Britann. 


1384- 

Wood'*  Antv 
quiiates  Oxoii 
Vol.  1.  $.191 


1385. 
Wood  utfit- 
tra,  p.  194. 


Walfinghira 
Ha'pofield. 


is  aforefaid:  The  which  was  never  agreed  or  granted  by  the  Commons ; 
but  whatsoever  was  moved  therein  was  without  their  Affent :  lhat  the 
faid  Statute  be  therefore  disannulled;  for  it  is  not  in  any  wife  their  Mean- 
ing, that  either  themfelves,  or  fuch  as  /hall  fucceed  them,  pall  be  farther 
juftified,  or  bound  by  the  "Prelates,  than  were  their  Ameftors  in  former 
Times.  Whereunto  is  anfwered,  The  King  is  / 'leafed.  And  notwithftand- 
ing,  fays  Mr.  Fox,  the  former  Law  of  the  #h  of  the  King  was  hereby  re- 
pealed, yet  this  Ad  of  Repeal  was 'never  publilhed,  nor  ever  fince  printed 
with  the  Statutes  of  that  Parliament;  infomuch,  that  that  Repeal  being 
concealed,  Commiffions  and  other  Proceffes  were  made  from  Time  to  Time, 
by  Virtue  of  the  faid  Statute,  as  well  during  all  the  Reign  of  this  King  as 
afterward. 

■  Mr.  Wood  &ys,  that  this  Year,  138a,  there  happened  to  be  a  great  Con- 
tention between  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford  and  the  Prior  of  St.  Fridefwidet 
about  the  Profits  of  a  Fair  that  ufed  to  be  had  yearly ;  and  the  Priory 
made  their  Complaint  to  the  King:  And  the  King  fent  his  Orders  to  the 
Scholars  that  they  fhould  not  difturb  the  Priory ;  but  notwithftanding  this, 
the  Scholars  went  on  to  trouble  the  Priory :  Whereupon  they  made  their 
Complaint  again  to  the  King,  and  the  King  ordered  the  Matter  to  be  re- 
ferred to  William  Courtenay,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  William  Wick" 
ham,  Bifhop  of  Wine  heft  er,  and  others  5  and  they  examining  the  Matter 
gave  their  Judgment  in  Favour  of  the  Priory. 

About  the  Year  1383,  there  arofe  a  Difference  between  the  Arch-Bi- 
fhop and  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  whofe  Servants  had  emptied  a  Pond  of  the 
Arch-Bifhop's,  belonging  to  his  Manour  of  South-mailing  in  the  Diocefe 
of  Chichefter,  and  had  ftolen  away  the  Fifh ;  at  which  the  Arch-Bifhop 
being  angry,  fent  his  Orders  to  the  Bifhop  of  Chichefter  to  excommunicate 
thofe  that  did  it,  as  facrilegious  Perfbns,  and  Violators  of  the  Rights  of  the 
Church  of  Canterbury.  But  the  Earl  of  Arundel  went  "to  the  King,  and 
defired  that  the  Matter  might  be  heard  in  his  own  Prefence,  that  they 
might  not  incur  the  Punimmerit  of  Excommunication.  The  Arch-Bifhop, 
when  the  King  had  interpofed  in  the  Matter,  fent  to  the  Bifhop  of  Chiche- 
fter, and  ordered  him  to  recal  his  Excommunications,  and  to  proceed  ho 
farther  in  the  Bufinefs. 

In  the  Year  1384,  the  Arch-Bifhop  went  to  Oxford,  and  on  the  13^ 
of  November  he  vifited  Ofney- Abbey :  Upon  the  1 4th  Day .  he  vifited  the 
I  Priory  of  St.  Fridefwide  and  Canterbury-College ;  on  the  13th,  Merton- 
College ;  which  Colleges,  as  Mr.  Wood  fays,  he  vifited,  as  being  their  Local 
Vifitor ;  which  I  believe,  fays  he,  gave  Occafion  to  fome  Lawyers  to  fay 
afterwards,  when  the  Arch-Bifhop  Arundel  had  a  Mind  to  vifit  the  whole 
Univerfity,  That  this  Arch-Bifhop  vifited  the  Univerfity  itfelf,  as  well  in 
the  Head  as  in  the  Members  •,  but  no  fuch  Thing  appears  in  the  Regifter. 

In  the  Year  1385,  there  happened  a  great  Difference  amongft  the  Fel- 
lows of  OmZ-College  in  Oxford  about  the  Election  of  a  Head ;  fbme  were 
for  John  Middleton,  Dodor  in  Divinity,  and  others  for  John  Kyrtonf  Ma- 
iler of  Arts ;  and  this  Difference  gave  great  Dilturbance  to  the  College  for 
feveral  Weeks;  with  which  the  King  being  acquainted,  he  ordered  the 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  the  Bifhop  of  Winchefter,  and  fome  others,  to 
hear  and  determine  in  the  Matter,  and  they  gave  it  for  Dodor  Middleton: 
About  this  Time,  fays  Walfmgham,  the  King  came  to  be  very  much  dif- 
pleafed  with  the  Arch-Bifhop,  becaufe  he  fpoke  to  him  freely  about  his 
ill  Government  of  the  Kingdom ;  and  he  was  ib  angry  with  him,  that  he 
ordered  his  Temporalties  to  be  feized :  And  it  had  been  done,  if  the  Lord 
Chancellor,  Michael  de  la  Tool,  had  not  oppofed  it,  for  which  the  King 


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was  angry  with  him  too ;  and  the  King  in  his  Anger  uttered  very  oppro-  Chap.  X. 
brious  Language  againft  both  of  them,  as  alfo  againft  Sir  John  Devereux,  x*^~v^-> 
who  fpoke  in  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Behalf. 

In  the  Year  1386,  10  Richard  II.  the  Arch-Bifhop  upon  the  Noife  of     I38£ 
an  intended  Invafion  from  France,  directs  his  Letters  to  the  then  Com-  SomneiV  An- 
miffary  of  Canterbury,  to  arm  the  Clergy  of  the  City  and  Diocefe  after  §jjj^ 
thefe  Rates  and  Proportions :  A  Benefice  exceeding  One  Hundred  Marks  to  {ag.i66. 
find  a  Man  and  two  Archers  :  A  Benefice  exceeding  Forty  Founds  to  find 
two  Archers :  A  Benefice  ofi  Twenty  'Founds  one  Archer  ;  and  for  thofe 
under  Twenty  Lorica's,  Coats  of  Male  and  other  fmal/er  Arms. 

In  this  fame  Year  there  was  a  Parliament  called,  about  Michaelmas,  CmpUatHipo- 
and  the  Nation  being,  as  was  faid  before,  in  a  great  Confternation  for  Fear  'J>0fta&™t. 
of  an  Invafion  from  France,  at  the  Opening  of  the  Parliament,  the  King, 
as  the  Occafion  required,  demanded  a  prefent  Subfidy  to  pay  the  Army, 
which  he  had  already  got  for  the  Defence  of  the  Nation,  and  make  fuch 
other  Provisions  againft  the  Enemy  as  the  State  of  Affairs  did  require.  The 
Parliament  was  fenfible  of  the  Danger  the  Kingdom  was  in,  and  eafily  con- 
ferred to  the  King's  Defires ;  but  thought  it  unreaibnable  to  put  any  great 
Sums  into  his  Power,  as  long  as  he  was  lb  pliable  to  the  covetous  Humour 
of  his  Favourites,  who  made  his  Revenue  but  a  Prey  to  enrich  themfelves. 
For  Michael  de  la  Fool,  the  Chancellor,  had,  in  lefs  than  a  Year's  Time, 
by  Farming  the  King's  Cuftoms,  and  other  Incomes,  and  by  wafting  his 
Treafure,  purchafed  a  Thoufand  a- Year  in  Land,  and  gathered  great  Sums 
of  Money  which  he  kept  in  Bank.  He  was  generally  reputed  guilty  of  Bri- 
bery in  his  Office;  and  indeed  it  could  not  be  thought  he  could  grow  fb 
fuddenly  rich,  but  by  the  Abufe  of  the  King's  Favours :  Therefore  the  Par- 
liament unanimoufly  refolved  to  have  him  removed  with  the  reft  of  his  Af- 
fbciates,  or  to  give  the  King  no  Tax.  This  they  fignified  to  him  by  a  Pe- 
tition. The  King  received  the  Petition  very  ill ;  and,  tlut  he  might  avoid 
an  Anfwer  to  it,  removed  to  Eltham,  leaving  the  Chancellor  to  prefs  them 
to  grant  a  Tax.  The  Lords  and  Commons  feeing  the  Caufe  of  the  King's 
Retreat,  plainly  told  the  Chancellor,  That  they  would  give  no  Anfwer  to  his 
Demands,  unlefs  the  King  himfelf  were  prefent,  and  he  removed  from  his 
Office.  The  King  had  foon  Intelligence  of  this,  and  immediately  fent  up  to 
the  Parliament,  to  order  that  Forty  of  their  wifeft  Men  mould  come  down 
to  him  at  Eltham.  At  length,  after  Confideration  had  upon  the  King's 
Meffage,  it  was  agreed  upon  by  both  Houfes,  that  the  Duke  of  Gloucefier, 
and  Thomas  Arundel,  Bifhop  of  Ely,  fhould  be  fent  to  the  King  in  the 
Name  of  the  whole  Parliament,  and  the  King  was  contented  to  have  it 
fo :  And  the  Arguments  that  thefe  wife  Peers  made  Ufe  of  had  fo  good 
Effecf  upon  the  King,  that  he  promifed  them  to  follow  them,  and  accord- 
ingly he  came  to  his  Parliament  foon  after  them,  and  then,  without  much 
Relu&ancy,  granted  a  Commiffion  to  the  Duke  of  Gloucefier,  Earl  of  A- 
rundel,  Bifhop  of  Ely,  and  fbme  others,  to  furvey  and  examine  the  State 
of  his  Houfe  and  Courts,  all  his  Officers  and  Minifters,  and  particularly  to 
call  Michael  de  la  Fool,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  to  an  Account  about  the  Ma- 
nagement of  his  Office.  And  becaufe  the  Realm  had  been  for  fbme  Years 
paft  badly  governed,  the  Adminiftration  of  all  publick  Affairs  was  put  in- 
to the  Hands  of  thirteen  Perfons  chofen  by  the  Parliament,  viz.  William 
Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  Alexander  Arch-Bifhop  of  Fork,  Edmund  Duke 
of  Fork,  Thomas  Duke  of  Gloucefier,  the  King's  Uncles,  ©r.  And  when 
they  were  about  to  be  fworn  for  the  due  Adminiftration  of  Affairs,  the 
Arch-Bifhop  entered  his  Proteftation  to  this  Effeft :  That  forafmuch  as  he, 
and  his  Tredeceffors,  Time  out  of  Mind,  had  the  Frerogative,  that  they 

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Chap.  X.  fhould  and  ought  to  be  in  all  the  Councils  and  ^Parliaments  of  the  Prince 
v^YN*'  and  of  the  Realm,  and  ought  not  to  be  fworn  to  any  befides  the  Tope, 
and  therefore  ought  not  to  be  fworn  then  \  yet  of  his  meer  Goodwill,  fa- 
ying to  himfelf  the  Prerogative,  he  taketh  upon  him  the  Oath.  The  Com- 
miffioners  appointed  for  examining  into  the  King's  Minifters  and  Officers, 
having  examined  and  tried  the  Lord  Chancellor  found  him  guilty  of  many- 
High  Crimes,  and  did  not  only  deprive  him  of  his  Place,  but  confifcated 
his  Eftate,  which  was  One  Thoufand  Pounds  a-Year,  and  fined  him  One 
Thoufand  Marks.  During  this  Parliament,  Robert  de  Vere,  Earl  of  Ox- 
ford  and  Marquefs  of  Dublin,  was  created  Duke  of  Ireland;  and  he  was, 
at  the  Petition  of  the  Lords  and  Commons,  ordered  to  be  fent  to  Ireland 
before  Eajler  next.  This  Parliament  being  broke  up  and  returned  Home,  the 
King  was  left  again  to  his  own  unfteady  Refolutions  and  partial  Affections, 
and  received  all  his  old  Favourites  into  Favour  again ;  and  the  Fine  which 
had  been  impofed  upon  Michael  de  la  Tool,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  he  immediate- 
1387.  ly  took  off.  Eajler  drawing  near,  at  which  Time  the  Duke  of  Ireland 
was  to  go  to  that  Kingdom,  great  Preparations  were  made  for  his  Departure, 
as  if  he  had  been  in  earneft ;  and  not  long  after  that  Feaft,  he  began  his 
Journey  into  Wales  in  order  to  his  palling  thither :  The  King  himfelf,  with 
the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Lord  Chief  Juftice  Trefilian,  and  fome  others,  accom- 
panying him  in  State,  ftaid  fome  Time  with  him  there.  And  the  King  in 
his  Return,  when  he  was  at  Nottingham,  fent  for  all  the  Judges  to  come 
to  him ;  and  foon  after  their  Arrival  a  folemn  Council  was  called,  Aug.  1 1. 
And  the  King,  in  the  Prefence  of  many  Nobles,  demanded  of  the  Judges 
their  Judgment  of  the  Law  upon  feveral  Queftions :  The  firft  was,  Whe- 
ther the  Statute  and  CoramiJ/ion  made  the  laji  'Parliament  were  prejudicial 
to  the  King's  Prerogative  ?  They  all  unanimoufly  anfwered,  Tes.  The  fe- 
cond  Quettion  was,  How  thofe  Perfons  ought  to  be  punifhed,  who  were 
either  concerned  to  procure  it,  or  moved  the  King  to  confent  to  it  and  grant 
it  ?  They  faid,  With  Death,  unlefs  the  King  would  pardon  them.  And  other 
Queftions,  in  all  Ten,  did  the  King  put  to  them  much  to  the  fame  Effed. 
The  Refolutions  of  the  Judges  being  given  to  all  the  Queftions,  the  King 
required  them  to  fubferibe  them,  and  fet  their  Seals  to  them  in  the  Pre- 
fence of  the  Lords  and  other  great  Perfons  there  affembled.  Trefilian  and 
his  Judges  readily  complyed  •  but  Belknap  with  his  Brethren,  well  know- 
ing the  Drift  of  what  was  done,  was  not  willing  to  leave  any  fuch  Marks) 
of  his  Opinion  behind  him,  and  therefore  refufed  to  fubferibe  them,  'till 
the  Duke  of  Ireland  and  Earl  of  Suffolk  forced  them  to  fubferibe.  The 
Opinions  of  the  Judges  being  thus  known,  a  Jury  of  Londoners  fummoned 
to  Nottingham  for  that  Purpofe,  found  a  Bill  of  Indi&ment  againft  the 
Duke  of  Gloucefter,  Earls  of  Arundel,  Warwick,  Darby,  and  Nottingham, 
of  High  Treafon ;  and  upon  a  full  and  formal  Hearing  before  the  Judges, 
they  were  condemned  to  Death,  and  their  Lands  being  forfeited  to  the 
King,  were  difpofed  of  by  him  among  his  Favourites :  And  that  the  Sen- 
tence might  be  fully  executed,  the  King  fent  into  all  Parts  of  the  Nation, 
to  gather  an  Army  able  to  matter  all  Oppofition  they  could  make  againft 
what  had  been  done  ;  which  though  it  met  with  cold  Reception  from  ma- 
ny, yet  great  Multitudes,  not  knowing  the  Defign  in  Hand,  readily  yielded 
their  Affiftance,  as  their  Duty  to  their  King  in  their  Opinion  obliged  them. 
Whilft  thefe  Things  were  tranfa&ing  againft  the  Lords  at  Nottingham, 
there  happened  a  very  great  Difturbance  in  the  Church,  upon  this  Occa- 
fion  :  One  Walter  Diffe,  a  Carmelite  Fryer,  and  formerly  Confeffor  to  the 
i  ~  Duke  of  Lancajler,  having  obtained  of  Pope  Urban,  in  favour  of  his  old 

Mafter,  a  Liberty  of  conferring  the  Honour  and  Pi  iviledges  of  the  Pope's 

Chaplains 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 8 1 

Chaplains  on  fuch  as  would  purchafe  them  for  their  Money,  Teter  Tatijbull,  Chap.  X. 
an  Augufiine  Fryer,  and  a  Favourer  of  jVickliffs  Doctrine,  being  defirous  of  V^tSt-w 
Liberty  and  Freedom  from  his  Monkifh  Confinement,  procured  himfelf  to 
be  admitted  the  Pope's  Chaplain,  and  immediately  left  his  Monaftery.  He 
was  a  Perfon  pious  and  learned,,  and  fpent  his  Time  much  in  Preaching 
after  his  Releafe;  and  in  his  Sermons  he  fpoke  much  againft  the  Monks, 
and  blamed  their  Hypocrify  and  wicked  Acf  ions,  as  unbecoming  their  ftrict 
Profeffion  of  Religion.  The  Monks  Ihewed  great  Difpleafure  againft  him 
and  his  Sermons,  and  fb  frequently  difturbed  his  Preaching,  that  partly 
through  the  Contefts  of  his  Hearers  and  the  Monks,  and  partly  through 
Fear  of  them,  he  was  forced  to  give  over  publick  Preaching,  and  by  the 
Advice  of  his  Friends  betake  himfelf  to  Writing,  in  which  he  accufed  the 
Monks  of  many  horrid  Crimes.  But  thefe  Books  angred  the  Bifhops,  be- 
ing looked  upon  as  the  Difgrace  of  the  Clergy,  who  thereupon  were  very 
zealous  to  fupprefs  them,  and  to  that  End  obtained  of  the  King  a  Commifliort, 
directed  to  all  Sheriffs  and  Juftices,  commanding  them  to  fearch  for  and 
feize  all  heretical  Books,  and  fupprefs  Lollardy  in  the  whole  Kingdom. 
But  to  return  to  the  Difference  between  the  King  and  his  Nobles ; 
The  Judgment  upon  the  Lords  was  no  fooner  given,  but  the  Lords  had  a 
full  Account  of  all  their  Proceedings ;  and  although  the  Duke  of  Gloucefier 
was  a  hot  and  cholerick  Man,'  yet  the  Senfe  of  his  Duty  to  his  Prince  taught 
him  a  more  fubmiffive  Way  of  providing  for  his  own  Defence,  than  to  run 
prefently  to  his  Arms  ;  wherefore  fending  for  the  Bifhop  of  London,  he  de- 
fired  him  to  Wait  on  the  King,  and  to  mediate  a  Reconciliation  between 
the  King,  himfelf,  and  the  Lords.  The  Bifhop  did  very  willingly  under- 
take that  good  Office,  and  being  a  Perfon  prudent  and  eloquent,  he  proved 
fb  good  an  Advocate,  that  the  King  feemed  fatisfied  with  his  Uncle,  and 
defired  a  Reconciliation  :  But  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  who  was  by,  knowing 
that  if  it  were  compleated  it  would  prove  fatal  to  him,  interpofed,  and 
with  a  virulent  Charge  of  Popularity  and  Treafbn  laid  upon  the  Lords,  al- 
tered the  King's  good  Inclination  to  Peace,  and  the  Bifhop  was  ordered  out 
of  his  Prefence.  When  the  Bifhop  returned  with  the  News  of  his  ill  Suc- 
cefs,  the  Duke  of  Gloucefier  and  the  condemned  Peers  refolved  immediately 
to  raife  what  Force  they  could^  and  to  ftand  up  in  their  own  Defence  to 
expoftulate  with  the  King,  Why  he  fought  their  Death,  and  fuffercd  him- 
felf to  be  governed  by  Traytors?  The  King  and  thofe  that  were  with  him 
thought  to  prevent  sny  Oppofition  from  them  by  feizing  them  fingly  be- 
fore they  could  get  together,,  and  for  that  Purpofe  the  King  fends  the 
Earl  of  Northumberland  to  apprehend  the  Earl  of  Arundel  at  his  Caftle  of 
Ryegate ;  but  he  found  it  fo  well  guarded,  that  he  was  forced  to  diffemble 
the  Reafon  of  his  coming,  and  let  it  pafs  for  a  Vifit.  This  Difappointment 
the  King  thought  to  avoid  by  Surprize,  and  therefore  fent  a  ftrong  Force 
the  fame  Night  to  arreft  him ;  but  the  Earl  fufpecling  what  after  hap- 
pened, had  made  his  Efcape  to  the  Duke  of  Gloucefier  at  Harringey  Park^ 
near  Highgate,  and  there  they  joined  their  Forces  with  the  Earls  of  War- 
wick, Nottingham,  and  Darby.  The  News  of  the  Lords  being  united  much  Kenhety«»^ 
difturbed  the^King  and  his  Favourites,  wherefore  a  great  Council  was  called  o/inslanZ 
to  confult  what  Was  beft  to  be  done :  The  Duke  of  Ireland  and  the  other 
Favourites  were  for  violent  Courfcs,  but  the  greatcft  Part  of  the  Council 
agreed  to  what  the  Earl  of  Northumberland  propofed,  and  begged  of  the 
King  that  he  would  fend  to  them,  and  require  their  Reaibns  for  affembling 
with  fo  many  People ;  and  they  doubted  not  but  they  would  give  the  King 
juft  Satisfaction :  Whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury  and  the  Bi- 
fhop of  Ely  were  fent  immediately  to  the  Lord?,  who  were  advanced  near 
Zr  z  London. 


1 8  2  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X;  London,  to  inform  them,  that  the  King  had  no  Mind  to  commence  a  War 
i^-v^-v>  with  his  Subjects,  but  was  willing  to  know  the  Caufe  of  their  Difcontents, 
that  he  might  relieve  them ;  for  which  End  he  defired  the  Lords  to  meet 
him  in  Wefiminfier-Hall  on  Sunday  next,  and  exhibit  their  Complaints  to 
him.  The  Lords  were  not  unwilling  to  meet  the  King,  and  they  attend- 
ed upon  him ;  yet  with  fuch  ftrong  Guards,  as  fhewed  that  they  came  not 
to  fubmit  or  petition,  but  to  demand  or  capitulate.  On  the  Day  of  their 
Meeting,  the  King  being  fat  on  his  Throne  in  his  Robes,  and  the  Nobles 
prefent  and  kneeling  before  him,  the  Chancellor,  who  was  the  Bifhop  of 
Ely,  delivered  the  King's  Mind  to  them  in  a  fhort  Speech,  telling  them^ 
that  the  King  hearing  of  their  riotous  Affembling  in  Harringey  Tark^ 
though  he  was  advifed  to  have  reprejfed  them  with  Force,  which  he  could 
eafily  have  done ;  yet  out  of  his  Trine ely  Clemency  had  chofen  to  put  gentler 
Methods  firfi  in  Execution,  to  avoid  the  Effufion  of  his  Subjects  Blood,  if 
poffible',  and  therefore  had  fent  for  them  to  dif c  our fe  with  them,  and  know 
the  Reafons  and  Caufes  of  their  Difcontents,  and  why  they  in  fo  tumult 
turns  a  Manner  had  drawn  together  fuch  a  Number  of  Teoflel  The  Lords 
made  Anfwer,  that  it  was  not  out  of  any  turbulent  or  ambitious  Humour 
that  they  had  taken  up  Arms,  but  out  of  an  unavoidable  Necefity  of  pre- 
ferring the  King's  Terfon  and  Realm,  and  fecuring  their  own  Lives  from 
the  impending  Dangers  which  were  falling  upon  them,  by  fuch  Terfons  as 
were  Enemies  to  both,  and  fhrowded  their  ill  Actions  under  his  Favour  : 
that  the  Duke  of  Ireland,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Archbijhop  of  York,  Sir  Ri- 
chard Trefilian,  Sir  Nicholas  Bramber,  and  forne  others,  were  thofe  tray- 
tors  to  the  King  and  Realm,  which  they  were  afraid  of,  and  fought  to 
remove.  The  King  having  heard  them  with  much  Calmnefs,  gave  them  a 
moderate  and  rational  Anfwer,  and  treated  the  Lords  with  great  Civility, 
and  the  Lords  were  fatisfied  with  the  King's  Behaviour  towards  them  j  and 
after  the  King  had  put  forth  a  Proclamation  of  Pardon,  they  looked  upon 
all  Things  in  a  certain  Way  of  Settlement  in  the  next  Parliament. 

Whilft  Affairs  looked  fb  well  in  London,  the  Duke  of  Ireland  had  a  pri- 
vate Commiflion  from  the  King  to  gather  an  Army  of  fuch  as  were  his 
Friends  about  Chefier,  and  to  come  to  London.  This,  though  acted  with 
great  Privacy  and  at  a  great  Diftance,  was  not  hid  from  the  Lords  and  their 
Friends,  who  therefore  contrived  to  intercept  the  Duke  in  his  PafTagc,  by- 
fending  the  Earl  of  Darby  with  a  ftrong  Party  to  lie  in  thofe  Countries 
Kemet'i  com-  through  which  he  was  to  pafs.  The  Duke  of  Ireland  having  gathered  a 
fighSf^  Sfeat  Bod^  of  Six  Thoufand  Men>  ftout  and  well-armed,  marched  accord- 
ing to  the  King's  Order  towards  London',  but  at  Redcote-Bridge,  near 
Burford  in  Oxfordpire,  they  were  met  by  the  Earl  of  Darby  and  his 
Men.  The  Battle  was  very  fharp  and  lafted  long,  but  at  laft  the  Earl  of 
Darby  got  the  Victory.  The  Duke  faw  the  Beginning  of  the  Engage- 
ment, but  fled  away  before  the  Victory  fhewed  itfelf;  his  Horfe  and  Bag- 
gage were  taken,  and  brought  to  the  Earl  of  Darby  :  In  his  Trunk  was 
found  a  Letter  fent  to  him  by  the  King  himfelf,  wherein  he  commands 
him  to  haften  to  London  with  all  the  Speed  he  could,  and  promifes  to  live 
and  die  with  him.  The  Duke  of  Ireland  was  fuppofed  to  have  been 
drowned,  but  afterwards  he  was  difcovered  to  have  fled  into  Holland,  and 
from  thence  into  France.  This  Victory  proved  the  Overthrow  of  the 
Lords  Enemies:  For  the  Duke  of  Ireland  never  returned,  the  Earl  of 
Suffolk  fled  to  Calais,  the  King  betook  himfelf  to  the  tower,  and  trefilian 
and  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tork,  with  the  reft  of  the  Party,  withdrew  from 
London,  and  concealed  themfelves.  The  Lords  being  again  united,  march- 
ed with  an  Army  of  Forty  Thoufand  Men  to  London,  and  muftered  in 

Clerkenwclh 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  183 

Clerkenwell,  within  the  ProfpecT:  of  the  Tower.  The  Arch-Bifhop  of  Can-  Chap,  Xi 
terbury,  and  ibme  others  of  the  Peers,  defirous  to  end  the  Quarrel,  befeeched  k^-v^-' 
the  King  to  condefcend  to  a  peaceable  Compofure  of  Affairs;  but  he  made 
flight  of  the  Propofal,  and  told  them,  That  they  would  foon  dijfolve  of 
themselves  without  any  Treaty ;  their  Multitude  would  in  a  port  Time 
consume  all  their  Trovifions,  and  then  they  muft  break  in  Tieces  ofCourfe. 
The  Lords  had  Notice  of  thefe  Words,  and  being  incenfed  at  them,  fwore, 
That  they  would  not  depart  from  London  (which  by  this  Time  had  opened 
their  Gates  to  them)  'till  they  had Jpoken  with  the  King ;  and  having  given 
him  Notice  of  it,  fet  a  ftrong  Guard  about  the  Tower,  that  he  might  not 
elude  them  by  a  private  Efcape.  The  King  being  thus  befet,  and  having 
no  Way  to  avoid  a  Treaty,  condefcended  to  have  one,  and  fent  the  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Canterbury  to  acquaint  the  Lords  with  it.  They  received  the 
News  joyfully,  and  on  the  Morrow  met  the  King  in  Weftminfer-Hall.  The 
main  Thing  that  the  Peers  infilled  upon,  and  the  King,  though  not  very 
freely,  agreed  to,  was,  Tliat  fever altraiterous  and  wicked  Terfons  Jhould, 
for  the  Honour  of  the  King's  Terfon  and  Good  of  the  Realm,  be  removed 
from  Court  \  and  accordingly  Alexander  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tor k,  John  Bifhop 
of  Durham,  and  fome  others,  were  ftrittly  forbidden  to  come  into  the 
the  King's  Palace  or  Prefence :  Others,  whofe  Crimes  were  greater  were 
imprifbned  to  be  tried  in  next  Parliament.  The  Time  drawing  near  when 
the  Parliament  was  to  meet,  by  the  unanimous  Agreement  of  the  King 
and  Lords,  the  King,  who  knew  very  well  that  it  would  prove  fatal  to 
his  Friends,  fought  all  Means  to  prorogue  it,  but  not  daring  to  ftand  upon 
his  Prerogative  at  this  Time,  permitted  them  to  meet,  February  3.  The  128& 
Commons  reforted  to  it  with  great  Diligence,  becaufe  of  the  general  Expec- 
tation there  was  of  a  compleat  Reformation  of  all  Dilbrders  this  Seflion ; 
which  it  lb-  well  effected,  that  it  was  thought  to  deferve  the  Name  of  the 
Wonder-working  'Parliament.  After  the  ufual  Forms  of  Opening  the  Par- 
liament were  over,  they  entered  upon  A&ion,  and  on  the  firft  Day  of  their 
Meeting  arretted  all  the  Judges  that  were  fitting  in  iVeJlminfter-Hall,  upon 
the  Bench,  except  Trefilian,  who  had  concealed  himfelf  in  Difguife,  and 
lent  them  to  the  Tower.  Their  Crime  was,  That  in  the  lafl  Tarliament  Kenneth  coiA- 
they  over-ruled  the  Actions  and  Determinations  of  the  Lords  with  their  tbatHifiorj  of 
Advice  and  Directions,  and  had  ajfured  them  that  all  was  done  accord-  "8  an  ' 
ing  to  Law',  but  afterwards  had  given  the  King  a  contrary  Judgment  at 
Nottingham,  and  had  delivered  it  as  their  Opinion,  that  the  Actions  of 
the  faid  Tarliament  were  illegal  and  traiterous.  The  Judges  had  no- 
thing to  plead  in  Excufe  of  this  bafe  Action,  but  their  Fears  of  the  Duke 
of  Ireland,  who  threatened  their  Ruin,  unlefs  they  made  fuch  Anfwers  to 
the  Queftions  as  he  expected  and  defired,  and  therefore  left  themfelves  to 
the  Judgment  of  the  Parliament ;  who  confidering  that  the  whole  Matter 
was  managed  by  Trefilian,  and  that  the  reft  of  the  Judges  were  furprized 
and  forced  to  give  their  Sentence,  laid  the  milder  Punilhment  upon  them, 
and  only  confiscated  their  Goods,  and  banifhed  them  for  their  Lives :  So  it 
is  faid  in  the  Hiftory  of  England.  But  in  the  Tarliament-Rolls  it  is  faid, 
That  all  that  were  in  Cuftody  were  condemned  by  the  Lords  Temporal, 
With  the  Affent  of  the  King,  to  be  drawn  and  hanged  as  Traytors ;  but  the 
Biihops,  juft  as  Sentence  had  paffed,  came  in,  and  interceded  for  their  Lives, 
which  the  King  granted  them ;  but  their  Eftates  were  leized,  and  their 
Perfons  imprifbned.  The  next  Thing  that  they  entered  upon  was  to  pro- 
ceed againft  Robert  Vere,  Duke  of  Ireland,  Alexander  Nevill,  Arch-Bifhop 
of  Tork,  Michael  de  la  Tool,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Sir  Robert  Trefilian,  Lord 
Chief  Juftice  of  England,  and  Nicholas  Bramber,,  fometime  Lord  Mayor 

of 


1 84  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hifiory  of  the     Book  I* 


Chap.  X. 


1388. 

F?iket' s  Ami- 
quit  ues  Bri. 


Mr.  Rowe  in 
bis  Aidi  ions 
to  Sir  P.  Bill. 


of  London,  who,  being  fled  from  Juftice,  were  fummoned  only,  and  not 
appearing,  were  fentenced  to  perpetual  Baniftiment,  and  their  Eftates  con- 
fifcated.  Not  long  after  Sir  Robert  Trefilian  was  difcovered  by  one  of  his 
own  Servants,  and  feized  upon  in  a  Difguife  at  an  Apothecary's  in  Weft- 
minjier,  where  he  lay  to  obferve  the  Tranfattions  of  Parliament.  He  was 
carried  firft  to  the  Duke  of  Gloucester,  who  fecured  him  in  the  Tower^  and 
in  the  Afternoon  he  was  brought  before  the  Parliament,  by  whom  he  was 
fentenced  to  be  drawn  to  Tyburn  and  hanged,  which  Judgment  was  imme- 
diately executed  upon  him ;  and  having  taken  Sir  Nicholas  Br  amber,  they 
condemned  him  likewife  to  the  fame  Punilhment.  Sir  John  Salisbury, 
Sir  James  Barnifh,  John  Beauchamp,  John  Blake,  and  Thomas  Uske,  were 
all  drawn  and  hanged  for  the  fame  Crimes.  With  thefe  Men  the  Parlia- 
ment hoped  the  Diforders  of  the  Nation  would  be  removed ;  and  the  Arch- 
Bilhop  in  Parliament  moved,  as  if  all  Things  were  to  begin  a-new,  That 
the  King  and  Parliament  fhould  ratify  their  Refolutions  of  doing  their  Duty 
to  each  other  by  Oath  :  Whereupon  the  King  promiled  to  Hand  by  the 
Lords  in  governing  the  Realm,  and  took  his  Coronation  Oath  again ;  and 
both  Houles  fwore  Homage  and  Fealty  to  the  King. 

The  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury  at  the  Beginning  of  this  Parliament,  as 
ufual,  called  a  Convocation,  and  at  the  Opening  of  it  he  preached  himfelf ; 
and  he  took  for  his  Text,  Super  muros  Jerufalem  conflituti  Cuftodesx  I  have 
let  Watchmen  upon  thy  Walls,  O  Jerufalem!  Ifaiah  lxii.  6.  and  he  ob- 
tained in  that  Convocation  that  a  Tenth  might  be  granted  to  the  King* 
And  whereas  in  that  Parliament  feveral  Noblemen  and  others  were  accufed 
of  promoting  a  Difference  between  the  King  and  the  Peers,  and  of  Trea- 
lon,  and  lome  were  condemned  and  put  to  Death,  as  was  laid  beforej  the 
Arch-Bifhop  and  his  Suffragans,  who  by  the  Canon  Law  could  not  be 
prefent  in  any  Court  where  the  Life*  of  a  Man  is  concerned,  went  out  of 
the  Houfe  of  Lords,  and  before  they  went  entered  their  Proteftation :  In 
which,  the  Arch-Bilhop  for  himfelf,  his  Brethren  the  Bifhops,  the  Abbots, 
and  other  Prelates  that  were  Peers  of  the  Realm,  and  had  Right  to  fit  in 
Parliament,  proteft,  That  whereas  there  were  fome  Things  treated  of  in 
that  Parliament,  at  which  the  Clergy  by  the  Canons  of  the  Church  could 
not  be  prefent,  and  therefore  they  did  abfent  themj elves ;  that  this  Ab fence 
of  theirs  from  the  Parliament  jhould  in  no  wife  prejudice  their  Right,  nei- 
ther did  they  defign  by  it  to  render  that  which  fhould  be  done  at  that  Time 
in  Parliament  lefs  valid.  This  remarkable  Proteftation  has  often  firice 
been  made  Ufe  of  by  feveral  Authors  in  treating  of  the  Queftion,  Whether 
the  Lords  Spiritual  pall  vote  in  Cafes  of  Treafon  ? 

For  which  fee  Cotton's  Abridgment,  fol.  32a.  2  Inftitut.  586.  4  Injlitut. 
45.  Selden's  Titles  of  Honour,  p.  58  a.  and  the  late  Treatifes  written  upon 
the  Reviving  the  Queftion,  in  the  Cafe  of  Thomas  Earl  of  Danby,  in  the 
Time  of  King  Charles  II. 

The  Parliament  was  again  fummoned  to  meet  in  September,  and  accord- 
ingly affembled  at  Cambridge,  as  our  Hiftorians  unanimoully  agree :  But 
our  Statute  Book  fays,  at  Canterbury,  on  the  Morrow  after  the  Nativity  of 
the  Virgin  Mary,  September  0.  The  Parliament  was  holden  in  the  Mona- 
ftery  of  the  Carmelites,  and  at  the  fame  Time  a  Convocation  was  held  in 
the  Church  of  St.  Mary.  And  there  was  a  Tenth  granted  to  the  King 
upon  this  Condition,  If  the  King  before  the  Calends  of  October  next  did 
with  his  Army  go  againft  the  French.  In  that  Parliament  there  was  a  Law 
made,  that  no  one,  without  the  King's  Leave,  ftiould  procure  a  Benefice 
to  be  conferred  upon  him  by  the  Pope,  under  the  Title  of  the  Pope's  Pro- 
vifion,  as  it  was  called  j  and  if  any  one  did,  he  ftiould  be  put  out  of  the 

King's 


Part  III.       Nolle  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  I.    18? 

King's  Protection.  In  this  Parliament  the  Laity  granted  the  King  a  Sub-  Chap.  X. 
fidy,  upon  Condition,  That  the  Clergy  ihould  grant  the  King  a  Tenth  *  \^~\r\lj 
upon  which  the  Arch-Bifhop  with  his  Suffragans  did  fay,  That  it  was  ve-  £a/PfieLd>,f 
ry  unrealizable,  and  of  very  bad  Confequence  for  the  Clergy,  in  their  Gifts  filZg'kam' 
to  the  King,  which  ought  to  be  voluntary,  to  be  tied  up  by  the  Laity  • 
and  therefore  they  would  not  treat  about  granting  any  Thing  before  that 
Condition  was  Itruck  out  of  the  Bill.  Th.e  King,  who  was  prefent  at  that 
Time  in  Parliament,  ordered  that  Condition  to  be  ftruck  out  of  the  Bill, 
which  was  publickly  done  in  Parliament.  Harpfield  fays,  that  the  Par- 
liament in  which  this  was  done  was  holden  at  London,  and  that  the  Com- 
mons were  angry  with  the  Arch-Bifhop  and  the  reft  of  the  Clergy  for 
having  the  Condition  ftruck  out ;  and  they  laid,  that  the  Clergy  were,  by 
Reafon  of  their  great  Riches,  grown  proud  and  infolent.  And  they  did  \ 
talk  of  taking  away  fome  of  the  Revenues  of  the  Clergy  by  Act  of  Par- 
liament ;  and  thereupon  fome,  as  Walfingham  fays,  who  lived  in  that  Time, 
did  flatter  themfelves  that  they  Ihould  have  a  good  Share.  But  they  were 
all  difappointed,  for  the  King,  as  was  faid  before,  ordered  the  Condition  to 
be  ftruck  out,  and  declared  he  would  leave  the  Revenues  of  the  Clergy  pre- 
ferved  fafe  and  entire.  And  when  the  Arch-Bifhop,  in  the  Name  of  the 
Clergy,  gave  the  King  Thanks  for  it>  and  prefented  him  with  a  Tenth, 
which  the  Clergy  had  freely  granted  to  him,  the  King  received  it  very- 
kindly,  and  laid,  That  that  Sub/idy,  proceeding  from  a  willing  Mind  in  the 
Clergy,  did  fleafe  him  more,  than  four  Times  as  much  that  Jhould  have 
been  drawn  from  them  unwillingly.  In  that  Parliament,  fays  Harpsfieldy 
it  was  moved,  That  the  King  might  have  the  Firft  Fruits  of  thole  Liv- 
ings that  he  was  the  Patron  of,  but  it  was  not  granted. 

In  the  Year  1385),  13  Richard  II.  the  King  called  his  Council  together:  13  8^ 
As  loon  as  they  were  all  feated,  and  the  King  himfelf  at  the  Head  of  them, 
he  demanded  of  them,  What  Age  they  fu^fofed  him  to  be  of  now  ?  They 
anfwered,  That  they  thought  him  to  be  ibmewhat  above  One  and  Twenty. 
The  King  then  replied,  That  it  was  unreafonable  that  he  fhould  be  denied 
what  his  meanefi  Subjects  enjoyed,  who  at  that  Age  came  into  the  Manage- 
ment and  full  ToffeJ/tnn  of  their  Birthrights,  and  were  no  longer  under 
Guardians  and  Tutors ;  and  therefore  he  challenged  the  Government  of  his 
Kingdoms  out  of  their  Hands.  The  Lords,  of  which  the  Arch-Bifhop  was 
one,  though  fearing  the  ill  Confequences  of  his  Rule,  did  not  deny  what 
he  required,  but  readily  yielded  up  their  Power  entirely  to  him. 

The  King  having  taken  the  Government  of  the  Realm  into  bis  own 
Hands,  the  Arch-Bifhop  was  more  at  Leifure  to  mind  the  Affairs  of  the 
Church,  and  therefore  this  Year  he  defigned  to  make  his.  Metropolitical 
Vifitation  all  over  his  Province ;  and  that  he  might  do  it  with  greater  Au- 
thority, he  obtained  from  Pope  Urban,  that  he  might  do  it  without  any 
Hindrance  from  the  Court  of  Rome ;  and  then  he  vifited  the  Diocefe  of 
Rochefier,  Chichefter,  Bath  and  Wells,  as  alio  Worcefler,  no  one  oppofing 
or  contradicting  of  him.  At  Exeter  he  found  fome  Refiftance.  The  Bifhop 
of  Exeter  at  that  Time  was  Thomas  Brentingham :  He  was  a  Man  very 
well  learned,  and  expert  in  Civil,  as  well  as  in  Eccleiiaftical  Matters ;  and, 
for  that  Reafon,  in  1 0  Richard  II.  he  was  chofen  by  the  Parliament  to  be 
one  of  thofe  that  had  the  Adminiftration  of  Affairs  under  the  King.  And 
this  Bifhop  might  be  encouraged  to  oppofe  the  Arch-Bifhop  in  his  Vifita- 
tion from  the  Example  of  his  Predeceffor  Bifhop  Grandifon ;  for  he  would 
not  lubmit  to  the  Vifitation  of  Simon  Mepham,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  ip.  Gjdwin1* 
but  appealed  to  Rome,  and  would  not  i'uffer  him  fo  much  as  to  enter  into  Hi'ltory. 
his  Cathedral-Church,  much  lefs  to  vifit  in  the  fame. 

A  a  a  ^rch-Bifhop 


1 86  Part  HI.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X;        Arch-Bifhop  Courtenay,  after  the  Time  of  his  firft  Inhibition,  prorogued 
v_,-n^>-*     divers  Times  the  Day  of  his  Vifitation,  and  when  he  had  fat,  was  not  fo 
Haipsfiild.      fafty  in  granting  a  Relaxation  of  the  Inhibition  as  they  expe&ed.     Hereby 
it  came  to  pafs,  that  the  Biihop  and  his  Arch-Deacons  were  fufpended  from 
their  Jurifdi&ion  longer  than  they  ought  to  be,  and  not  willing  to  wait 
the  Arch-Biihop's  Pleafure  any  longer,  ruihed  into  their  Jurifdi&ions  again, 
before  his  Vifitation  was  finifhed ;  and  commanded  all  Men  upon  Pain  of 
Excommunication  to  repair  unto  them  their  wonted  Ordinaries,  for  Probate 
of  Wills,  Adminiftrations,  Inftitutions,  or  upon  any  other  fuch  like  Occa- 
fions.     This  Commandment,  publifhed  in  many  Places  of  the  Diocefe,  the 
Arch-Bifhop  pronounced  to  be  void,  and  required  all  Men,  in  thefe  and  the 
like  Cafes,  to  repair  unto  him,  and  none  other.     Hereupon  the  Biihop  ap- 
_    pealed  to  Rome,  and  affixed  his  Appeal  to  the  Doors  of  the  Cathedral- 
Church  of  Exeter.  The  Appeal  the  Arch-Bifhop  rejected,  and  goes  on  in 
his  Vifitation,  and  cites  the  Biihop,  by  various  Orders,  to  anfwer  to  certain 
Articles  to  be  propofed  to  him  in  the  Vifitation.     The  Arch-Bifhop' s  Ap* 
parator,  'Peter  Hill,  having  with  him  the  Arch-Biihop's  Citation,  by  which 
he  was  to  cite  the  Biihop,  fome  of  the  Bifhop's  Officers  met  him  at  Top-* 
foam,  and  did  beat  him,  and  forced  him  to  eat  the  Citation,  Parchment, 
Wax,  and  all :  At  which  Action,  the  King  being  much  difpleafed,  lent  to 
Edward  Earl  of  Devonfoire,  and  to  others,  that  they  fhould  find  them 
out,  and  apprehend  them,  that  they  might  fuffer  fuch  Punilhrnent  as  the 
Arch-Bifhop  ihould  think  fit.   And  the  Arch-Bifhop  enjoined  them  this 
in'*  m-  ^enance»  v'1*-  That  in  the  Church  of  Canterbury,  St.  Paul's  in  London, 
hor/ofP$o$:  and  in  the  Cathedral-Church  of  Exeter,  they  fhould  upon  Three  Holy- 
Days  named,  being  in  their  Shirts  only,  in  a  Proceffion  going  before  the 
Crofs,  carry  Wax-Tapers  burning  in  their  Hands;    and  then   that  they 
fhould  give  to  the  Prieft  a  Salary  to  fay  Mafs  every  Day  at  the  Tomb  of 
HarpsfieitP^   ^  £ari  0f  Devonfoire ;  and  laftly,  every  one  of  them  was  enjoined  to 
fil  Anglican*,    pay  a  Sum  of  Money  for  repairing  of  the  Walls  of  the  City  of  Exeter* 
And  of  this  they  were  to  certify  to  the  Arch-Bifhop,  by  the  Certificates 
of  the  three  Deans ;  the  Dean  of  Canterbury,  the  Dean  of  St.  Paul's,  and 
the  Dean  of  Exeter,  figned  with  their  own  Seals.     And  the  Arch-Bifhop 
removed  from  his  Place  and  Degree  one  William  Byd,  Doctor  of  Laws, 
and  Advocate  in  the  Court  of  Arches,  becaufe  he  had  given  Counfel  to 
the  Bifhop  of  Exeter  againft  the  Authority  of  the  See  of  Canterbury :  And 
then  he  caufed  an  Oath  to  be  framed,  which  was  taken  by  every  one  that 
was  admitted  afterwards  to  be  an  Advocate  in  that  Court. 
Park-rV  An-        Tne  Bifhop  or*  Exeter  in  the  mean  Time  with  all  Diligence  profecuted 
%\{,  Britain,     the  Appeal  that  he  had  made  to  the  Pope ;  but  when  he  found  that  he 
had  not  only  the  weaker  Side,  but  that  his  Caufe  was  made  worfe,  becaufe 
the  King  ftuck  by  the  Arch-Bifhop,  letting  fall  his  Appeal,  he  fubmitted  to 
the  Arch-Bifhop  ;  and  acknowledging  his  Fault,  and  the  Authority,  Jurif- 
di&ion,  and  Prerogative  of  the  Arch-Bifhop,  he  obtained  Pardon  for  his 
Rafhnefs  and  Contumacy,  to  which  he  confeffed  he  was  led,  more  by  the 
Advice  of  others,  than  his  own  Judgment. 

The  Bifhop  of  Salisbury,  when  he  was  vifited,  took  the  fame  Courage 
to  oppofe  the  Arch-Bifhop.  The  Bifhop  of  Salisbury's  Name  was  John 
Walt  ham :  He  was  Matter  of  the  Rolls,  and  Keeper  of  the  Privy-Seal,  and 
was,  in  the  Year  1301,  made  Treafurer  of  England,  and  was  entirely  be- 
loved by  King  Richard  II.  This  Bifhop,  as  he  thought,  went  more  cau- 
tioufly  to  work  than  the  Bifhop  of  Exeter ',  for  whereas  he  thought  that 
the  Arch-Bifhop  made  his  Metropolitical  Vifitation,  becaufe  he  was  fup- 
ported  by  the  Authority  of  Pope  Urban,  that  Pope  being  dead,  he  obtained 

from 


Part  III.      .  Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  187 

from  Pope  Boniface,  his  SuccefTor,  the  Privilege  for  himfelf  and  thofe  of  Chap.  X* 
his  Diocefe,  that  they  fhould  not  be  vifited  by  the  Authority  of  the  Let-  wTv~v* 
ters  of  Pope  Urban  ;  thinking  that  the  Archiepifcopal  and  Metropolitical 
Authority,  without  the  Help  of  the  Pope,  did'fignify  nothing.  But  the 
Arch-Bifhop,  being  more  skilled  in  the  Law,  and  by  Ufe  and  Experience 
more  certain  in  Bufinefs,  and  having  more  Favour  in  the  Court  of  Rome, 
when  the  Bifhop  of  Salisbury  came  to  him  at  his  Manour  of  Croydon  with 
his  Privilege  from  the  Pope,  by  which  he  thought  he  was  exempt  from 
Archiepifcopal  Vifitation,  he  kept  him  there  for  fome  Time  in  Difcourfe, 
and  in  the  mean  Time  he  iflued  out  his  Procefs,  and  got  it  to  be  recorded 
before  a  publick  Notary,  in  which  he  declared  he  vifited  the  Diocefe  of 
Salisbury  by  his  Metropolitical  Power :  And  then  by  his  Mandate  he  pub- 
lickly  admonifhed  the  Bifhop  of  Salisbury  to  fubmit  to  his  Metropolitical 
Vifitation  (not  mentioning  one  Word  of  the  Leave  given  him  by  Pope  Ur- 
ban) in  the  Church  of  Salisbury,  upon  a  prefixed  Day.  Upon  the  Day 
appointed,  the  Bifhop  of  Salisbury  being,  as  he  imprudently  thought,  fe- 
cure  by  his  empty  Privilege,  was  abfent,  and  did  often  appeal  from  the 
Arch-Bifhop's  Vifitation  that  was  then  begun,  as  a  Grievance  brought  up- 
on him,  and  thofe  of  his  Diocefe;  The  Arch-Bifhop  did  not  bear  this  Con- 
tumacy with  the  fame  Moderation  as  he  did  that  of  the  Bifhop  of  Exeter, 
but  immediately  excommunicated  him,  and  then  accufed  him  of  Contempt 
and  Perjury,  becaufe  he  had  gone  oft  from  that  Subjection,  which  in  his 
Confecration  he  had  promifed  upon  Oath  to  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canter- 
bury, by  obtaining  Privileges,  and  by  Appealing.  The  Bifhop  of  Salisbu- 
ry being  frightened  by  this  Severity,  and  by  the  frefh  Example  of  the  Bi- 
fhop of  Exeter,  and  feeing  he  was  like  to  be  worfted  withdrew  his  Appeal  \ 
and  having  got  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  and  others  to  intercede  for  him,  fub- 
mitted  himfelf  to  the  Bilhop,  and  was  received  into  Favour,  and  then  he 
quietly  fubmitted  to  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Vifitation.  And  Bifhop  Godwin 
fays,  that  fince  that  Time  our  Arch-Bifhops  have  vifited  quietly  all  Dio- 
cefes  of  their  Province  without  Refiftance.  Mr.  Wood  fays,  in  his  vifiting  Wood»/  Wri- 
the Diocefe  of  Lincoln,  he  came  to  Oxford,  in  order  to  vifit  the  Univer-  W'f"^0! 
fity,  and  efpecially  the  Black  Monks  of  Gloucefter  College}  but  when  he  pg.  12.6. 
found  it  was  like  to  create  him  a  great  deal  of  Trouble,  he  left  it  undone* 
But  Arch-Bifhop  'Parker  fays,  that  it  was  at  the  Intercefiion  of  the  Ab-  PatketV  Ami- 
hot  of  St.  Albans,  that  he  defifted  from  that  Vifitation.  gjgj  *"" 

When  the  Arch-Bifhop  came  to  the  Town  of  Leicefter,  in  the  County, 
where  Wicklijf  was  Parfon,  there  were  certain  Perfons  accufed  and  detected 
to  him  of  Herefy,  by  the  Monks  and  other  Priefts  of  the  faid  Town.  They  Fox'j  Ms  & 
were  accufed  of  holding  Opinions  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Altar,  of  auricu-  Monuments. 
lar  Confeffion,  and  of  other  Doctrines,  contrary  to  what  the  Church  of  Rome 
does  teach;  whereupon  the  Arch-Bifhop  admonifhed  them,  on  the  next 
Day,  to  make  Anfvver  to  him  in  the  Monaftery  concerning  the  aforefaid 
Articles ;  but  they  hid  themfelves  out  of  the  Way,  and  appeared  not :  On 
which  the  Arch-Bifhop  celebrating  the  High  Mafs  at  the  High  Altar  in 
the  faid  Monaftery,  being  attired  in  his  Pontificalibus,  denounced  the  faid 
Parties,  with  all  their  Adherents,  excommunicated  and  accurfed ;  and  that 
in  a  folemn  Manner,  by  ringing  ofBells,  lighting  of  Candles,  and  then  put- 
ting them,  out  again,  and  throwing  them  down  to  the  Ground,  with  other 
Circumftances  thereto  belonging.  And  the  next  Day,  being  All-Saints,  he 
fent  for  the  Curates  and  lome  Laymen  of  the  Town,  to  enquire  of  them, 
whether  they  knew  any  others  that  were  fulpected  of  holding  the  like 
Opinions?  And  he  ordered  the  aforefaid  Perfons  to  be  denounced  excommu- 
nicated in  divers  Parifhes  in  Leicejler :  And  alfo  he  Interdicted  the  whole 

Town 


I 


Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 


Chap.  X.  Town  of  Leicefter,  and  all  the  Churches  in  the  fame,  as  long  as  any  of  the 
\^Ts*/  excommunicated  Perlbns  fhould  remain  in  the  fame,  and  until  all  the  Lol- 
lards in  the  Town  fhould  return  from  their  Errors,  and  be  abfolved  by 
the  Arch-Bilhop.  The  Arch-Bifhop  was  informed,  that  there  was  a  cer- 
tain Anchorefs,  named  Matilda,  that  lived  in  the  Church-yard  of  St.  Tes- 
ter's in  Leicefter,  that  was  infecfed  with  Herefy  ;  whereupon,  after  the 
Arch-Bifhop  had  examined  the  laid  Matilda,  and  had  found  her  not  to  an- 
fwer  plainly  and  dire&ly  to  the  Queftions  asked,  he  affigned  her  a  Day  pe- 
remptorily perfonally  to  appear  before  him  in  the  Monaftery  of  St.  James 
in  Northampton,  the  6th  Day  of  November,  and  ordered  the  Abbot  of  the 
Monaftery  ofPratis  to  keep  her  in  fafe  Cuftody.  And  in  the  mean  Time 
he  fends  out  his  Orders  to  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs  of  Leicefter,  to  appre- 
hend the  aforefaid  excommunicate  Perfons,  in  this  Form ;  William,  by  the 
Termifton  of  GOD,  &c.  To  his  well-beloved  Sons  the  Mayor  and  Bai- 
liffs of  the  Town  of  Leicefter,  Greeting.  We  have  lately  received  the 
King's  Letters  gracioufly  granted  us  for  the  Defence  of  the  Catholick 
Faith,  in  thefe  Words  following;  Richard,  by  the  Grace  of  GO  D,  King  of 
England  and  of  France,  &c.  We,  on  the  Behalf  of  our  Holy  Mother  the 
Church,  by  the  King's  Authority  aforefaid,  do  require  you,  that  you  caufe 
Richard  Dexter,  and  the  reft,  to  be  fent  unto  us,  that  they  with  their  per- 
nicious Doctrine  do  not  infect  the  Teople  of  GOD,  oCc.  Given  under 
our  Seal,  &c.  By  another  Inftrument  in  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Regifter  is 
Mention  made  of  one  Margaret  Caily,  Nun,  who  forfaking  her  Order  was 
by  the  Arch-Bifhop  conftrained  again  to  enter  the  fame.  It  appears  by  the 
Regifter,  that  the  aforefaid  Matilda,  upon  the  ftrict.  Examination  of  the 
Arch-Bifhop,  recanted  her  Opinions,  and  was  enjoined  forty  Days  Penance 
and  was  admitted  into  her  Reclufe  again ;  and  fome  of  thole  that  were 
excommunicated,  if  not  all,  recanted  their  Opinions,  and  were  ordered  Pe- 
nance, upon  the  Performance  of  which  they  were  abfolved:  And  Mr.  Fort 
does  give  a  particular  Account  in  what  Manner  they  did  Penance.  . 
1300.  In  the  Year  1300,  13  Richard  II.  William  Court enay,  Arch-Bifhop  of 
FoxV  Mj  &  Canterbury,  and  Thomas  Arundel,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tork,  did  for  themfelves, 
■onumencs,  and  fof  theii.  ^.j^  Clergy  of  their  Provinces,  make  their  folemn  Frotefta- 
tions  in  open  Parliament,  that  they  in  no  wife  meant  to,  or  would  affent 
to  any  Law  made  in  Reftraint  of  the  Pope's  Authority,  but  utterly  with- 
flood  the  fame,  willing  this  Proteftation  of  theirs  to  be  enrolled. 
Fyxutfupra,  In  this  Year  alfb,  certain  Tenants  of  the  Arch-Bilhop,  whofe  Names  are 
vol.  1.  p.  65  5.  mentioned  by  Mr.  Fox,  and  taken  by  him  out  of  the  Arch-Bifhop's  Re- 
gifter, were  warned  by  the  Bailiff  to  bring  Straw,  Hay,  and  other  Litter 
to  the  Palace  of  Canterbury,  againft  the  Arch-Bifhop's  coming  thither  on 
T  aim-Sunday  Eve,  as  they  were  bound  to  do,  by  the  Tenure  of  their 
Lands  which  they  held  of  the  See  of  Canterbury :  But  they  refilling,  and 
difdaining  to  do  their  Service  as  they  ought  and  were  ufed  to  do,  brought 
their  Straw  and  Hay,  not  in  Carts  and  Waggons,  but.  in  Bags  or  Sacks, 
in  Contempt  of  their  Lord,  and  in  great  Negleft  of  that  Service  which 
they  owed  by  their  Tenure;  whereupon  they  were  cited  to  appear  before 
the  Arch-Bifhop  at  his  Manour  of  Statewood ;  and  having  nothing  to  plead 
in  Excufe,  they  fubmitted  themfelves  to  his  Lordfhip's  Pleafure,  and  num- 
bly craved  Pardon  for  their  Trefpafs;  and  then  the  Arch-Bifhop  abfolved 
them,  after  that  they  had  fworn  to  obey  the  Laws  and  Ordinances  of  the 
Holy  Church,  and  to  do  the  Punifhment  that  fhould  be  appointed  them 
for  their  Deferts ;  and  the  Arch-Bifhop  enjoined  them,  that  they  going 
leifurely  before  the  Proceffion,  every  one  of  them,  fhould  carry  openly 
on  his  Shoulder  his  Bag  Huffed  with  Hay  and  Straw,  fo  that  the  Hay  and 

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Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  1 89 

Straw  fhould  appear  hanging  out  of  their  Sacks  being  open.  Mr.  Fox  does  Chap.  X. 
not  only  relate  this  Story,  but  has  put  a  Picture  of  this  Froceffion  in  his  ^s-*~^/ 
Book;  and  he  fays  he  drew  it  in  all  Proportion^  exactly  as  it  is  in  the  I3po. 
Arch-Bifhop's  Regifter.  He  takes  Occafion  to  tell  this  Story,  when  he  jjjjjjjjjj- 
was  fpeaking  of  Arch-Bifhop  Arundel,  our  Arch-Bifhop's  Succeflbr.  He 
had  laid  before,  that  Arch-Bifhop  Arundel  ordered  fome  Churches  in  Lon- 
don to  be  fufpended,  becaufe  their  Bells  were  not  rung  when  he  went 
through  the  City  with  the  Crofs  carried  before  him:  And  he  fays,  that 
Arch-Bifhop  Chichley  threatened  to  punifli  the  Abbot  of  St,  Albans,  be- 
caufe he  did  not  order  the  Bells  to  be  rung,  and  did  not  go  out  in  Proceffion 
to  meet  him  when  he  came  to  the  Town :  And  he  tells  the  like  Story 
of  the  Bifhop  of  Wort  eft  er,  that  he  was  at  Variance  with  the  Prior  and 
Convent  of  Worcester,  becaufe  they  did  not  ring  when  he  came  to  his 
Church  of  fVorcefter ;  and  the  Difference  was  made  up  by  the  Arch-Bi- 
fhop  of  Canterbury.  And  when  Mr.  Fox  had  told  thefe  Stories,  then  he 
gives  us  the  above  one  of  Arch-Bifhop  Courtenay ;  and  all  thefe  he  relates 
on  purpofe  to  fhew  the  Pride  and  Haughtinefs  of  the  Prelates  in  thofe 
Days.  But  if  Arch-Bifhop  Courtenay  could  punifh  his  Tenants,  and  make 
them  to  amend  their  Fault  by  thus  expofing  of  them  to  Shame,  I  think  it 
is  a  better  Way  than  to  punifh  them  in  their  Purfes,  feeing  it  was  the 
Cufiom  then  for  the  Bifhops  to  punifh  thofe  that  were  under  their  Power 
with  Ecclefiaftical  Cenfures  for  all  Manner  of  Faults. 

In  the  Year' 1301,  the  King,  by  the  Advice  of  his  Council  put  out  a  130-1. 
Proclamation,  purfuant  to  the  Statute  of  Provifors  made  the  laft  Parlia- 
ment ;  whereupon  the  Pope  in  Anger  fends  his  Nuncio  over  to  the  King, 
requiring  him  to  abolifh  and  repeal  the  faid  Statute  and  Proclamation,  fo 
far  as  they  tended  to  the  Derogation  of  the  Churches  Liberties ;  otherwife 
declaring,  'That  he  thought  himfelf  in  Conscience  obliged  to  proceed  againft 
all  fetch  Terfons,  as  had  been  inflrumental  in  making  thofe  Laws,  accord- 
ing to  the  Severity  of  the  Canons.  The  King  feemed  to  give  a  favourable 
Ear  to  the  Nuncio's  Words,  and,  having  communicated  them  to  his  Coun- 
cil, appointed  him  to  flay  'till  the  Parliament  met,  which  fhould  be  about 
Michaelmafs,  and  then  he  fhould  receive  a  full  Anfwer  to  all  his  Demands. 
The  Parliament,  according  to  the  King's  Promife  to  the  Pope's  Nuncio, 
met  the  Day  after  the  Feafl  of  All-Souls  at  Weftminfxer ;  and  in  that  Par- 
liament there  was  an  Act  made  about  Appropriations.  It  feems,  that  be-  Kennet'*  cow- 
fore  this  Parliament,  it  was  lawful  to  appropriate  the  whole  Fruits  and  Pro-  pJea\*J$ry  0* 
fits  of  any  Benefice  to  a  Religious  Houfe,  upon  Condition  that  the  Abbot  & 
or  Prior  took  Care  to  have  the  Cure  tolerably  fupplied  by  his  Monks,  or 
Fryers  of  his  Houfe:  This  bred  many  Inconveniencies ;  in  that  Hofpitality 
was  neglected,  the  Churches  and  Rectories  dilapidated,  and  Minifters  were 
often  wanting;  whereupon  the  Commons  complained,  and  procured  this 
Act ;  That  in  every  Licence  to  be  made  hereafter  in  Chancery  for  the 
Appropriation  of  any  Church,  the  Bifhop  of  the  Diocefe  fhall  have  Tower 
to  referve  a  convenient  Sum  of  Money  out  of  the  Fruits  and  Trofits  of  it 
to  fuftain  the  poor  Tarijhioners  of  the  faid  Church,  and  to  endow  a  perpe- 
tual Vicar  Sufficiently  to  f apply  the  Cure  of  Souls  conftantly.  This  Act  was 
the  Original  of  moft  of  our  Vicarages,  which,  though  they  are  a  contemptible 
Maintenance  for  our  Clergy,  efpecially  fince  the  Obventions  of  the  Altar 
are  removed,  yet  have  proved  a  very  great  Support  to  the  Church ;  fo 
that  the  Nation  had  great  Reafon  to  applaud  this  A61,  becaufe  our  Gover- 
nors have  been  fo  negligent  in  providing  a  better ;  for,  had  we  not  had 
this,  it  is  to  be  feared  the  Church  would  have  had  no  Provifion  at  all,  in 
many  Places  where  Vicarages  now  are :  So  fays  the  Hiflory  of  England. 

B  b  b  The 


190  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X.        The  Pope's  Complaint  againft  the  Statute  of  Provifors  was  preferred  to 
\^->/ — ->     the  Lords  and  Commons,  and  the  King  and  the  Duke  of  Lancafter  la- 
I35>i.    boured  all  that  they  could  to  have  it  repealed ;  but  by  all  their  Intereft 
and  Interceffion  could  not  obtain  it,  the  Provifions  of  the  Pope  being  ac- 
counted an  intolerable  Grievance  to  the  Nation  ;  yet,  by  much  Importu- 
nity, it  was  allowed,  that  the  King  by  his  Proclamation  mould  have  Power 
to  dilpenfe  with  the  Execution  of  the  Statute  'till  next  Parliament. 
Tohnfon'f  col-      Mr.  Johnfon,  in  his  Collection  of  Canons ;  fays,  that  William  Courienay 
icfUonofca-     was  a  yerv  active  Arch-Bifhop,  and  that  he  employed  his  Care  and  Zeal 
mm,  tarn.     chiefly  agajnfl.  tfa  Lollards  and  Wicklififts;  yet  he  found  Time  to  rein- 
force, by  the  Authority  of  a  Convocation,  the  Fifth  Conftitution  of  Robert 
W'tnchelftey  concerning  Stipendiary  Priefts.-    We  have  his  Letter  to  the  Bi- 
fhop of  London,  by  which  he  requires  him  to  put  it  in  Execution  him- 
felf,  and  to  fend  it  to  the  other  Bifhops  of  the  Province  to  do  the  like : 
This  Letter  bears  Date  from  Croydon,  Anno  135)1.     But  the  Conftitution 
„e    s   |_  was  renewed  in  a  Convocation  holden  at  London:  And  Sir  Henry  Spelman 
man'j  ioun     lays,  that  Arch-Bifhop  Courtenay  enjoined  the  Bifhop  of  London  to  pub- 
tits,  vd  II.     ijfl^  in  the  ufual  Form,  his  Mandate  againft  fome  vile  Clergymen,  com- 
'*   *  monly  called  Choppe  Churches.     There  was,  I  fuppofe,  faith  Sir  Henry,  no 

Occafion  to  make  any  new  Conftitution  in  Convocation  againft  thefe  Offen- 
ders ;  for  there  were  Canons  and  Laws  enough  already  in  Force  ■againft 
them ;  therefore  he  fends  his  Mandatory  Letter  for  putting  the  Bifhop 
in  mind  of  their  Duty,  and  requires  them  to  execute  their  Towers  againft 
thefe  foul  f  V  attic  es :  And  we  have  Robert  Bray  brooke,  Bifhop  of  London'/, 
Certificatory,  in  Anfwer  to  the  Arch-Bifhop,  containing  a  Copy  of  his  Man- 
date ;  and  in  that  he  enjoins  the  Bifhops  to  take  effectual  Care,  that  Non- 
Ref  dents  in  their  Diocefes  be  called  Home  to  their  Duty,  and  Simonaical 
Tojfeftors,  or  rather  Ufurpers,  be  fever ely  cenfured ;  and  that  the  accurfed 
Tartakers  with  Gehazi  and  Simon,  the  Choppe  Churches,  who  chiefly  are 
in  London,  be  in  general  admonifhed  to  defift  from  fuch  Trocurings,  Chan- 
gings,  and  Trickings,  made  in  their  Conventicles  and  Simoniacal  Affemblies 
for  the  future,  &c.  This  Arch-Bifhop,  faith  Mr.  Johnfon,  did  likewife 
make  iome  Regulations  for  the  Court  of  Arches,  and  enjoined  the  Feaft  of 
St.  Anne,  the  fuppofcd  Mother  of  the  Virgin  Mary,  to  be  obferved  through- 
out the  Province,  as  he  was  ordered  by  a  Bull  of  Pope  Urban  VI.  He  re- 
ceived another  Bull  from  the  fame  Pope,  for  obferving  the  Vigil  of  the 
Nativity  of  the  Blejfed  Virgin. 

In  the  Year  1302,  15  Richard II.  William  Courtenay,  Arch-Bifhop  of 
<■  }$%?"     Canterbury  made  this  brave  Pro teftation  in  the  open  Parliament,  faying: 

Sir  Rob.  Cof     _,,  ,      xL  ,  .  *i  n  .    »        '     .«?.' 

ton's  JhMg-  That  the  rope  ought  not  to  excommunicate  any  Bijbop,  or  to  intermeddle 
mmt  of  the  Re-  y^  or  touching,  any  'Preferment  to  any  Eccleflaftical  Dignity  recorded  in 
Totter."  '"  the  King's  Courts.  He  further  protefted,  That  the  Tope  ought  to  make  no 
Tranflation  to  any  Bijhoprick  within  the  Realm  againft  the  King's  Will  ,for 
that  the  fame  was  to  the  Deft  ruction  of  the  Realm  and  Crown  of  England, 
which  hath  always  been  fo  free,  as  the  fame  hath  had  no  Earthly  Sove- 
reign, but  hath  beenfubjett  to  GOD  only,  in  all  Things  touching  Regali- 
ties, and  to  none  other.  The  which  Proteftation  he  prayed  might  be  en- 
tered. And  upon  this,  in  that  Parliament,  was  the  Statute  called  the  Sta- 
tute of  Tramunire  made  by,  and  in  which  it  was  ena&ed,  That  whereas 
the  Bifhop  of  Rome,  under  a  Tretence  of  an  abfolute  Supremacy  over  the 
Church,  took  upon  him  to  difpofe,  by  his  Mandates,  of  moft  of  the  Bifho- 
pricks,  Abbacies,  and  other  Ecclefiaftical  Benefices  of  Worth  in  England; 
and  if  the  Bifhop  s  did,  upon  the  legal  Trefentments  of  the  Tatrons  of  fuch 
Benefices,  inftitute  any  Clerks  to  them,  they  were  thereupon  excommunica- 
ted 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  191 

ted  by  the  T'op,  to  the  great  Damage  and  unjuft  Wrong  of  the  King's  good  Chap.  X. 
Subjects.  And  whereas  the  Eijbop  of  Rome  took  upon  him  to  tranjlate  w-v-x-* 
and  remove  the  j aid  Bifhop,  either  out  of  the  Realm,  or  from  one  See  to 
another  within  the  Realm,  without  the  Knowledge  of  the  King,  or  Confent 
of  the  Bifhop them f elves ;  If  any  T erf  on  fhall  fur chafe,  or  caufe  to  be  pir- 
chafed,  in  the  Court  of  Rome  any  fuch  Tranjlations,  Sentences  of  Excom- 
munication, Bulls,  or  other  Injiruments,  to  the  Detriment  of  the  King  and 
his  Realm;  both  they,  and  fuch  as  bring,  receive,  notifie,  or  pit  them  in 
Execution,  pall  be  pt  out  of  the  King's  Protection,  and  their  Lands  and 
Tenements,  Goods  and  Chatties,  forfeited  to  the  King,  and  their  Bodies 
attached,  if  they  can  be  found,  Trocefs  being  made  out  againfi  them,  by 
the  Writ  called  Praemunire  facias,  as  is  ordained  in  other  former  Statutes 
for  Trovifors. 

In  the  Year  1304,  King  Richard  II.  went  over  into  Ireland,  and  landed  1304, 
at  Waterford  the  Beginning  of  October:  And  about  the  Feaft  of  Epfhany 
after,  the  Duke  of  Tork,  the  King's  Uncle,  who  was  Lord  Warden  of  Eng- 
land, called  a  Parliament  by  the  King's  Order,  to  provide  him  farther 
Supplies  to  carry  on  his  Expedition.  And  while  it  fate,  the  Followers  of 
Wickliff,  then  called  Lollards,  preferred  feveral  Conclufions  to  the  Par- 
liament, in  Oppofition  to  the  Orders  and  Tenets  in  the  Church.  The  Po- 
fitions  were  in  Number  Twelve ;  and  they  were  at  the  fame  Time  affixed 
to  St.  Paul's  Church-Doors.  Whereupon  Thomas  Arundel,  Arch-Bifhop  Kenneth  eom- 
of  Tork,  and  Robert  Braybrooke,  Bilhop  of  London,  fent,  as  was  fuppofed,  P^e3t  Hift°ry  °f 
by  William  Courtenay,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  and  the  Clergy,  made  nSland' 
a  Voyage  into  Ireland  to  the  King,  to  complain  of  the  Infblence  and  Pre- 
valency  of  the  Hereticks,  and  to  befeech  him  to  engage  his  Power  for  the 
Defence  of  the  Church.  The  King,  who  was  always  zealous  for  the  Re- 
ligion he  was  trained  up  in,  gave  much  Attention  to  the  Bifhop's  Impor- 
tunities, and  promifing  his  Protection,  compofed  his  Affairs  in  Ireland  as 
fall  as  he  could,  and  returned  about  Eajler  into  England.  Soon  after  his  135)5. 
Arrival,  he  began  to  look  into  the  Grounds  of  the  Bifhops  Complaints 
againft  the  Lollards ;  and  finding  that  lbme  of  his  own  Servants  and  Offi- 
cers, viz-  Sir  Richard  Story,  Sir  Lewis  Clijford,  Sir  Thomas  Latimer,  and 
Sir  John  Montacute,  had  been  moft  forward  to  encourage  and  uphold  them, 
he  called  them  feverally  before  him,  and  made  them  fwear,  that  they  would 
not  from  thenceforward  hold  or  maintain  fuch  erroneous  Opinions ;  adding 
himfelf,  that  if  they  were  found  again  to  do  it,  they  mould  certainly  die  for 
it.  Having  thus  laid  a  Reftraint  and  Check  upon  the  "chief  Abettors  of  the 
Hereticks,  he  proceeded  to  fupprefs  them,  by  giving  the  Bifhops  a  Charge 
to  execute  their  Offices  diligently  in  their  Dioceles,  according  to  the  Canon  j 
to  correct  all  Offenders,  and  fearch  out  and  examine  all  Englijb  Books  j 
root  out  all  erroneous  Teachers  and  Doctrines  with  all  their  Endeavours, 
and  to  bring  all  the  People  into  the  Unity  of  the  Catholick  Faith.  He 
fent  out  likewife  a  Commiffion  to  every  Shire  of  the  Kingdom,  appoint- 
ing certain  Perfons  zealous  for  the  Church  to  be  Searchers  out  of  the  Lol- 
lards, their  Favourers  and  Books  j  charging  them  to  ufe  their  utmoft 
Diligence  and  Care  to  find  them ;  and  when  they  have  apprehended  any, 
to  commit  them  to  the  next  Goal,  'till  he  ihould  give  farther  Orders  con- 
cerning them. 

The  Englifh  Hiftory  fays,  that  the  Arch-Bifhop  immediately  upon  this  Kenret«//«- 
began  a  Metropolitan  Vifitation ;  but  Mr.  Fox  and  other  Hiftorians  do  fay,  *"'"• 
that  this  Vifitation  was  in  the  Year  in  which  we  do  put  it. 

The  Arch-Bifhop,  the  Year  before  he  died,  obtained  of  the  Pope  a  Li-     139.V 
cence  to  gather  Four-pence  in  the  Pound  from  all  Ecclefiaftical  Prefer- 


192  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  X.    ments  within  his  Province ;  and  a  great  many  did  colled  and  pay  it :  But 

^YN-»   the  Bifhop  of  Lincoln  refufed  to  make  this  Collection  in  his  Diocefe,  and 

thflmiaEcd.    appealed  unto  the  Pope;  and  vvhilft  the  Appeal  was  depending,  the  Arch- 

Jnglic.  Bifhop  died,  July  31,  135*6,  at  Maidftone,  when  he  had  fat  at  Canter- 

1 39^'     bury  twelve  Years  lacking  one  Month.     His  Epitaph  does  fay  he  died  in 

the  Year  135)5;  which  Epitaph  is  taken  from  Weaver' %  Monuments,  who, 

as  Mr.  Wharton  fays,  is  often  miftaken  in  tranfcribing  of  Epitaphs,  efpe- 

cially  in  the  Figures  and  Numeral  Letters ;  but  all  Hiftorians  do  agree  it 

was  in  the  Year  1306'. 

The  Arch-Bifhop  in  his  Vifitation  did  often  preach  himfelf,  fometimes  in 
Englijh,  and  fometimes  in  Latin  ;  and  at  the  Opening,  of  a  Convocation  he 
would  commonly  preach;  and  he  would  do  it,  as  Harpfield  lays,  with 
great  Eloquence.  There  were  many  Convocations  in  his  Time ;  for  there 
were  above  twenty  Parliaments  whilft  he  was  Arch-Bifhop,  and  a  Convo- 
cation was  called  with  every  Parliament,  and  at  other  Times  there  were 
Synods  befides.  In  one  of  his  Sermons  the  Arch-Bifhop  took  for  his  Text, 
Major  vefirum  erit  minifier ;  But  he  that  is  greateft  amongft  you  fhall 
be  your  Servant.  At  another  Time,  Viri  pafiores  fumus  fervi  tui;  Thy 
Servants  are  Shepherds.  At  another  Time,  lllud  viri  liter  agite,  &  confor- 
tetur  cor  vefirum ;  Be  of  good  Courage,  and  let  us  play  the  Men.  At  an- 
ther Time,  Sac er dotes  pracedunt  Arcam;  The  Priefts  go  before  the  Arkj 
and  at  other  Times  other  Texts  of  Scripture. 

Pope  Urban  fent  him  a  Bull,  in  which  he  gave  him  very  iarge  Privi- 
ledges :  By  it  he  gave  him  Power  to  vifit  his  Province  within  two  Years, 
without  obferving  the  Laws  and  Cuftoms  of  the  Church  in  that  Cafe,  and 
to  begin  his  Vifitation  when  and  where  he  pleafed :  He  gave  him  likewife 
Power  of  appointing  Notaries ;  of  bellowing  the  Benefices  that  did  lapfe 
to  the  Apoftolick  See ;  of  giving  a  Faculty  to  twelve  Perfbns  of  holding 
many  Benefices  :  He  gave  him  likewife  a  Power  of  difpofing  one  Prebend 
in  every  Cathedral-Church,  and  of  making  Doctors ;  and  other  Priviledges 
by  his  Bull  did  the  Pope  give  unto  him.  He  called  the  Convocation,  fome- 
times at  the  King's  Command,  and  fometimes  a  Synod  at  his  own  Pleafure  ; 
and  there  was  hardly  a  Synod,  or  Convocation  called,  in  which  the  Clergy 
did  not  give  Money  to  the  King,  to  affift  him  againft  the  French  and  the 
Scots:  Sometimes  they  gave  it  without  any  Condition  at  all;  fometimes 
with  this  Condition,  tf  the  King  did  go  upon  his  Expedition;  or,  ifTeace 
were  not  made  by  a  prefixed  Day.  Sometimes  the  Money  was  hard  to  be 
obtained  of  the  Clergy ;  and  they  complained  that  they  were  taxed  more 
heavy,  and  more  often,  than  ufual,  and  fometimes  when  there  was  no  great 
Occafon  for  it ;  and  that  the  Money  that  was  given  was  converted  to  o- 
ther  Ufes  than  what  it  was  given  for. 

It  was  faid  before,  that  the  King  was  very  angry  once  with  the  Arch- 
Waifinp.tum.  Bifhop ;  and  Walfingham  fays,  it  was  for  a  light  Caufe.  Harpfield  fays, 
Ha  afield.  jt  was  becaufe  the  Arch-Bifhop  fpoke  to  him  freely  of  the  ill"  Manage- 
ment of  Affairs ;  and  he  fays  likewife,  that  what  follows  might  be  partly 
the  Caufe  of  it.  There  were  two  Synods  or  Convocations  in  one  Year; 
the  one  at  Salisbury,  in  which  was  granted  to  the  King  a  Half  Tenth,  to 
be  paid  the  Beginning  of  November :  Another  was  held  at  London  in  De~ 
cember,  in  which  a  whole  Tenth  was  given  to  the  King;  the  firft  Pay- 
ment of  which  was  to  be  made  upon  the  fifteenth  Day  after  Eafier,  the 
fecond  the  fifteenth  Day  after  the  Feaft  of  St.  John  Baptifi:  But  as  for 
the  fecond  Part,  it  was  particularly  provided,  that  the  Grant  of  that  mould 
be  void,  unlefs  the  King  went  in  Perfon  with  his  Army.  In  the  mean 
Time,  the  King  fends  Letters  to  the  Arch-Bifhop,  in  which  he  commands 

him 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay .      Book  I.  195 

him  to  convene  the  Clergy  at  London,  in  the  Middle  of  Lent  next  coming,  Chap.  X„ 
there  to  treat  with  them  concerning  a  Subfidy  to  be  granted  to  the  King.  ^^V^W 
The  Arch-Bilhop  by  his  Letter  puts  the  King  in  Mind,  with  the  greateft 
Submiffion,  how  much  Money  had  been  given  by  the  Clergy  already,  and 
that  the  Day  for  the  Payment  of  what  was  already  given  was  not  yet 
come :  That  the  firft  Payment  was  indeed  almoft  made,  and  that  the  fe- 
cond  fhould  be  paid  at  the  Time  appointed,  if  the  Condition  was  performed. 
He  defires  that  the  King  would  not  expecl  it  before  the  Day,  and  that  he 
would  not  too  much  fqueeze  the  Clergy ;  and  he  made  Ufe  of  other  Ar- 
guments to  diffwade  the  King  from  his  Purpofe :  And  he  writes  likewife 
to  the  Chancellor,  and  to  the  Treafurer,  defiring  them  to  intercede  with 
the  King,  that  the  Clergy  might  not  fo  fbon  be  called  together  again,  and 
that  they  might  not  be  preffed  with  new  Taxes.  And  he  communicated 
the  Matter  by  Letters  to  the  Bilhops :  And  he  was  refolved  not  to  call 
the  Clergy  together  at  that  Time,  whatever  Danger  he  mould  incur  by  it. 
Neverthelefs  the  Clergy  were  called  to  London,  but  the  Arch-Bifhop  was 
not  prefent,  though  he  gave  Orders  to  the  Bifhops  of  London  and  jVinche- 
jier  to  fupply  his  Place ;  but  Things  ended  fo,  that  there  w,as  no  Money 
granted  to  the  King.  Then  there  came  other  Letters  from  the  King, 
dated  the  24th  of  Jane,  in  which  he  commands,  that  the  laft  Payment  of 
the  Money  that  was  given  be  prefently  made.  Whereupon  the  Arch- 
Bilhop,  feeing  the  King  had  not  performed  his  Condition,  neither  was  like 
to  do  it  by  the  Day  appointed,  was  brought  into  great  Straits  and  Trou- 
ble of  Mind  ;  and  he  confults  with  the  Bilhop  of  London  and  other  Bi- 
ihops  what  was  beft  to  be  done  :  And  that  Money,  fays  Harpsfield,  for 
what  I  can  perceive,  was  never  paid  to  the  King;  and  for  this  Reafon,  I 
think,  fays  he,  the  King  was  angry  with  the  Arch-Bilhop;  but  he  was 
in  a  little  Time  reftored  to  the  King's  Favour  again. 

The  Arch-Bifhop,  fays  Harpsfield,  was  of  a  great  and  high  Spirit,  and  Harpsfieli. 
flood  up  in  the  Defence  of  the  Liberties  and  Priviledges  of  his  See  of  Can- 
terbury, and  of  the  whole  Church  of  England,  and  being  an  active  Arch- 
Bilhop,  he  had  a  great  Hand  in  the  Affairs  of  State  too,  and  did  all  that 
lay  in  his  Power  to  keep  Peace  between  the  King  and  his  Nobles;  and 
when  they  were  at  Variance  he  would  take  Part  with  neither,  but  would 
endeavour  to  reconcile  them;  andj  if  he  had  lived  longer,  might  have  been 
an  Inftrument  in  preventing  the  Mifery  that  did  not  long  after  his  Death 
come  upon  the  King;  for  he  would  tell  the  King  freely  of  his  Faults: 
But  at  laft  the  King  was  grown  impatient  of  Advice,  and  fo  extravagant  in 
confuming  his  Revenues,  and  lb  lavilh  in  bellowing  of  them  upon  his  Fa- 
vourites, that  he  brought  himfelf  into  great  Straits,  which  put  him  upon 
feizing  the  Duke  of  Lancafter's  Eftate  ;  whereupon  the  Duke  of  Hereford, 
the  Duke  of  Lancafter's  Son,  landed  with  fome  Forces,  and  being  joined 
with  other  Nobles,  they  got  the  King  into  their  Hands,  dethroned  him,  and 
afterwards  put  him  to  Death  :  And  the  Arch-Bifhop  was  happy  in  this,  that 
he  did  not  live  to  fee  the  Mifery  that  befel  the  King. 

The  Arch-Bifhop,  although  the  Pope's  Power  was  great,  at  that  Time, 
and  he  was  fworn  to  defend  the  Rights  of  the  Papal  See,  yet  did  ftoutly 
ftand  up  for  the  Regalities  of  the  Crown,  and  the  Power  the  King  had  by 
Cuftom,  and  the  Laws  of  the  Land,  in  Church  Matters;  witnefs  that  fa- 
mous Proteftation  that  he  made  againft  the  Pope's  ufurping  upon  the  King's 
Prerogative.  He  had  thefe  two  great  and  wife  Men,  Robert  Braybrooke, 
Bilhop  of  London,  and  William  Wickham,  Bilhop  of  JVinchejier,  for  his 
great  Friends  and  Counfellors,  with  whom  he  did  advife  upon  all  weighty 
Matters :  The  latter,  William  of  Wickham^  is,  and  ever  will  be,-  renowned 
C  c  c  for 


194  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hifiory  of  the    Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  for  building  two  famous  and  ftately  Colleges,  and  endowing  them  with 
\^sr~~->  large  Revenues :  And  it  is  remarkable  of  the  former,  Robert  Braybrooke, 
that  his  Body  when  it  was  taken  out  of  the  Ruins  of  St.  Taul's  Church, 
after  the  great  Fire  in  London,  1666 ',  was  found  to  be  whole  and  entire, 
in  a  marvellous  Manner,  notwithftanding  the  great  Length  of  Time  it  had 
lain  in  the  Earth,  (for  he  died  in  the  Year  1 404)  and  was  expofed  to  View, 
and  was  feen  by  Multitudes ;  and  by  myfelf,  laith  Mr.  Rowe,  in  his  Ad- 
Mr.  Rowe'j    ditions  to   Sir  Teter  Ball's  Book  of  the  Family  of  Court enay,  in  Ma- 

Manufcrip.       nufcript, 

Godwin1*  m-      The  old  Work  at  Maidjlone,  firft  built  by  Boniface,  the  Arch-Bifhop's 
story  of  Bifioft  Predeceflbr,  for  an  Hofpital,  he- pulled  down,  and  building  it  after  a  more 
ftately  Manner,  he  turned  it  into  a  College  of  fecular  Priefts,  which,  at  the 
Time  of  the  Suppreffion   was  valued    135)/.  7  s.  6  d.  per  Annum.    The 
Church  of  Mefham,  almoft  fallen   down,  he  repaired,  and   built  certain 
ei'j  in-  Alms-Houfes  near  it  for  the  Ufe  of  poor  People.     He  obtained  a  Licence 
ti^uuiis  of     from  Richard  II.  in  the  oth  Year  of  his  Reign,  to  appropriate  the  Church 
canterbury,    0f  Mepham  to  the  Monks  of  Chrifichurch,  Canterbury.    He  likewife  ob- 
p.  in.tsi-    •  tajneci  Qf  Ricbard  II.  four  Fairs  for  that  Church,  at  the  four  principal  Feafts 
of  Peregrination  in  the  Year,  viz.  one  on  Innocents-Day,  on  ffhitfun-Evc 
another,  on  the  Eve  of  Becket's  Tranflation  a  third,  and  the  fourth  and 
laft  on  Michaelmafs-Evc,  to  be  held  for  nine  Days  following  every  one  of 
them,  and  to  be  kept  within  the  Site  of  the  Priory  i     Towards  the  Re- 
pairing of  the  Body  of  his  Church  at  Canterbury  and  Cloifters  he  gave 
One  Thoufand  Marks.   He  gave  alfo  unto  the  fame  Church  a  certain  Image 
of  Silver  reprefenting  the  Holy  Trinity,  and  fix  of  the  Apoftles,  weighing 
One  Hundred  and  Sixty  Pounds ;  and  thirteen  Copes  of  great  Value,  be- 
fides  a  confiderable  Number  of  Books.     He  bellowed  likewife  abundance 
of  Money  in  repairing  and  adorning  the  Buildings  belonging  to  his  Seats, 
efpecially  the  Caftle  of  Saltwood;   for  all  which  Liberalities  there  was 
an  Anniverfary  appointed  to  be  celebrated  for  him  by  two  Monks,  as  there 
had  been  for  Simon  IJlif  his  Predeceflbr  before.     He  lyeth  buried  upon  the 
South  Side  of  Thomas-a-Becket's  Shrine,  at  the  Feet  of  the  Black  Trince, 
in  a  fair  Tomb  of  Alabafter. 
Whirton'x         He  lying  at  the  Point  of  Death,  in  the  inner  Chamber  of  his  Palace  at 
AngUa  Sua  a,  Maidjlone,  did  will  and  appoint,  (becaufe  he  did  not  think  himfelf  wor- 
voL  L  thy,  as  he  faid,  to  be  buried  in  his  Metropolitical  Church,  or  in  any  Ca- 

thedral or  Collegiate-Church)  that  he  would  be  buried  in  the  Church- 
yard of  the  Collegiate-Church  of  Maidjlone,  in  a  Place  that  he  acquainted 
his  Efquire,  John  Botelere,  with.  But  notwithftanding  this,  he  was  bu- 
ried in  the  Cathedral-Church  of  Canterbury,  the  4th  Day  of  Auguft,  by  the 
Command  of  the  King,  being  then  at  Canterbury,  the  King  and  many  No- 
Q  mum  Will,  bles  being  prefent  at  the  Funeral.  In  a  Will  that  he  made  fbme  Time  be- 
Thcm.  forC)  he  ordered  his  Body  to  be  buried  in  the  Cathedral-Church  of  Exon-y 

and  in  that  Will  he  gave  feveral  Things  to  St.  Martin's  Church  in  Ex- 
minfler,  where  he  faid  he  was  born.  The  Books  that  he  gave  to  the  Church 
of  Canterbury  were,  amongft  others,  the  Melleloquium  of  St.  Auguftine ; 
one  Dictionary  in  3  Volumes ;  Dr.  de  Lira,  in  a  Volumes ;  which  Books 
were  by  his  Will  to  be  in  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay's  Cuftody,  as  long  as  he 
lived,  and  then  after  his  Death  they  were  to  be  reftored  to  the  Church  of 
Canterbury ;  for  the  Performance  of  which  he  was  to  give  a  Bond  of  300  /. 
which  he  did.  And  the  Arch-Bifhop  in  his  Will  did  likewife  give  to  Mr. 
Richard  Courtenay  (who  was  his  Nephew,  and  whom  in  his  Will  he  calls 
his  Son  and  Pupil)  the  Sum  of  One  Hundred  Marks,  and  many  Books,  in 
cafe  he  fhould  be  a  Clergyman  j  and  his  beft  Mitre,  in  cafe  he  fhould  be  a 

Biftiop; 


Part  III.        Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  I.  1 95 

Bifhop :  And  he  anfwered  the  Defire  and  Hopes  of  the  Arch-Bifhop,  for   Chap.  X. 
he  was  afterwards  Biihop  of  Norwich.     When  the  Arch-Bifhop  died,  he  *-*f~W» 
was  in  Debt  to  the  See  of  Rome  the  Sum  of  2669  Florins,  which  Money 
his  SuccefTor  Thomas  Arundel  paid,  and  had   it  again  from  Arch-Bifhop 
Courtenay's  Executors. 

The  Arch-Bifhop's  defiring  to  be  buried  at  Maidfione,  and  the  King's 
commanding  him  to  be  buried  at  Canterbury,ha\e  given  Occafion  to  Wea- 
ver and  others  to  miftake  the  Place  of  his  Burial :  Weaver ;  in  his  Funeral  Weaver  f«& 
Monuments,  fays,  "  It  was  the  Cuftom  of  old,  and  fo  it  is  now,  for  Men  wr!tl  Mmu" 
"  of  eminent  Rank  and  Quality  to  have  Tombes  erected  in  more  Places  ""*"' 
"  than  one ;  for  Example,  I  find  (fays  he)*  here  in  this  Church  of  Canter- 
"  bury  a  Monument  of  Alabafter,  at  the  Feet  of  the  Black  'Prince,  where- 
"  in,  both  by  Tradition  and  Writing,  it  is  affirmed,  that  the  Bones  of 
"  William  Courtenay,  the  Son  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  Earl  of  Devon- 
"  jhire  of  that  Name,  Arch-Bifhop  of  this  See,  lies  intombed  :  And  I  find 
«  another,  (fays  he)  to  the  Memory  of  the  fame  Man  at  Maidfione  in 
"  Kent,  wherein,  becaule  of  his  Epitaph,  I  rather  believe  that  his  Body 
"  lieth  buried.  "  And  he  faith  again,  "  He  lieth  buried  (fpeaking  of  this 
"  Arch-Bifhop)  according  to  his  Will  here,  (that  is,  in  Maidfione)  in  his 
"  own  Church,  under  a  plain  Grave-ftone ;  a  lowly  Tombe  for  fuch  an 
"  high-born  Prelate ;  upon  which  his  Portaiture  is  delineated,  and  this  fol* 
"  lowing  Epitaph  inlaid  in  Brafs  about  the  Verge  j 

Nomine  Willelmus  en  Courtenaius  Reverendus, 
£{ui  fe  pofi  obitum  legaverat  hie  tumulandum. 
In  prefenti  loco  quern  jam  fundar at  ab  imoy 
Omnibus  etfanclis  titulo  Jacravit  honoris', 
Ultima  lux  Juliijfr  vita  terminus  illi, 
M.  ter  C.  quint 0  decies  nonoq;fub  Anno. 
Refpice,  mar  talis  £>iiis  quondam,  fed  modo  talis, 
ghtantus  et  ip fie  fait,  dum  membra  Calentia  gefitl 
Hie  primas  patrum,  Cleri  Dux,  et  genus  altum, 
Corpore  valde  dec  ens,  fenfus  et  acumine  clarens ; 
Filius  hie  Comitis  generofiDevonicnfts. 
Legum  Doctor  erat  Celebris,  quam  Fama  ferenat, 
Urbs  Herefordienfis  Talis  inclyta  Londinenfis, 
Ac  Dorobernenfis,  fibi  trina  gloria  fedis, 
Detur  honor  digno,  fit  Cancellarius  ergo. 
Santtus  ubique  Tater,  prudens  fiuit  ipfe  Minifies 
Nam  largus,  lams,  caftus,  pi  us,  at  que  pudicus, 
Magnanimus,  jufius,  et  egenis  totus  Amicus, 
Et  quia  Rex  Chrifie,  Tafior  bonus  extitit  ifie, 
Sumat  folamen  nunc  tecum  quafumus,  Amen. 

Behold  a  Reverend  Prelate  of  great  Fame, 
William  de  Courtenay  was  his  Name, 
.  Who  did  moft  humbly  by  his  Will  ordain, 
That  in  this  Place  his  Body  fhould  be  layn ; 
Near  the  College  which  from  the  Ground  he  rais'd, 
And  nam'd  All-Saints,  for  God  there  to  be  prais'd : 
One  Thoufand  Three  Hundred  Ninety  and  Five, 
The  laft  of  July  was  the  End  of  his  Life. 
O !  how  great  was  this  Perfon,  and  how  good ! 
He  was  Chief  of  the  Fathers,  and  of  high  Blood ; 

Graceful 


1 96  Part  III.     Tloe  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  X.  Graceful  in  Body,  and  in  Wit  did  excell  ; 

S*/~Y*S*j>  Son  of  an  Earl  that  in  Devon  did  dwell: 

He  was  Doctor  of  Laws,  and  by  his  Skill 

The  chief  Place  in  the  Church  he  did  well  fill; 

Was  .Bifhop  of  Hereford,  from  thence  tranflated 

To  London,  then  to  Canterbury  promoted : 

And  becaufe  to  Merit  Honour  is  due, 

He  was  created  Lord  Chancellor  too. 

He  was  a  Holy  Father;  wife  Minifter  of  God;  ' 

Generous  and  chearful,  chafte,  modeft,  and  good ; 

Couragious  and  juft,  a  Friend  to  the  Poor, 

And  by  his  Charity  laid  up  in  Store. 

Becaufe,  O  Chrift !  a  good  Shepherd  was  he, 

We  pray  that  he  may  have  true  Joy  with  Thee ! 

Mr.  Weaver,  in  his  Funeral  Monuments,  fays,  That  in  this  Epitaph,  in^ 
ftead  of  Chancellor  is  meant  Cardinal ;  for  I  cannot,  lays  he,  find  him  to 
be  Chancellor.  Walfingham  indeed  fays,  that  he  was  made  Cardinal  in 
the  Year  1378:  But  Bifhop  Godwin  fays,  I  find  no  mention  of  it  elle- 
where,  and  therefore  do  much  doubt  of  it :  Neverthelefs  Sir  Robert  Cotton, 
in  his  Abridgement  of  the  Records  of  the  TtrJuer,  does  fay  exprefsly,  that 
he  was  Chancellor  of  England^ 

Sir  Edward  Coke,  in  the  4th  Part  of  his  Inflitutes,  folio  83,  in  his  Chap- 
ter of  the  Chancery,  citeth  the  firft  Decree  that  ever  he  obferved ;  and  in 
the  Margin  he  faith,  That  William  Courtenay,  Son  to  Hugh  Earl  of  De- 
vonfhire,  was  then  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury  and  Lord  Chancellor.  In 
the  ad  Part  of  his  Infinites,  folio  553,  he  feems  to  contradict  it :  Though 
he  is  put  among  the  Chancellors  in  Mr.  Selden's  Catalogue ;  and  he  faysj 
he  was  Lord  Chancellor  when  he  was  Bifhop  of  London,  in  4  Richard  IL 
but  did  not  continue  long  in  that  Office :  And  therewith  agreeth  Sir  Wil- 
liam Dugdale:  But  how  can  that  be  true?  For  Simon  Sudbury,  Arch- 
Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  was  Chancellor  as  long  as  he  lived ;  and  immediate- 
ly upon  his  Death,  William  Courtenay  was  tranflated  to  Canterbury.  It 
may  be  true,  that  William  Courtenay  Was  nominated  by  the  King,  and 
acted  as  Chancellor,  before  he- was  confirmed  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury, 
and  before  he  had  received  his  Bulls  from  Rome :  And,  in  that  Senfe,  what 
Mr.  Selden  faith  may  be  true.  Thilpot,  in  his  Catalogue  of  Chancellors, 
leaves  him  out,  and  fays  he  was  not  Chancellor.  Sir  Henry  Sfelman,  in 
Verbo  Cancellarius,  followeth  the  Guefs  ofPhilfot;  but  the  Record  of 
Parliament  putteth  it  out  of  Doubt. 

1 396'  In  ao  Richard  II.  there  was  an  Office  of  Inquifition,  after  the  Death  of 
the  Arch-Bifhop,  and  the  Jurors  did  fay,  upon  their  Oath,  That  William 
de  Courtenay,  late  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  died  the  Monday  next  be- 
fore the  Day  of  St.  Peter  ad  Vincula,  without  an  Heir  of  his  Body  in 
Marriage ;  and  that  Edward  de  Courtenay,  who  is  now  Earl  of  Devon, 
is  defcended  of  Edward  Courtenay,  Brother  of  the  faid  William,  Son  of 
Hugh  Courtenay,  late  Earl  of  Devon,  and  Margaret  his  Wife  ;  and  that 
he  is  the  Son  and  Heir  of  the  faid  Edward,  and  is  of  the  Age  of  Forty 
Tears-,  and  this  William  died  fei fed  of  divers  Lands>  which  defcended  td 
this  Edward  his  Heir* 


CHAP. 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Comtenay.      Book  I.  197 


Chap.  XL  chap,  xi 

I R  Teter  Courtenay  was  the  fixth  Son  of  Hugh  Courtenay, 
third  Baron  of  Okehampton,  and  fecond  Earl  of  Devonshire 
of  that  Name,  and  younger  Brother  to  William  Arch-Bi- 
ihop  of  Canterbury,  an  Account  of  whom  is  given  in  the 
former  Chapter  :  And  as  the  Arch-Bifhop  was  famous  for  his 
Learning  and  Wifclom,  and  was  raifed  up  to  the  higheft  Places 
both  in  Church  and  State,  fo  was  his  Brother  Sir  Teter  famous  for  his  Va- 
lour, and  great  Skill  in  Feats  of  Arms,  and  for  his  Merit  highly  advanced ; 
was  made  the  King's  Standard-Bearer,  Governour  of  Windjor-CaRle,  Go- 
vcrnour  of  Calais,  Lord  Chamberlain  to  the  King,  one  of  his  Privy  Coun- 
cil, and  Knight  of  the  moft  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter. 

In  the  Year  1366*,  41  Edward  III.  Saturday,  April  3,  was  fought  the     l^ 
famous  Battle  of  Navaret  in  Spain,  in  which  Edward  the  Black  Trince 
got  a  fignal  Victory  over  Henry  the  Baftard-Brother  of  Teter  King  0f  r'toiffaIf>/*-r° 
Spain,  who  had  ufurped  the  Kingdom,  and  turned  out  the  lawful  King  his  ^h° l?9' 
Brother  Teter ;  but  by  this  Victory  the  Black  Trince  put  Teter  into  his 
Kingdom  again.     Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  together  with  his  Brothers  Hugh 
and  Thilip,  were  Knighted  by  the  Black  Trince  the  Day  before  the  Bat- 
tle, as  was  faid  before ;  and  Sir  Teter  behaved  himfelf  fo  well  in  that  Bat- 
tle, and  at  other  Times  after,  that  the  Prince  of  Wales,  November  i3  that 
Year,  fettled  upon  him  50  /.  per  Annum  for  his  Life,  to  be  paid  out  of  his 
Revenues  in  Devonshire  and  Cornwall :  And  in  the  Year  136' 5),  43  Ed- 
ward III.  the  Prince,  by  his  Letters  Patents,  granted  him  another  jo/,  a 
Year  for  his  Life,  to  be  paid  out  of  the  Stannery  of  Devon. 

In  the  Year  1378,  %  Richard 'II.  the  French  having  often  landed  upon  1378. 
our  Coaft,  and  done  great  Spoil,  the  Duke  of  Lancafier  was  ordered  to  1  aife 
an  Army,  and  to  fail  with  it  into  France;  and  whilft  he  lay  at  Anchor 
with  his  Ships,  getting  in  Ammunition  and  Provifion  flowly,  and  with  un- 
neceffary  Delays,  fbme  of  his  Men  being  weary  of  tarrying  lb  long,  and 
living  lb  idle  upon  the  Provifions  that  were  procured  for  them  by  the  Coun- 
tries Money,  fet  out  to  Sea,  under  the  Command  of  the  Earls  of  Salisbury 
and  Arundel,  and  failed  towards  the  Coaft  of  Britany.  Sir  Thilip  and  Sir 
Teter  Courtenay,  two  Brothers,  who  had  the  Command  of  fome  Ships, 
efpying  certain  Veflels  belonging  to  the  Enemy,  inconfiderately  affaulted 
them,  being  the  whole  Spanijh  Fleet,  the  Spaniards  being  then  Enemies 
to  England;  for  the  Baftard  Henry  had  by  this  Time  turned  his  Brother 
Teter  out  of  his  Kingdom  again,  and  flain  him  :  And  though  Sir  Thilip  and 
Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  and  thole  that  were  with  them,  fought  bravely,  and 
defended  themfelves  for  fbme  Time,  yet  were  in  the  End  overcome  :  Moft 
of  the  Men,  being  Gentlemen  of  Somerfetjhire  and  Devon/hire,  were  flain  j 
Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  was  fore  wounded,  and  Sir  Teter  was  taken  Prifoner 
and  carried  into  Spain :  But  within  a  Year  after,  Peace  being  made  between 
the  King  of  Sfain  and  the  Prince  of  Navarre,  whom  the  Euglifo  affifted, 
one  Article  of  the  Peace  was,  that  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  mould  be  fet  at 
Liberty  ;  and  fo  he  went  to  Bourdeaux,  and  from  thence  to  England;  and 
for  his  Trouble  and  Charges  had  a  Grant  from  the  King  of  the  Benefit  of 
the  Marriage  of  Richard  the  Brother  and  Heir  of  Thomas  de  Toinings.  * 
^  In  1383,  7  Richard  II.  Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  in  Requital  of  the  Civili-  1383, 
ties  he  received  in  France  when  he  was  there,  had  Leave  from  the  King 
to  fend  into  France,  by  Northampton  Herald,  and  by  Anlet  Purfuivant, 
D  d  d  eight 


198  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  X.    eight  Cloths  of  Scarlet,  Black,  and  Ruffet,  to  give  to  certain  Noblemen  of 
V/'VW  that  Realm ;  as  alfo  two  Hories,  fix  Saddles,  fix  little  Bows,  one  Sheaf  of 
large  Arrows,  and  another  Sheaf  of  Crofs-bow  Arrows  ;  likewife  a  Grey- 
hound, and  other  Dogs,  for  the  King  of  France's  Keeper. 
1385.         In  the  fame  Year,  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  having  by  Accident  loft  the  Let- 
ters Patents  of  Edward  the  Prince  of  Wales-,  wherein  the  Prince  granted 
to  him  jo  /.  a-Year  for  his  Life  out  of  his  Revenues  of  Devon/hire  and 
Cornwall,  and  another  50  /.  out  of  the  Stannery  of  Devon,  King  Richard 
gave  him  a  new  Grant  of  it,  and  his  Letters  Patents  are  in  theie  Words : 
Know  ye,  etc.   That  whereas  our  moft  dear  Father,  deceased,  did,  Nov.  1, 
in  the  41/?  tear  of  the  Reign  of  Lord  Edward,  late  King  of  England,  our 
Grand-father,  by  his  Letters  'Patents,  grant  to  our  beloved  and  faithful 
Coufin  Peter  de  Courtenay,  for  his  good  Service  done  and  to  be  done  to  our 
faid  Father,  the  Sum  of  '50 1.  a  Tear  for  Term  of  Life,  to  be  received  out 
of  his  Revenues  in  the  Counties  of  Devon  and  Cornwall;  and  by  other  Let- 
ters, dated  43  Edward  III.  another  50 1.  out  of  the  Stannery  of  Devon, 
which  Letters  we  have  fince  and  before  our  Coronation  confirmed:  Now, 
becaufe  the  faid  Peter  de  Courtenay  has  cafually  loft  the  faid  Grants,  as 
he  hath  fworn  before  our  Council,  the  King  hath  granted  him  100  1.  a 
Tear  out  of  the  Jtfues  of  the  fm all  Guftoms  of  the  Village  of  Briftol  for  his 
Life:  Dated  November  25. 
1387k        In  the  Year  1387,  11  Richard  II.  the  King's  Writ  is  directed  to  the 
Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  for  difcharging  William  Arch-Bi/hop  of  Canter- 
bury of  aoo  /.  that  was  demanded  of  him  out  of  divers  of  his  Tythes,  and 
l3%9'    charging  it  on  Sir  Teter  Courtenay,     In  that  Year  alfo  Sir  Teter  Courte- 
nay was  made  Lord  Chamberlain  to  the  King.     In  the  Year  1380.,  he  was 
made  a  Privy-Counfellor ;  and  the  King  that  Year  granted  to  him  and  his 
Heirs  a  certain  Parcel  of  Land  in  Alfington  in  Devonfhirei  with  the  Ad^> 
Vowfon  of  the  Church  thereunto  belonging,  as  alfo  divers  other  Lands  for 
his  Lifek 
Weftcot'i         In  that  fame  Year,  three  Knights  of  France,  who  were  much  noted  for 
vonflureAflT  ^at*x  Valour  and  Skill  in  Exercile  of  Arms,  namely  Monfieur  de  Bouce- 
'       quant,  Monfieur  Reynaut  de  Roy,  and  Monfieur  de  St.  Tie,  all  Gentlemen 
of  the  King's  Chamber:  Thefe  three  proclaimed  a  Tournament  at  Ingle- 
bert,  the  ioih  of  November,  which  was  worthily  performed,  whereat  were 
prefent  an  Hundred   Englifh  Gentlemen,  amongft  whom  was  Sir  Teter 
FroinTirt,;.  1.  Courtenay.    Froijfart  fays,  that  he  did  run  fixCourfes;  and  Sir  William 
foL  190.         Dugdale  fays,  that  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  did  notably  manifeft  his  military 
Skill  and  Valour  at  a  Tournament  in  France.  And  when  that  was  over  he 
went  to  Taris ;  and  after  he  had  been  there  a  lit'tle  while,  he  challenged 
Monfieur  Tremoyle,  a  noble  Gentleman,  who  having  obtained  Leave  of  the 
King,  accepted  the  fame,  and  appointed  the  Day  and  Place  :  The  Day  be- 
ing come,  the  King,  the  Duke  of  Burgundy,  and  other  great  Lords,  were 
prefent  to  behold  it.     The  firft  Courle  was  exceedingly  well  performed 
by  both  Parties  with  high  Commendation,  but  the  King  forbad  any  farther 
Proceedings,  feemingly  offended  with  our  Knight,  who  had  made  Suit  for 
Leave  to  do  his  utmoft,     Sir  Teter  herewith  grieved,  thought  fit  to  leave 
the  Court  and  Country  of  France  ;  at  which  the  King  was  very  well  plea- 
fed,  and  fent  him  an  honourable  Prefent  at  his  Departure ;  the  Duke  of 
-    Burgundy  did  the  like :  And  the  King  commanded  Monfieur  de  Clary,  a 
great  Lord  of  his  Court,  to  accompany  him  to  Calais,  which  was  then  in 
the  Hands  of  the  Englifh : .  By  the  Way  thither,  they  vifited  Valeran,  the 
third  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  St.  Taul,  who  married  King  Richard's  Half- 
Sifter,  Widow  to  Hugh  Courtenay,  Son  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  Sir  Teter's. 

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elder  Brother,  where  they  had  a  good  Reception ;  and  fitting  one  Night  at  Chap.  XI. 
Supper,  the  Earl  of  St.  'Paul  asked  Sir  "Peter  Courtenay,  How  he  liked  w~v**-»° 
France  ?  and  how  he  liked  the  Nobility  of  the  Kingdom  ?  To  whom  Sir 
■'Peter  Courtenay,  with  lbmewhat  a  four  Countenance,  replied,  'That  he 
found  in  France  nothing  to  be  compared  with  the  Magnificence  that  is  in 
England,  although  for  friendly  Entertainment  he  had  no  Reafon  to  com- 
plain; but  as  for  the  chief  Caufe  for  which  I  went  into  France,  I  return 
nnfatisfied  ;  for  Jprotefl,  lays  he,  before  this  Honourable  Company,  that  if 
Monfieur  de  Clary  had  come  into  England,  and  challenged  any  of  our  Na- 
tion, he  Jhould  have  been  fully  anfwered,  whereas  other  Meajure  has 
been  rendered  to  me  in  France  .•  For  when  Monfieur  Tremoyle  attd  I  en- 
gaged our  Honour ,  after  one  Lance  broken,  the  King  commanded' me  to 
jiop  :  I  have  therefore  [aid  it,  and,  wherever  I  comej  I  will  fay,  that  in 
France  /  was  denied  Reafon,  and  Leave  to  do  my  utmofi.  Monfieur  de 
Clary  was  much  moved  with  this  Speech ;  yet  having  it  in  Charge  from 
the  King,  to  conducL  Sir  Peter  fafe  to  Calais,  for  the  prefent  he  forbore 
to  fay  any  Thing.  But  the  Earl  of  St.  'Paul  faid,  Let  me  tell  you,  Sir  Pe- 
ter, it  appears  to  me,  that  you  depart  from  France  with  much  Honour,  in 
Regard  the  King  did  vouchfafe  to  entreat  you  to  flay  the  Fight,  whom  to 
obey  is  both  wije  and  co?nmendable.  Sir  Peter  having  now  taken  his  Leave 
of  the  Earl,  paffeth  on  in  his  Journey  with  Monfieur  de  Clary,  and  as  foon 
as  they  were  entered  the  Englijb' Territories,  he  heartily  thanked  him  for 
his  noble  Company :  But  Monlieur  de  Clary  having  admitted  a  deep  Inn 
predion  to  be  made  on  his  Mind  by  Sir  Peter's  eager  Speeches  at  the  Earl  of 
St.  Paul's,  began  thus  to  accoft  him  :  Now,  Sir,  I  have  done  my  Duty  in 
performing  the  King  and  my  Mafler's  Command  in  conducing  you  to  your 
Friends:  However,  before  we  part,  I  muft  remember  you  of  thofe  incOnfi- 
derate  Speeches  you  lately  uttered  in  Contempt  of  the  Nobility  of  France  .• 
That  you  may  have  no  Caufe  to  boafl  when  you  arrive  in  England,  that 
you  were  not  fully  anfwered;  Lo  !  here  I  am,  this  Day  or  to  Morrow, 
although  inferior  to  many  others  of  our  Country  to  do  you  Reafon,  not  out 
of  Malice  to  your  Perfon,  or  vain-glorioujly  to  boafl  of  mine  own  Valour, 
but  to  preferve  the  Fame  and  Ltt/tre  due  to  the  French  Nation,  which 
fure  never  wanted  Gentlemen  at  Arms  to  anfwer  any  Englilh  Challenge 
whatsoever.  Ton  flpeak  well  and  nobly,  fays  our  Knight,  and  with  very 
good  Will  I  accept  your  Challenge,  and  to  Morrow  I  will  not  fail  to  at-* 
tend  you,  armed  with  three  Lances,  according  to  the  French  Cuflom.  Upon 
this  Agreement  and  Refolution  Sir  Peter  Court enay  went  for  Calais,  there 
to  furnifh  himfelf  with  Arms  and  Accoutrements  proper  for  the  Combat; 
and  the  Lord  Warren,  then  Governour  there,  was  made  privy  to  the  Bufi- 
nefs.  The  next  Day  Sir  'Peter  Courtenay  returned,  according  to  his  Pro- 
mife,  to  meet  Monfieur  de  Clary  between  Calais  and  Bologne,  with  whom 
went  the  Lord  Governour  and  other  Gentlemen  to  behold  the  Combat. 
At  the  firft  Courfe  both  Parties  broke  well;  but  at  the  fecond,  by  the 
Fault  of  the  Englijb  Knight's  Armour,  he  was  hurt  in  the  Shoulder; 
which  made  the  Lord  Warren  to  tell  Monfieur  de  Clary,  that  he  had  done 
difcouiteoufly  to  hurt  Courtenay,  his  Armour  being  broken.  To  which  he 
anfwered,  I  am  forry  for  it;  but  to  govern  Fortune  is  not  in  my  Tower  .* 
It  might  have  happened  to  me,  what  befel  him ;  and  lb  they  parted.  How- 
ever Monfieur  de  Clary  came  off  with  Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  when  he  came 
Home,  the  King's  Speech  to  him  was  very  fharp,  and  the  King  reproved 
him  very  much ;  an  Argument  that  he  had  not  acquitted  himfelf  fo  well  as 
he  mould.  Nor  did  Sir  ^Peter's  A&ion  better  pleafe  the  King  of  England ; 
for  there  was  a  Melfage  brought  him  from  King  Richard  II.  that  he  the 

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Chap.  XL  [aid  Sir  Peter,  mm  at  Calais  Jhould  forbear  to  exercife  any  Feats  of  Arms, 
^■VN-»  'without  the  (fecial  Leave  of  Henry  de  Piercy,  Earl  of  Northumberland, 
and  then  Earl  Marjbal. 
l39°-        In  the  next  Year,  1390,  14  Richard  II.  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  was  made 

Conftable  of  iVindfor  Caftle. 
l393-  In  tne  Year  1303,  17  Richard  II.  three  Scottijh  Gentlemen  challenged 
three  Englijh  to  right  at  Jufts ;  viz.  The  Earl  of  Marr  challenged  the 
Lord  Nottingham ;  Sir  William  Barrel,  the  King  of  Scots  Banner-Bearer, 
Sir  Teter  Courtenay  the  King  of  England's  Standard-Bearer ;  and  one  Cock- 
burn,  Efquire,  challenged  Sir  Nicholas  Hawkirk.  In  this  Tryal  of  Man- 
hood the  Englijh  were  Victors ;  for  the  Earl  of  Marr  and  Cockburn  were 
unhorfed  by  their  Opponents,  the  former  being  fo  bruifed  and  wounded 
by  the  Fall,  that  he  died  in  his  Return  Home :  Darrel  run  five  Courfes, 
and  was  lb  equally  matched  that  neither  of  them  was  Victor. 
1 40 1.  In  the  Year  1401,  3  Henry  4.  Sir  Teter  had  confirmed  to  him  by  the 
King,  for  a  Fee,  a  Market  and  Fair  in  the  Manour  of  Moreton  in  the 
County  of  Devon,  which  was  granted  to  Hugh  Lord  Courtenay  his  Grand- 
father, by  a  Charter  made  in  8  Edward  III.  In  6  Henry  IV.  the  King 
revoked  a  Charter  granted  to  him  of  the  Caftle  and  Chace  of  Dartmore, 
becaufe  they  were  united  to  the  Dukedom  of  Cornwall. 
1405).  Sir  "Peter  Courtenay  died  unmarried  in  the  Year  1409,  10  Henry  IV. 
He  did  bear  upon  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  a  Label  of  three  Toints  Azure, 
charged  with  nine  Annulets.  He  lieth  interred  in  the  Cathedral-Church  of 
St.  Teter's  in  Exon,  about  the  .Middle  of  it,  near  his  Father  the  Earl  of 
Devonfiire's  Tomb,  where  a  fair  Grave-ftone,  richly  inlaid  with  gilded 
Brafs,  containing  the  Portraiture  of  the  faid  Sir  Teter,  armed  Cap-a-pee, 
might  heretofore  be  feen ;  whofe  Epitaph,  as  much  of  it  as  remaineth, 
here  followeth. 

Devonian  natus  Comitis,  Petru%  vocatus 

Regis  cognatus,  Camerarhts  intitulatus 

Califue  gratus  Captaneus,  enfe  frobatus 

Vita  frivatus  fuit  hinc  fuper  ajira  re'latus, 

Et  quia  fublatus  de  mundo  tranfit  amatus 

Ccelo  firmatus  maneat  fine  fine  beatus.  .    . 

Which  Infcription  I  find  thus  tranilated ; 

The  Earl  of  Devonfiire's  Son,  Teter  by  Name, 

Kin  to  the  King,  Lord  Chamberlain  of  Fame, 

Captain  of  Calais,  for  Arms  well  approved, 

Who  dying  was  above  the  Stars  removed;  , 

And  well-beloved  went  from  the  World  away 

To  lead  a  bleffed  Life  in  Heaven  for  Aye. 


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Char  XII.  a^ 

\DWARD  Court  enay,  Soft  of  Edward  Courtenay  and  Emlm 
Daughter  of  Sir  John  Dawney,  and  Grand-lbn  of  Hugh  laft 
Earl  of  Devon/hire,  was  about  Twenty  Years  old  when  his 
Grand-father  died,  and  was  the  third  Earl'  of  Devonjhire  of 
that  Family.  But  Mr.  Brooks,  Tork  Herald,  in  a  Book  called 
A  Difcovery  of  certain  Errors  fublijbed  in  Trint  in  the 
much  commended  Britannia,  doth  find  Fault  with  Mr.  Camden,  for  ma- 
king the  Grand-fon  immediately  to  fucceed  the  Grand-father  in  the  Earl- 
dom ;  and  fays,  that  Edward  the  Son  of  Hugh  was  the  next  Earl :  But 
in  finding  Fault  with  Mr.  Camden,  he  falls  into  a  Miftake  himfelf;  for 
it  is  plain,  that  Edward  Son  of  Hugh  Earl  of  Devonshire  died  before  his 
Father,  and  that  Edward  the  Grand-fon  was  the  next  Earl  4  for  Hugh, 
the  laft  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  died  in  the  laft  Year  of  Edward  III.  and 
he  that  fucceeded  him  was  not  then  of  Age:  For  Sir  William  Dugdale 
lays,  that  in  2  Richard  II.  he  making  Proof  of  his  Age,  and  doing  his 
Homage,  had  Livery  of  his  Lands;  but  at  that  Time,  Edward  Soli  of 
Hugh  Earl  of  Devonshire  would  have  been  above  Forty  Years  old,  if  he 
had  lived ;  for  he  was  elder  Brother  to  William,  who  was  then  Bifhdp  of 
London.  It  appears  likewife,  by  the  Inquifition  taken  after  the  Eatl's 
Death,  that  it  was  his  Grand-lbn,  and  not  his  Son,  that  fucceeded  him; 
for  in  that  it  is  faid,  the  Jurors  upon  their  Oath  do  fay,  that  Hugh  Cour- 
tenay, Earl  of  Devon,  died  the  ad  of  May,  in  5 1  Edward  III.  and  that 
Edward,  Son  of  Edward,  Son  of  the  faid  Hugh,  is  Kinfman  and  Heir  of 
the  faid  Hugh,  and  is  Twenty  Years  old  and  more. 

Edward^theri)  Son  of  Edward,  third  Son  of  Hugh  Earl  of  Devon/hire, 
was  the  third  Earl  of  that  Family :  And  in  1  Richard  II.  he  covenanted 
to  ferve  the  King  in  his  Navy-Royal  under  the  Command  of  John  a-Gaunt, 
Duke  of  Lancafier,  for  one  Quarter  of  a  Year,  for  Defence  of  the  Realm ; 
at  which  Time  the  Coaft  of  England  was  much  infefted  by  the  French, 
who  landed  in  feveral  Places,  and  did  much  Mifchief.  And  the  Duke  of 
Lancafier,  who  had  the  chief  Management  of  Affairs,  brought  a  great 
Odium  upon  himfelf  from  the  People,  becaufe  he  did  not  endeavour  their 
Relief  fo  diligently,  and  with  fuch  Application,  as  his  Place  and  the  Peo-* 
pies  Necefilty  did  require. 

In  1378,  2  Richard  II.  Edward  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  making  Proof  of1    ,  j^g, 
his  Age,  as  was  faid  before^  and  doing  his  Homage,  had  Livery  of  his  Lands. 

In  1 380,  4  Richard  II.  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire  covenanted  to  ferve  f  ,0  < 
in  France,  under  Thomas  of  Woodfiock,  Earl  of  Buckingham,  the  King's 
Uncle,  and  Conftable  of  England,  for  a  Quarter  of  a  Year,  with  Eighty 
Men  at  Arms  and  Eighty  Archers,  whereof  he  himfelf,  Five  Knights,  and 
Sixty  Four  Efquires,  to  be  Part  of  them.  The  Earl  of  Buckingham  landed 
at  Calais  three  Days  before  St.  Mary  Magdalen,  in  the  Month  of  July\ 
and  after  a  fhort  Stay  they  went  out  thence,  with  a  Defign  to  march  thro-* 
the  Kingdom  of  France  into  Britany,  to  help  the  Duke  thereof  againft 
the  French  King:  And  when  they  came  to  Arde,  the  Earl  of  Buckingham 
Knighted  the  young  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  the  Lord  Morley,  and  fome  o- 
thers.  And  they  went  that  Day  to  a  ftrong  Houfe,  {landing  on  the  River- 
fide,  called  Folanti  wherein  was  an  Efquire  called  Robert,  who  was  Owner 
of  the  Houfe,  and  a  good  Man  at  Arms ;  and  he  was  refblved  to  defend 
his  Houfe,  and  for  that  End  had  got  within  it  Sixty  ftout  Men.  The 
E  e  e  Lords' 


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Chap.XII.  Lords  and  others  that  were  Knighted  encompaffed  the  Houfe,  and  began 
wy~W-»  fiercely  to  attack  it,  whilft  they  within  as  valiantly  defended  it.    Then  the 
Earl  of  Devon/hire,  as  he  flood  upon  the  Dykes  with  his  Banner  difplayed, 
faid  to  his  Men,  Sirs,  How  is  it  in  this  our  Knighthood  that  this  ptiful 
Dove-houfe  holdeth  out  fo  long  againft  us  ?  Bow  will  the  Fortreffes  and 
ftrong  'Places  of  France  hold  out,  if  this  Houfe  can  ft  and  againji  usfo  long  ? 
Sirs,  On  before ;  let  us  pew  our  new  Chivalry.    When  his  Men  heard 
this,  they  entered-  into  the  Dykes  and  took  the  Houfe,  and  the  Owner 
and  all  the  Men  with  him  were  made  Prifoners  by  the  Earl's  Men.    The 
next  Day  the  Earl  of  Buckingham  with  his  Army  marched  to  St.  Omers, 
from  thence  to  Arras,  and  next  to  ferrone ;  and  then  they  marched  into 
Campagne,  burning  and  deftroying  the  Country  as  they  went ;  they  after- 
wards marched  through  Gaftinois,  and  feveral  other  Parts  of  France,  the 
French  King  not  daring  all  this  while  to  fight  them,  or  to  flop  their  Marctu 
They  then  came  into  Br it any ;  and  after  the  Earl  of  Buckingham  had  con- 
ferred with  the  Duke  of  Britany,  the  Englijh  Army  went  and  befieged 
Nantes,  which  City  held  out  by  the  Inftigation  of  the  French  againft  their 
lawful  Prince.     The  Duke  of  Britany  promifed  to  join  them  in  a  little 
Time;  but  after  the  Englifh  Army  had  lain  before  the  Town  for  above  two 
Months,  the  Duke  not  coming  to  their  Help,  they  raifed  the  Siege,  and 
marched  to  Vannes,  where  the  Duke  of  Britany  met  them,  and  excufed 
himfelf  for  not  coming  to  their  Affiftance,  as  well  as  he  could ;  and  faid,  that 
his  Nobles  refufed  to  go  againft  the  City  of  Nantes:  But  the  French  King 
dying  as  the  Englifh  were  marching  towards  Britany,  the  Duke  was  bet- 
ter affeded  towards  the  new  King,  and  under-hand  made  a  Peace  with  him. 
The  Earl  of  Buckingham  ftayed  all  the  Winter  at  Vannes,  and  when  he 
underftood  that  the  Duke  of  Britany  had  privately  made  a  Peace  with 
Frame,  he  was  angry  with  the  Duke,  for  whofe  Sake  he  had  undertaken 
that  long  and  dangerous  March ;  but  having  got  Shipping  for  his  Army, 
in  April  he  failed  back  to  England. 
i  ?8 1.         In  the  Year  138 1,  5  Richard  II.  upon  the  coming  over  into  England 
of  Anne,  the  Daughter  of  Charles  IV.  Emperor  of  Germany,  whom  King 
Richard  had  agreed  to  marry,  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  with  the  Earl 
of  Salisbury,  received  her  at  Graveling  with  Five  Hundred  Spears,  and  as 
many  Archers,  and  fo  brought  her  to  Calais,  and  from  Calais  to  Dover  ; 
and  when  the  News  was  brought  of  the  Queen's  Arrival  at  Dover,  many 
of  the  Nobility  and  others  of  the  Parliament  were  fent  to  receive  her,  and 
convey  her  honourably  to  the  King's  Prefence:  Before  fhe  came  to  Lon- 
don, the  Mayor  and  Aldermen,  with  a  great  Company  of  the  chief  Citi- 
zens, met  her  at  Black-heath,  and  led  her  into  the  City  with  great  Ho- 
nour and  Refped.     Within  a  few  Days  fhe  was  married  to  the  King  by 
William  Courtenay,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  the  Earl's  Uncle.    Her 
Coronation  foon  followed,  which  was  celebrated  with  very  great  Splendour 
and  Magnificence;  all  the  Nobility  of  the  Nation  attending,  and  fparing  no 
Coft  to  heighten  the  Giory  and  State  of  that  Day. 
g.  In  the  Year  1 3S 3,  y  Richard  II.  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire  is  confti- 

tuted  Admiral  for  the  Weftern  Parts;  that  is,  from  the  Thames  Weftward, 
a  Thing  frequent  in  thofe  Times;  and  Henry  Tiercy  Earl  of  Northumber- 
land was  made  Admiral  of  the  North:  And  on  the  i^th  of  November 
that  Year,  the  Earl  of  Northumberland promifed  for  himfelf  and  the  Earl 
of  Devon/hire,  fafely  to  keep  the  Seas,  as  long  as  the  Money  that  the 
Commons  gave  for  that  Purpofe  did  laft,  which  was  6  d.  of  every  Pound 
of  Merchandize,  and  0.  s.  of  every  Tun  of  Wine :  Which  is  a  moft  obferva- 
ble  Record  as  to  Tonnage  and  Poundage,  faith  Mr.  Rowe. 

In 


Part  III.        Noble  Family  of  Counemy.     Book  I.  203 

In  that  Year  alfo  a  Commiffion  is  directed  by  the  King  to  his  beloved  Chap.XII. 
Coufin  Edward  Earl  of  Devonjbire  and  others,  for  arrefting  certain  Per-  .v^v~*-» 
fons  therein  named  and  others,  that  fhall  refill  the  King's  Commiffioners 
appointed  for  taking  the  Wreck  of  the  Sea  at  Plymouth.  Another  Com- 
miffion that  Year  is  directed  to  him  and  others,  for  making  Proclamation  in 
the  County  of  Devon  againft  thofe  which  did  bear  Arms  and  make  Rebel- 
lions, and  for  punifhing  of  them ;  Becaufe,  faith  the  King,  we  underfiand 
that  certain  Malefactors  and  Troublers  of  our  'Peace,  and  Men  armed  in 
a  warlike  Manner,  in  Routs  and  other  unlawful  Meetings,  came  lately 
to  Topiham,  and  there  by  Force  of  Arms  took  Peter  Hill,  a  certain  Mef- 
fenger  of  the  venerable  Father  William  Arch-Bijbop  of  Canterbury,  and, 
with  no  frnall  Cruelty  and  Thr  earnings  of  Death,  compelled  him  to  eat  the 
Wax  of  a  certain  Seal  of  the  faid  Arch-Bijbop. 

In  1384,  8  Richard  II.  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  being  then  Earl  \^%^ 
Marihai  of  England,  was  again  retained  to  ferve  the  King  in  his  Scottijh 
Wars,  and  he  was  ordered  to  repair  to  Newcaftle ;  for  the  King  raifed  an 
Army  to  go  againft  the  Scots,  and  with  Part  of  it  the  Duke  of  Lancafter 
was  immediately  fent  towards  Scotland,  the  King  himfelf  refolving  to  fol- 
low as  loon  as  he  could.  The  Scots  and  French  had  been  very  bufy  in  Plun- 
dering, Burning,  and  Killing,  before  they  had  the  News  of  the  DukeofL^w- 
cafter's  Approach ;  but  as  foon  as  they  heard  of  that  they  returned  Home, 
and  with  their  Cattle  withdrew  themfelves  into  the  Mountains,  lb  that  the 
Duke  found  no  Oppofition.  The  King  being  come  to  Tork,  heard  of  the 
retiring  of  the  Scots,  yet  proceeded  in  his  Journey,  and  joining  with  the 
Duke,  deftroyed  the  Country  of  Scotland  as  far  as  Edinburgh,  which  City 
they  alio  burnt ;  the  King  and  his  Army  remaining  but  five  Days  before 
Edinburgh,  returned  back  to  England. 

In  1 3  85,  10  Richard  II.  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire  was  again  retained  to  1386'. 
ferve  the  King  in  his  Fleet  at  Sea,  to  prevent  an  Invalion  which  was  threat- 
ned  by  the  French,  and  about  which  the  People  were  in  a  great  Confter- 
nation :  And  on  All-Saints  Eve  a  fair  Gale  blew,  and  the  French  King  fet 
fail  for  England;  but  when  they  had  pafTed  about  feven  Leagues,  the 
Wind  unexpectedly  and  fuddenly  turned,  and  carried  them  back  with  great 
Lofs.  In  this  Year  Edward  Earl  of  Devon  was,  with  William  Courtenay, 
Arch-Biihop  of  Canterbury,  and  others,  a  Witnefs  to  the  Patent  for  ma-  J1£^f'/" 
king  Robert  Earl  of  Oxford,  Duke  of  Ireland. 

In  the  Year  1387,  11  Richard  II.  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  adjoining  to  him  1387. 
Edward  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  and  Thomas  Earl  of  Nottingham,  being  by 
an  Order  of  Parliament  appointed  to  defend  the  Kingdom,  and  annoy  the 
French,  got  a  well-mann'd  Fleet  together,  and  in  the  Spring  they  were  all 
ready  to  fail :  And  having  received  Information,  that  the  French,  Flemifh, 
and  S^anijh  Fleet  lay  at  Rochelle,  waiting  for  a  fair  Wind  to  fail  to  their 
feveral  Ports  to  which  they  were  bound,  the  Earl's  put  to  Sea  with  all 
Speed,  to  intercept  them  in  their  PafTage :  On  Lady-Day  Eve  they  met  with 
them,  and,  after  a  fiiort  Engagement,  took  One  Hundred  Sail  of  them, 
richly  laden  with  Nineteen  Thoufand  Tun  of  Wine,  befides  other  Commo- 
dities. The  Citizens  of  Midleburgh  offered  the  three  Earls  to  buy  all  their 
Wines  at  5  /.  a  Tun ;  but  they  refilling  lb  good  a  Market,  told  them, 
that  they  would  let  none  but  the  People  of  England,  whom  tlrey  ferved, 
to  have  the  Ufe  and  Advantage  of  the  Wines;  and  bringing  them  into  di- 
vers Parts  of  the  Kingdom,  they  caufed  fo  great  a  Plenty,  that  Wines  were 
fold  generally  for  a  Mark  a  Tun,  and  the  beft  for  not  above  Twenty  Shil- 
lings :  Their  own  Shares  they  generoufly  gave  amongft  their  Friends ;  and 
having  refitted  their  Ships,  went  to  Sea  again.     The  Succefs  of  their  firft 

Atchievement 


204  Part  Hk     The  Genealogical  Htftory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.XII.  Atchievement  had  much  terrified  the  Enemy,  and  therefore  in  this  fecond 
W/'V'W  Expedition  they  met  with  but  taint  Oppofition ;  for  they  landed  in  many- 
Places  upon  the  Coaft  of  Flanders,  and  burnt  and  plundered  the  Country 
as  they  pleafed;  and  at  length  arriving  at  Br  eft,  they  took  a  new  Fort, 
which  the  French  had  lately  cre&ed  to  annoy  the  Caftle,  and  mann'd  it, 
and  having  fupplicd  it  with  Plenty  of  Provifion  and  Ammunition,  returned 
Home.  Succefs  always  raifes  Mens  Reputation  •  but  thofe  Earls  having 
added  to  their  couragious  and  brave  Actions,  a  generous  Contempt  of  their 
own  Advantage,  and  a  fignal  Zeal  for  the  publick  Good,  it  begat  lb  high 
an  Opinion  of  their  Worth  in  the  Minds  of  all  Men,  that  they  became  a 
Subject  of  publick  Praife  and  Admiration. 
1380.  -  }n  the  Ycar  *385>>  13  Richard  II.  the  Earl  of  Arundel  being  made  Ad- 
miral again  by  the  Parliament,  put  forth  to  Sea  with  a  great  Navy,  weil- 
ftored  with  Land-Forces,  and  feveral  Noblemen  (amongft  whom  was  the 
Eari  of  Devon/hire)  were  with  him :  He  went  to  affift  the  Duke  of  Bri- 
tany,  who  being  under  the  King  of  France's  Difpleafure,  becaufe  he  had 
imprifoned  the  Lord  Guifelin,  Conftable  of  France,  feared  an  Invafion  from 
thence.  The  Englifo  Fleet  arrived  at  Rochellt,  and  landing  fome  Men 
began  to  fpoil  the  Country  about  Marrant  j  but  a  Peace  being  fuddenly 
concluded  between  the  Duke  and  the  French  King,  the  Earl  returned,  and 
in  his  Way  meeting  with  the  trench  Fleet,  took  Eighty  of  them,  and  in- 
vaded the  Ifle  of  Rhee ,and  burnt  it :  He  alio  took  the  Hie  of  Oleron. 

In  10  Richard  II.  in  the  Court  of  Chivalry,  in  the  great  Cafe  between 
Sir  Richard  Scroop,  Appellant,  and  Sir  Robert  Gravenour,  Defendant, 
touching  Matter  of  Arms,  the  Atteftations  taken  by  Commiflion  from 
John  a-Gaunt,  the  Earl  of  Derby,  the  Earl  of  Northumberland,  the  Duke 
of  Tork,  and  Earl  of  Arundel,  are,  for  ought  appears,  without  Oath,  where- 
as others  are  fworn.  The  Entry  of  the  Depofitions  is  Trayed  and  Befeeched, 
according  to  the  Right  of  Arms,  by  the  Procurator  of  Mr.  Richara  Scroop, 
to  teftify  and  fay,  etc.  And  amongft  others  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire  was 
examined  by  Commiflion  by  John  Kentwood,  who,  in  the  Return  of  his 
Commiflion  and  the  Depofitions,  certifies  the  Court,  That  he  had  fworn  all 
the  Witneffes,  there  being  none  of  the  Nobility,  but  only  the  Ear  I  of  De- 
Mr,  Rowe  in  vonfhire  in  his  Return  that  was  not  fworn,  but  Jpake  in  the  Loyalty  of 
bis  Mduions  his  Chivalry :  A  Cafe  it  is  of  no  ordinary  Example,  faith  Mr.  Rowe.  And 
SiJnifchp.  '  t^ie  Cafe  concerning  the  Swearing  of  thofe  who  are  of  the  Degree  of  Peers 
of  the  Realm  hath  been  not  a  little  confidered,  as  may  appear  by  the  fb- 
lenin  Refolution  taken  in  the  Cafe  of  the  Earl  of  Lincoln.  Jones's  Re- 
forts,  152,  at  large. 
1 3  op.  In  the  1  ft  Y 'ear  of  Henry  IV.  1309,  there  was  a  great  Confpiracy  formed 
againft  the  King,  in  order  to  aflaflinate  him,  and  to  reftore  King  Richard 
to  his  Throne  :  There  were  a  great  many  Nobles  concerned  in  it,  as  John 
Holland  Earl  of  Huntington,Thomas  Holland Earl  of  Kent,  Edward  Earl  of 
Rutland,  (who  had  been  made  Dukes  of  Exeter,  Surrey,  and  Aumarle,  by 
King  Richard,  but  were  degraded  from  that  Title  by  King  Henry)  John 
Mount  acute  Earl  of  Salisbury,  Thomas  Spencer  Earl  of  Gloucefter,  the  Bifhop 
of  Car It fie,  with  a  great  many  Knights  and  Gentlemen :  The  Defign  was  to 
meet,  together  a  great  Company  of  them  at  Chrijimafs,  under  Pretence  of 
diverting  -themfelves  by  Mumming,  and  other  Paftimes  that  are  commonly 
made  Ufe  of  at  that  folemn  Time;  A  little  before  the  Time  of  Execu- 
tion the  Plot  was  difcovered,  fome  fay  by  the  late  Duke  of  Aumarle,  and 
afterward  by  the  Mayor  of  London',  and  the  King  had  ib  fhort  a  Warning 
of  it,  -that  he  was  but  juft  gone  from  jVindfor,  when  the  Earls  of  Kent 
and  Salisbury,  not  hearing  of  the  Difcovery,  entered  with  400  Men,  about 

Twilight, 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  205 

Twilight,  into  Wtudfor-GMe  with  a  Defign  to  kill  the  King.  John  Hoi-  Chap.XII 
land  Earl  of  Huntington  hovered  about  London  to  raife  Men,  and  to  make  w/"~v""V- 
other  Provifions  in  Order  to  carry  on  their  Defign ;  but  upon  the  Report 
of  the  King's  Safety,  he  endeavoured  to  fly  away  by  Water.  The  two 
Earls  of  Salisbury  and  Kent  went  to  fVallingford,  and  fo  to  Abingdon,  and 
from  thence  to  Cirencejler :  The  Townfmen  of  Cirencejler  fell  upon  them 
and  took  them ;  and  becaufe  of  their  Followers  did  fet  the  Town  on  Fire, 
thinking  by  it  to  recover  their  Lords  out  of  the  Townfmens  Hands,  whilft 
they  were  bufy  in  quenching  the  Fire,  they  carried  them  out  of  the  Town, 
and  fevered  their  Heads  from  their  Bodies.  The  Earl  of  Huntington,  with 
a  trufty  Knight  of  his,  Sir  John  Shelly,  endeavouring  to  efcape  by  Sea, 
was  taken  in  Ejfex,  and  had  his  Head  taken  likewife  from  his  Body  by  the 
common  People.  The  Earl  of  Gloucefter  had  like  Execution  done  upon 
him  by  the  Commons  at  Briftol,  and  Ibme  others  of  them  were  put  to 
Death  at  Oxford,  and  fome  at  London.  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  De* 
von/hire,  was  made  Lord  High  Steward  of  England  for  the  Trying  of  Ibme 
of  thefe  Confpirators.  In  the  Report  of  the  Cafe  is  to  be  feen  the  Order 
and  State  of  that  High  Office  and  Court  for  the  Tryal  of  Peers,  particu- 
larly exprefTed  and  defcribed,  and  is  the  Handing  Authority  and  Precedent 
obferved  to  this  Day.  Sir  Edward  Coke  faith  this  Earl  was  the  firft  High 
Steward,  fro  hac  vice,  upon  an  Occafion  of  an  Arraignment  of  a  Peer, 
the  Office  being  antiently  hereditary  and  by  Tenure,  but  two  or  three  or 
Years  before  John  a-Gaunt,  Duke  of  Lancafter,  was  Lord  High  Steward 
upon  the  Tryal  of  the  Earl  of  Arundel.  I  cannot  find,  fays  Mr.  Rowe, 
who  the  Peer  was  that  was  then  arraigned,  and  found  guilty :  It  is  likely 
that  there  were  feveral  of  them  that  were  then  tried,  and  particularly  the 
Bifhop  of  Carlijle,  of  whom  it  is  faid,  that  the  King  of  his  Clemency  par- 
doned him,  after  he  had  been  found  guilty,  and  Sentence  had  paffed  upon 
him :  And  it  is  laid,  that  Nineteen  in  all  were  put  to  Death  for  this  Con- 
ipiracy,  raoft  of  which  were  Men  of  fpecial  Note,  and  that  Ibme  were  put 
to  Death  in  London ;  and  the  Meaning  of  that  muft  be  after  they  had  been 
tryed  and  fentenced  to  Death. 

This  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  from  the  Time  he  came 
to  Age,  which  was  i  Richard  II.  was  fummoned  to  all  the  Parliaments  in 
Richard  II.  Henry  IV.  and  Henry  Vth's  Reign,  to  the  Time  of  his  Death. 
In  1  Henry  V.  a  Writ  is  directed  to  him,  next  after  the  King's  Sons  and 
Brothers,  and  Coufins ;  as  is  in  moft  of  the  relt. 

Hollingjhed  fays,  That  this  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  did  build  Mills 
upon  the  River  Ex,  and  erefted  two  more  Wears  than  what  were  before ; 
the  one  at  St.  James's,  over-thwart  the  whole  River,  the  other  at  Latnpre- 
ford.  He  confirmed  fome  Grants  of  Lands  that  were  made  by  his  Anceftors 
to  the  Abbey  of  Torr ;  and  the  Deed  is  fealed  with  his  Seal,  in  which  are  his 
Arms  fupported  by  two  Swans.  He  was  blind  a  confiderable  Time  before 
he  died  (and  therefore  was  commonly  called  the  Blind  Earl)  or  clle,  in  all 
Probability,  we  fhould  have  heard  of  a  great  many  more  of  his  military 
A&ions.  He  did  by  his  Will,  bearing  Date  at  Tiverton,  June  z%  141% 
7  Henry  V.  bequeath  his  Body  to  be  buried  in  the  Abbey-Church  of  Ford, 
of  his  Anceftors  Foundation,  and  died  November  5,  next  enfuing.  Mr. 
Rifden  thinks,  that  the  Monument  and  Infcription  upon  it,  which  Mn 
Weftcot  lays  was  made  for  William  Rivers,  Earl  of  Devon,  did  belong  to 
this  Earl. 

There  is  a  great  Difpute  between  Heralds  and  Antiquaries,  who  this 
Earl's  Wife  was:  Mr.  Mills,  (an  Herald)  fays,  That  Edward  Earl  of  De- 
vonshire, by  Eleanor  Daughter  of  Roger  Mortimer,  Earl  of  March  and 

F  f  f  Uljlcr, 


2o6   Part  III.  The  Genealogical  Htflory  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.XIL  Ulfter,  had  Hugh,  13th  Earl  of  Devon/hire.-   But  Mr.  Vincent,  another 
\^^r^^   Herald,  fays  it  is  untrue,  and  too  dangerous  to  be  averred.     And  Mr.  Weft- 
cot finds  Fault  with  Mr.  Brookes,  2V£-Herald,  for  faying  the  fame  Thing 
that  Mr.  Mills  does;  and  he  fays  it  is  manifeftly  contrary  to  all   other 
Mens  Opinions,  and  contrary  to  the  Parliament  Rolls  of  the  ill  of  King 
Edward  IV.  wherein  it  is  faid,  That  Anna,  eldeft   Daughter  of  Roger 
Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  was  married  to  Richard  0/Conesburgh,  Earl 
of  Cambridge,  and  had  Iffue  by  her  Richard  Duke  of  York)  Father  to  King 
Edward  IV.     Eleanor,  fecond  Daughter,  died  with  without  Iffue :  So  that 
this  Marriage  of  Edward  Earl  of  Devonfloire  with  Eleanor  Mortimer, 
efpecially  to  have  Iffue  by  her,  can  in  no  wife  be  verified,  faith  Mr.  Weftcot. 
"  But  now  (fays  he)  to  leave  this  noble  Earl  without  Wife,  and  yet  to  have 
"  lawful.  Iffue,  (as  others  have  done)  would  feem  againft  both  Law  and 
"  Reafon  :  I  will  therefore  aim  at  fome  Likelihood  to  fupply  this  Defecl : 
"  In  the  Church  of  Tiverton,  the  Place  of  the  Earl's  chief  Refidence,  I 
"  find  divers  of  the  Court  enay's  Arms  with  their  Matches  impaled  ;  amongft 
"  others  there  is  the  Coat  of  the  Lord  Camois  impaled  with  Court  enays  ; 
"  and  therefore  not  reading,  or  being  any  other  Way  informed,  that  any 
"  other  of  that  Name  or  Houfe  matched  with  Camois,  I  have  good  Rea- 
"  fon  to  fuppofe  and  think,  that  he  married  with  a  Daughter  of  Thomas 
"  Lord  Camois,  who  lived  in  that  Age ;  and  Sir  Thomas  Camois,  the  Lord's 
"  Son,  was  with  this  Earl  in  France  under  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and 
"  Knighted  by  him  a  little  Time  after  the  Earl  was.     And  in  the  Church, 
"  next  in  Place,  I  found  the  Arms  of  March  and  Ulfter  impaled  alfo  with 
"  Courtenay's,  which  made  me  believe  there  was  a  Match  alio  that  Way  j 
"  which  I  take  to  be  thus :  This. Edward  Court len ay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire, 
'.'  firnamed  the  Blind,  had  Iffue,  1  ft.  Edward  his  eldeft  Son,  Lord  Court e- 
"  nay,  who  received  his   Knighthood,  1  Henry  IV.  and  died  fans  Iffue, 
"  before  his  Father ;  and  it  is  highly  probable,  that  this  was  that  Edward 
"  Lord  Courtenay  that  married  Eleanor  Mortimer.    Now  to  prove  that 
"  the  Earl's  eldeft  Son  was  Edward,  there  have  been  lately  divers  Deeds 
"  extant;  one   in  the  3d  of  Henry  V.  concerning  the  Advowfbn  of  the 
"  Re&ory  oiKentisbear,  wherein  he  is  named  Dominus  Edwardus  Courte- 
"  nay,  junior,  with  many  others  to  be  produced  :  The  Earl's  fecond  Son 
•c  was  Hugh,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his  Honour  and  Lands. "    Thus  faith 
Mr.  Weftcot.     And  I  think  he  has  clearly  proved,  that  Eleanor  Mortimer 
was  Wife  of  Edward  Lord  Courtenay,  junior,  and  not  of  the  Earl  his  Fa- 
ther ;  and  has  alfo  found  out  who  was  the  Earl's  Wife,  by  a  Coat  of  Arms 
in  a  Church,  which  all  the  Heralds  could  not  do;  and  fo  has  reconciled 
the  Difference  between  «them,  which  they  themfelves,  by  all  their  Skill, 
cculd  not  reconcile:  As  by  Medals  it  has  been  lately  proved>  and  it  is  no 
longer  doubted,  that  Etrufcilla  was  the  Wife  of  Trajanus  Decius,  and 
not  of  Volufianus,  the  Roman  Emperour,  as  was  generally  believed  before. 
To  confirm  what  Mr.  Mr.  Weftcot  fays,  Sir  William  Dugdale  does  plainly 
fliew,  that  this  Earl  had  a  Son  named  Edward,  and  he   relates  feveral 
Things  of  him.     Indeed  Sir  Tcter  Ball  faith,  "  I  find  that  in  4  Henry  V. 
"  Edward  Courtenay  the  younger,  the  King's  Coufin,  is  ftiled  the  King's 
"  Lieutenant,  and  General  of  the  Men  of  War  in  the  King's  Fleet  at  Sea  ; 
"  and   this  muft  be  the  blind  Earl,  for  I  cannot  find  that  he  had  a  Son 
"  called  Edward. "     But  it  is  plain  by  this  that  he  had  a  Son  called  Ed- 
ward; for  he  is  here  called  Edward  Courtenay,  junior,  as  he  was  in  that 
Deed  that  Mr.  Weftcot  mentions,  to  diftinguifh  him  from  his  Father:  And 
how  could  the  Earl,  that  was  then  blind,  and  had  been  for  lbme  Time,  (for 
it  was  but  a  little  before  his  Death)  be  the  King's  Lieutenant,  and  Admiral 
in  a  Voyage  at  Sea  ?  Edward 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  I.   207 

Edward  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devonpire,  married  Chap.XIt 
then  Matilda,  as  Sir  William  Tole  calls  her,  Daughter  of  Thomas  Lord  v»/*W> 
Crmois,  and  had  by  her  three  Sons  ;  i.  Edward,  of  whom  1  fhall  fpeafc. 
in  the  next  Chapter  •  i.  Hugh,  who  fucceeded  his  Father  in  the  Earldom ; 
3.  James,  who  in  8  Henry  VI.  1428,  about  the  Time  that  the  Englifh 
befieged  Orleans,  covenanted  to  ferve  the  King  one  whole  Year  in  his  Wars 
in  France,  with  Twenty  Men  at  Arms  and  Sixty  Archers  on  Horfebaclc. 

This  Edward  Court enay,  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  firnamed  the  Blind,  was 
feized  at  his  Death  of  the  Manours  of  jVaddefden  and  Hillefdon,  and.  Wa- 
ninton  in  the  County  of  Bucks ;  of  Iweme-Qourtenay,  Ebrighton,  Corf  on, 
and  the  Advowfon  of  the  Priory  of  Lodres,  in  the  County  of  Dorfet ; 
of  the  Manour  and  Hundred  of  Crewkerne,  the  Manour  and  Hundred  of 
Weft-cokers  the  Manours  of  Hannington,  Hinton,  and  Modeford,  in  the 
County  of  Somerset ;  the  Manour  and  Hundred  of  Exminfler,  the  Manour 
of  Top/ham  and  Twilebear,  the  Hundreds  of  Woneford  and  Harridge,  the 
Manour,  Caftle,  and  Hundred  of  Tlympton,  the  Borough,  Manour  and 
Hundred  of  Tiverton,  the  Honour,  Caftle,  and  Manour  of  Okehampton  with 
its  Members,  the  Manours  of  Samp  ford-Court  enay,  Chirbear  and  Duelton, 
the  Manour  and  Borough  of  Chimleigh,  the  Manour  and  Borough  of  Ca- 
ver ly,  the  Manour  of  Newnham  juxta  Chitlehamfole,  the  Manours  of  Ex- 
I/land  and  Kenn,  the  Borough  of  Kenford,  the  Manours  of  Whimple  and 
Ailesbear,  the  Hamlet  of  Newton-Tofleford,  the  Manours  of  Huntsbear, 
Whitwell,  and  Cullfcomb,  the  Hundred  of  Culliton,  the  Borough  of  Cullf- 
ford,  the  Manours  of  Whitford,  Musberry,  and  Farway,  the  Hundred  of 
Wef-Budlty,  the  Manours  of  Godmington,  Stancomb,  South- Allingt on,  and 
Shapton,  all  in  the  County  of  Devon  ;  the  Manours  of  Radford,  Sheviock, 
Antony,  Tregantel,  Trelewin,  TerthUo,  Treluggan,  Land'/ lip,  Leigh-durant, 
Landren,  Northill,  Treverbin,  Tregamur,  Borough  de  Torthpgham,  Crofl- 
holdborough,  and  Landile,  in  the  County  of  Cornwall ;  with  the  Borough 
of  Limington,  and  Manour  of  Bremer,  in  the  County  of  Southampton. 
The  Arms  of  Camois  are,  Or,  on  a  Chief  Gules,  three  "Elates. 

Chap.  XIII.  eh.  xiil 

DJVARD  Courtenay,  cldeft  Son  of  Edward  Earl  of  Devon- 
Jbh'Cj  was  commonly  called  Edward  Court  en  ay,  junior,  to  di- 
;!;  ftinguiih  him  from  his  Father.  King  Henry  IV.  on  St.  Ed- 
.  ward's  Eve,  being  the  12th  of  October,  before  the  Day  of 
<i~^±-A-'  ..--1  his  Coronation,  lodged  in  the  Tower  of  London,  -2nd  there 
made  his  four  Sons,  with  feveral  of  the  Sons  of  the  Nobility,  to  the  Num- 
ber of  Forty  Six,  Knights  of  the  Bath,  amongft  whom  were  this  Edward 
Courtenay  and  his  Brother  Hugh.  King  Henry  IV.  married  Mary,  one  of 
the  Daughters  and  Co-heirs  to  the  laft  Humphry  de  Bohun,  Earl  of  Here-, 
ford,  who  upon  that  Account  was  made  Duke  of  Hereford  before  he  was 
King ;  and  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  Earl  of  Devon/hire  of  that  Name,  and 
Grand-father  to  Edward  Earl  of  Devonfloire,  married  Margaret  Daughter 
of  the  former  Earl  of  Hereford,  Aunt  to  Henry  IVth's  Wife;  and  .fo  the 
Earl  and  his  Sons  being  nearly  allied  to  the  King  were  in  great  Favour 
with  him,  and  the  two  Sons  had  the  Honour  of  having,  together  with  the 
King's  Sons,   that   Title  conferred  upon  them.    Mi".  Camden  fays,  they 

watched 


2o8  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the    Book  I. 

Ch.  XIII.  watched  all  Night  before  the  Day  of  the  Coronation,  and  bathed  themfelves, 
v^-y-s-*  and  hence  they  came  to  be  called  Knights  of  the  Bath,  and  that  he  obferved 
nothing  of  them  before  that  Time.  But  it  is  faid  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  firft 
Earl  of  Devonshire  of  that  Name,  as  was  obferved  before,  that  when  he 
was  made  Knight-Banneret,  he  had  Clothes  for  Bathing,  and  other  Accou- 
trements ufual  in  fuch  Cafes,  allowed  him  by  the  King ;  lb  that  Bathing  was 
tiled  before  at  the  making  of  Knights  in  a  lblemn  Manner :  But  this  might 
be  the  firft  Time  that  they  were  called  Knights  of  the  Bath.,  and  the  Rea- 
lbn  might  be,  why  they  were  called  fo  now,  that  they  might  be  diftin- 
guifhed  from  Knights  of  the  Garter,  which  Order  was  erected  not  long 
before. 

This  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  eldeft  Son  to  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  in 

141  a*.     14  Henry  IV.  141 2.  went  on  Pilgrimage  to  St.  James  of  Compofiella  in 

Galicia,  with  Forty  Men  in  his  Company,  in  the  Ship  called  the  Mary  of 

Kingfwear.    He  was  in  the  Expedition  made  into  France,  3  Henry  V. 

1415.  I4IJ>  m  which  Expedition  King  Henry  V.  took  the  Town  of  Harfieur 9 
and  fought  the  Battle  of  Agincourt,  in  which  he  obtained  a  fignal  Victory : 
The  French  loft  in  that  Battle  Ten  Thoufand  Men,  and  had  One  Thou- 
land  Five  Hundred  taken  Prifoners,  which  Victory  was  obtained  with  little 
Lofs  on  the  Englifh  Side. 

1416.  The  Year  following,  4  Henry  V.  this  Edward  Lord  Courtenay  was  re- 
tained by  Indenture  to  ferve  the  King  in  his  Fleet  at  Sea  for  Forty  Days, 
with  Five  Knights,  One  Hundred  Eighty  Four  Men  at  Arms,  and  Four 
Hundred  Archers,  taking  4  s.  a  Day  for  himfelf,  and  2  s.  a  Day  for  his 

Sir  Pet  Bain  Archers.  Sir  'Peter  Ball  faith,  he  was  ftiled  the  King's  Lieutenant,  and 
Manujaipt.  General  of  the  Men  of  War  in  the  King's  Voyage  to  Sea :  And  Speed,  in 
mile.  'Cbr0'  ms  Chronicle,  fays,  That  during  all  the  Time  of  the  Emperour's  Journey, 
Stay,  and  Return^  which  was  this  Year,  the  Seas,  for  the  Security  of  his 
Perfbn  and  People,  were  guarded  with  a  Navy  of  Ships,  and  Three  Thou- 
fand Soldiers,  under  the  Conduct  and  Truft  of  the  Baron  of  Carew  of  De- 
vonfhire, who  was  Vice- Admiral,  in  all  Probability,  to  this  Edward  Lord 
Courtenay. 

In  this  Year  King  Henry  fent  his  Navy,  in  which  this  Sir  Edward  Cour- 
tenay was  under  the  Command  of  John  Duke  of  Bedford,  his  Brother,  to 
raife  the  Siege  of  Harfieur,  which  was  carried  on  by  Sea  by  ,the  French 
Fleet,  under  the  Command  of  the  Vifcount  de  Narbon,  who  was  aflifted  by  Six 
large  Genoa  Gallies  and  feveral  Carricks :  The  Duke,  zealous  for  the  Honour 
of  the  King  and  Nation,  immediately  paffed  over  to  Harfieur,  and  engaging 
with  the  French  Navy,  after  a  fharp  Fight,  obtained  a  fignal  Victory,  ta- 
king three  Genoa  Carricks,  and  in  one  of  them  the  Baftard  of  Bourbon  Pri- 
foner,  the  reft  being  all  funk  or  driven  fluttered  into  Britany.  The  Earl 
of  Arminiack,  Conftable  of  France,  who  maintained  the  Siege  by  Land, 
feeing  the  Englifh  Matters  of  the  Sea,  immediately  railed  the  Siege,  and 
marched  to  'Paris.  This  News  of  this  fpeedy  Deliverance  of  Harfieur  be- 
ing brought  into  England,  was  aftonifhing  to  the  Emperour,  (who  was  then 
in  England  to  mediate  a  Peace  between  England  and  France)  who  hearing 
of  the  Succefs  of  the  Englifh  Fleet  near  Harfieur,  before  he  could  have  ima- 
gined them  there,  with  Admiration  faid  to  the  King,  Happy  is  the  Nation 
who  hathfo  good  a  King,  but  much  more  happy  is  the  King  who  hath  fuch 
valiant  and  obedient  Subjects.  This  Edward  Lord  Courtenay  was  again 
retained  by  the  King  to  lerve  him  in  his  Wars  in  France  with  Thirty  Men 
at  Arms,  himfelf  one,  and  one  other  Knight,  the  reft  Efquires,  and  Ninety 
Archers,  at  which  Time  the  King  befieged  and  took  the  Towns  of  Cam 
and  Fallais,  and  other  Towns  in  Normandy. 

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Part  HI.      Noble  Family  of Courtenay.      Book  I.  209 

In  6  Henry  V.  Edward  Lord  Courtenay  was  made  Admiral  of  the  King's  ^Ch^XIII^ 
Fleet  from  the  firft  of  May  to  the  firft  of  Auguft ;  and  in  this  Year  he  ^ 
died.    He  married  Eleanor  Daughter  of  Roger  Mortimer ;  Earl  of  March, 
and  left  no  IfTue  by  her. 

Lionel  Duke  of  Clarence,  third  Son  to  FJward  IIL  had,  by  Elizabeth 
his  Wife,  Daughter  and  only  Heir  to  William  Burk,  Earl  of  Ulfter,  Iffue 
Thiliffa  his  only  Daughter  and  Heir,  who  was  married  to  Edmund  Mor- 
timer, Earl  of  March,  and  by  him  fhe  had  Iffue  Roger  Mortimer,  Earl  of 
March,  who  married  Eleanor  Daughter  of  Thomas  Holland,  Earl  of  Kent, 
and  had  Iffue,  i.  Edmund  Earl  of  March,  who  by  his  Wife  Anna,  Daugh- 
ter of  Edmund  Earl  of  Staford,  had  no  Iffue  at  all ;  2.  Roger,  the  fecond 
Son ;  he  died  young,  without  Iffue  alfo ;  3.  Anna,  eldeft  Daughter,  who 
was  married  to  Richard  of  Conesburgh,  Earl  of  Cambridge,  and  had  Iffue 
Richard  Duke  of  Tork,  who,  in  Right  of  his  Mother,  claimed  the  Crown 
of  England,  as  being  Heir  to  Lionel  Duke  of  Clarence ;  and  his  Son  Ed* 
ward  IV.  King  of  England,  enjoyed  it  upon  that  Title:  4.  Eleanor;  fhe 
was  Wife  to  Edward  Courtenay,  eldeft  Son  to  Edward  Earl  of  Devon- 
Jhire,  firft  of  that  Name,  as  was  faid  before. 

The  Arms  of  Mortimer  impaled  with  thofe  of  Courtenay  at;c,  Quarterly, 
1.  England  and  France;  2,  and  3,  Ulfter;  Or,  a  Crops  Gules;  4.  Morti- 
mer; Barry  of  fix,  Or  and  Azure,  on  a  Chief  of  the  firft,  three  'Pallets 
between  two  EJquires,  baft.  dext.  andfinift.  of  the  fecond;  an  hie fait cheott 
Argent. 

Chap.  XIV.  S±XJV^ 

UGH  Courtenay,  fourth  Baron  of  Okehampton,  and  third  Earl 
of  Devon/hire  of  that  Name,  fecond  Son  of  Edward  Earl  of 
Devonfbire,  Was  Thirty  Years  old  when  his  Father  died : 
He  was,  together  with  his  Brother  Edward,  made  Knight 
of  the  Bath  at  the  Coronation  of  Henry  IV.  Soon  after  his 
Father's  Death,  doing  his  Homage,  he  had  Livery  of  all  his 
Lands,  as  alfo  of  18/.  6  s.  8  d.  Annuity,  which  had  been  antiently  paid 
to  his  Anceftors  as  the  tertium  detsdrium  for  the  Earldom  of  Devon.  In 
the  6th  of  Henry  V.  1418,  his  Father  then  living,  he  was  made  Chief  I4I^i 
Commander  of  the  King's  Fleet  in  the  Room  of  Edward  his  elder  Brother, 
who  then  deceafed.  In  which  Year  Roan  was  beficged  by  the  Englijh ;  and 
it  was  thought  the  moft  prudent  Way  to  block  up  all  the  Avenues  to  the 
City,  and  fo  ftarve  them,  which  their  great  Numbers  made  them  liable  to 
the  fconer ;  and  to  that  End  the  Englijh  Fleet,  which  was  made  of  One 
Hundred  Sail  of  Ships,  was  brought  up  the  Seine,  to  hinder  all  Relief  by- 
Water;  and  the  River  was  blocked  up  with  three  Chains,  one  of  them  laid 
two  Foot  above  Water,  another  with  the  Level,  and  the  third  two  Foot 
under  Water,  to  hinder  all  Relief  from  coming  to  the  City  by  Boats;  The 
Charge  of  this  Affair  was  committed  unto  Thomas  Baron  Carew,  who 
commanded  under  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  he  nothing  failed  in  the 
Truft  repoled  in  him.  In  7  Henry  V.  141  0,  he  ferved  the  King  again  in  14 10. 
his  Fleet  with  Three  Knights,  Three  Hundred  Seventy  Six  Men  at  Arms, 
and  Seven  Hundred  Eighty  Archers :  And  that  Year  there  was  an  Inden- 
ture made  bttween  Hugh  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon,  Lieutenant  to  the 

G  g  g  King 


210  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the    Book  I. 

Ch.  XIV.  King  in  a  Sea-^  Voyage  for  Defence  of  the  Realm,  and  Sir  John  Arundel  of 
wv^-'    Trerice,  for  accompanying  him  therein. 

His  Father,  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  firnamed  the  Blind,  died  this 
Year;  and  as  this  Earl  Hugh  upon  his  Father's  Death  had  Livery  of  his 
1420.     Lands  upon  doing  his  Homage,'  fo  in  the  next  Year,  1420,  8  Henry  V.  he 
was  called  to  Parliament ;  but  he  did  not  enjoy  his  Honour  and  Eftate 
1 4a  2.     long,  for  he  died  about  two  Years  after,  June  16,  1422,  10  Henry  V.  two 
Months  before  the  King,  leaving  behind  him  Thomas  his  Son  and  Heir,  be- 
ing about  Eight  Years  old,  of  whom  we  fhall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chapter, 
and  another  Son  named  John.     His  Wife  was  Anne,  Daughter  of  Richard 
Lord  'Talbot,  and  Sifter  to  John  Talbot,  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  the  Terrour 
of  France  and  Glory  of  England,  as  Dr.  Kennet,  in  his  Hiftory  of  England, 
calls  him.     He  left  her  a  fair  Dowry ;  viz.  the  Manours  of  Tiverton,  Ex- 
minfier,  and  Topfham,  Chirbear,  Caverley,  Newnham  and  Musberry,  the 
Moiety  of  the  Fairs  of  Crulleditch,  with  their  Profits,  one  Meffuage  and 
one  Carrucat  of  Land  in  Brokelouterel  and  Smallcomb,  the  Hundreds  of 
Tiverton,  Exminfter  and  Harridge,  the  free  Fifhing  in  the  River  Ex,  the 
Perquisites  for  the  Court  of  the  Borough  of  Tiverton  and  Caverley,  1 8  /. 
6  s.  %d.  Rent  yearly,  payable  by  the  Sheriff  of  Devon,  20/.  8j.  jd.  ob. 
out  of  the  Demefn  Lands  of  Holboghton,  40  s.  Rent  of  Affize  iffuing  out 
of  divers  Burgages  in  Kenford,  all  in  the  County  of  Devon  -y  as  alfo  the 
Manour  of  Hi  lief  don  in  the  County  of  Bucks :  Which  Anne,  Widow  of 
Hugh  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon,  obtained  Leave  of  the  King  to  marry 
John  Botreaux,  Efquire,  and  fhe  died  January  16,  1440,  ip  Henry  VI. 

The  Arms  of  Talbot  are,  Gules,  a  Lyon  Rampant,  with  a  Border  en- 
grail'd,  Or. 

Sh  Pet.  BiB-i       in  the  Time  of  this  Hugh,  I  find  in  the  Exchequer  (faith  Sir  Teter  Ball) 
a  very  notable  Record  of  his  Tojfetftons,  particularly  difiinguifhing  what 
and  how  much  he  held,  as  belonging  to  his  Earldom  of  Devon,  and  what 
as  belonging  to  his  Barony  of  Okehampton,  which  I  will  at  large  tran- 
fcribe.     Hugh  Courtenay,  Son  and  Heir  of  Edward  late  Earl  of Devon, 
holdeth  of  the  Lord  the  King  in  capite  xviii  /.  vi  s.  viii  d.  T early  Revenues^ 
to  him  and  his  Heirs  for  ever,  out  of  the  T  refits  of  the  County  of  Devon, 
the  Honour  of  the  Cajtle  and  Manour  with  the  Borough  of  Plympton ;  the 
Manour  and  Borough  of  Tiverton ;  the  Manour  of  Exminfter ;  the  Manour 
of  Topfham  and  Twilebear  -,  the  Manour  of  Pole-Auton ;  the  Hundred  of 
Woneford  and  Harridge ;  free  Fiping  in  the  River  Ex  -,  one  Acre  of  Land 
in  Woodly ;  three  Acres  of  Land  in  Stoke-Damerel ;  one  Meffuage,  one 
T low-Land,  and  an  Acre  of  Meadow  in  Bateford;  viii/.  T early  in  his- 
Lordjhip  of  Holboghton ;  the  Advowfons  of  the  Churches  0/Throwleigh, 
Milton-Damiel,  St.  Leonard  by  Exon ;  the  Triory  of  St.  James  near  Exon  j 
the  Abbey  of  Buckland,  with  the  Appurtenances  in  the  County  of  Devon ; 
and  half  of  the  Fair  of  Crulleditch,  with  the 'Profits  of  the  fame,  in  the 
faid  County  of  Devon,  by  the  Service  of  half  the  County  of  Devon  .•  Be- 
fides  the  Manour  of  'Cadleigh,  Milton-Damarel,  Soldenham,  Black-Auton, 
and  Boleby,  with  their  Appurtenances,  in  the  County  of  Devon ;  and  the 
Manour  0/Eaft-coker,  Hardington,  and  Afhcomb  in  the  County  of  Somcr- 
fet ;  and  the  Honour  and  Cattle  of  Chriftchurch,  and  the  Manour  of  Ring- 
wood,  in  the  Connty  of  Southampton ;  and  the  whole  Ifle  of  Wight,  with 
the  Appurtenances,  are,  and  antiently  were,  Tar  eels  of  the  fame  Earldom. 
And  the  Honour,  Caftle  and  Manour  of  Okehampton,  the  Manour  of  Samp- 
ford-Courtenay,   Churbeare,  Duelton,  the  Manour  of  Newenham  near 

Chittlehamholt, 


Jlkmifcrkt, 


Part  III.        Nohle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  2 1 1 

Chitlehamholt,  the  Borough  and  Manour  0/ Chy mleigh,  the  Manour  of  Ch.  XIV4 
Ex-Ifland  and  Kenn,  the  Borough  of  Kenfteed,  the  Manour  of  Whimple  wrv^V* 
and  Ailesbear,  the  Hamlet  c/Newton-Popleford,  the  Manour  of  Huntsbear, 
Whitwell  and  Culliton,  the  Borough  of  Culliford,  the  Manour  of  Whitford 
and  Musberry  ;  one  Meffuage,  one  Hide  of  Land  in  Brokeland,  Tryll,  and 
Smalcombe  ,  feven  Mejjuages,  one  Hide  of  Land,  one  Mill  in  Pontesford 
near  Columpton,  one  Acre  of  Land  in  Arlington;  one  Meffuage,  100  Acres 
of  Land,  and  fix  Acres  of  Tajiure  in  Seylake  near  Halberton ;  the  Ad- 
vowfons  of  the  Prebends  of  Heighs-Cutton  and  Kenn  in  the  Chanel  of  the 
CajUe  of  Exon,  the  Advowfon  of  the  Abbey  of  Ford,  and  of  the  "Priory  of 
Cowick  in  the  County  of  Devon ;  and  the  Manour  of  Hannington  in  the 
County  of  Somerfet ;  the  Manour  of  Iwerne-Courtenay  in  the  County  of 
Dorfet,  are  all  Tare  els  of  the  Honour  of  Okehampton,  by  the  Service  of 
Ninety  Knights  Fees  pertaining  to  the  Barony  of  Okehampton .-  the  faid 
Honour ;  Manour s,  and  other  the  Tremiffes,  with  the  Manour  of  Newen- 
ham,  do  make  the  intire  Barony  of  Okehampton. 

But  befides  thefe,  there  were  a  Multitude  of  Knights-Fees  held  by 
Knights  Service  of  either  of  them,  full  as  many  as  they  held  the  Earldom 
and  Barony  of  the  King  in  capte,  as  by  many  Records  appeareth ;  which, 
becaufe  they  were  not  in  Demefh,  but  in  Service,  are  not  in  this  Record 
accounted  Parcels  of  the  Earldom  and  Barony,  but  iri  other  Records  are 
termed  Fees  belonging  to  them. 

A  COP  Y  of  a  Grant  of  this  Hugh  Earl  of  Devmfhire,  (which  I  had  com-  Sir  Pet.  Ball'* 
municated  to  me,  faith  Sir  Peter  Ball,  by  Mr.  Samffon  Lennard,  He-  M™fi»P> 
raid)  the  Original  of  which  he  faw  under  Sealj  which  for  the  Rarity  of 
the  Precedent  I  here  tranferibe :  The  Grant  is  in  French. 

HTO  all  to  whom  thefe  Trefents  pall  come,  Greeting.  Hugh  Courtenay, 
•*  Earl  of  Devon  and  Baron  of  Okehampton,  Son  to  the  Mo  ft  Noble 
Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon  and  Baron  of  Okehampton,  wijheth 
Health  in  GOD.  Know  Te,  That  we  have  given  and  granted  unto  our 
dear  and  beloved  Coufin  Hugh  Lutterell,  Knight,  and  Lord  of  D'onftarre, 
to  wear  our  Badge,  viz.  A  white  Boar  armed  d'Or,  with  this  Difference 
only,  that  he  put  one  double  Rofe  d'Or  in  the  Shoulder  of  the  faid  Boar, 
to  have  and  to  hold  this  Badge  of  our  Gift  to  him  the  faid  Hugh  Lutte- 
rel  and  his  Heirs  for  ever.  In  Teftimony  of  which  we  have  pit  our  Seal 
to  this  our  Letter,  dated  at  Plymouth  the  i$th  of]v\y,  in  the  Jth  Tear 
of  Henry  V. 

Chap.   XV.  ^xv. 

HO  MAS  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon- 
/hire,  fucceeded  his  Father  in  the  Earldom  in  the  Year  1422,     1422. 
10  Henry  V.  He  was  Eight  Years  old  when  his  Father  died, 
as  was  faid  before;  and  in  8  Henry  VI.  1430,   being  then     j^o* 
within  Age,  he  covenanted  to  ferve  the  King  for  one  whole 
Year,  with  Six  Men  at  Arms  and  Twenty  One  Archers,  in  a 
Voyage-Royal  then  made  into  France  for  the  accuftomed  Wages  of  War. 
And  the  Hiftory  of  England faith,  that  King  Henry,  according  to  the  De- 
termination of  his  Council,  began  his  Journey  for  his  Coronation  in  France 

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Chap.  XV.  early  in  the  Spring  this  Year,  being  accompanied  with  the  Dukes  of  fork 
K*Y~\*t  and  Norfolk,  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  and  a  great  many  more  Earls  and 
Lords  that  he  mentions,  with  a  large  Retinue  of  armed  Men;  as  well  for 
his  prcfent  Guard,  as  for  a  Recruit  of  his  Army  in  France.  Upon  St. 
George's  Eve,  Jfril  a  a,  he  came  to  Dover;  the  next  Day,  being  Sunday, 
he  landed  at  Calais,  and  after  a  ihort  Stay  marched  flowly  to  Roan,  where 
he  paffed  all  the  Summer ;  and  that  the  Englifh  might  try  their  Fortune 
under  his  aufpicious  Prefence,  as  well  as  fignalize  their  Courage  and  Con- 
duel:  to  him,  they  undertook  feveral  advantageous,  but  hazardous  Enter- 
prizes.  About  November  King  Henry  went  from  Roan  to  Tarts  in  or- 
der to  the  Coronation  there,  for  which  great  Preparations  had  been  ma- 
king great  Part  of  the  Summer.  Many  Princes  and  Lords,  as  well  French 
as  Englifh  accompanied  him,  the  chief  of  which  the  Hiftorian  reckons  up, 
but  does  not  name  the  Earl  of  Devonshire  amongft  them :  It  is  very  likely 
he  was  Abroad  upon  fome  Action,  becaufe  he  covenanted  to  ferve  the  King 
when  he  went  with  him  for  one  whole  Year  in  his  Wars,  and  was  then 
about  Sixteen  Years  of  Age,  in  which  Age  young  Gentlemen  are  defirous  to 
appear  in  the  Field,  and  fee  fome  Action.  The  King  was  met  by  the  Tari- 
fians  with  very  great  Refpeft  and  Pomp,  and  was  crowned  in  the  Church 
of  Noftre  Dame  on  the  7th  or  1 7th  Day  of  December,  and  returned  to 
his  Palace  with  the  Crown  on  his  Head,  and  the  Scepter  in  his  Hand,  ano- 
ther Crown  and  Scepter  being  born  before  him,  to  fignify  his  Kingdom  of 
England,  and  was  there  received  with  fumptuous  Feaiting :  He  ftaid  no 
longer  than  'till  the  whole  Solemnity  was  over,  and  the  Noblemen  of 
France  and  Normandy  had  paid  their  Homage,  and  then  returned  to  Roany 
where  he  kept  his  Chrijimas,  and  a  little  after,  by  the  Advice  of  his  Coun- 
cil, he  went  to  Calais,  from  whence,  after  a  fhort  Stay,  he  took  Ship  for 
England,  and  landed  at  Dover,  February  1 1,  the  young  Earl  of  Devon/hire, 
in  all  Probability,  being  with  him. 
1435.  In  14  Henry  VI.  1435,  he  did  again  covenant  by  Indenture  to  ferve  the 
King,  for  the  Relief  of  Calais,  with  One  Knight,  Twenty  Four  Men  at 
Arms,  and  Four  Hundred  Seventy  Archers.  And  that  Year  the  Duke  of 
Bedford,  Regent  of  France,  died,  and  the  French  took  feveral  Towns  from 
the  Englifh ;  but  whilft  Fortune  profpered  the  French  in  fome  Places,  the 
Englifh  got  the  Advantage  Over  them  in  fome  others.  The  Garrilbn  of 
Calais,  where  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire  went,  fallied  out,  and  made  a  fud- 
den  Aflault  upon  Eulloigne, and  had  almoft  taken  the  lower  Town;  but  fail- 
ing of  it,  they  burnt  many  of  the  Ships  that  were  in  the  Haven,  and  paf- 
fed from  thence  into  the  Confines  of  Graveling,  and  deftroyed  all  the  Coun- 
try round  about  it.  The  furious  People,  impatient  of  their  Loffes,  got  to- 
gether, and  took  Arms  to  oppofe  them,  but  being  unskillful  and  undifci- 
plined,  were  foon  routed  by  the  Englijh,  Four  Hundred  of  them  being 
flain,  and  an  Hundred  and  Forty  taken  Prifoners,  the  reft  flying  into  the 
Country  for  Safety,  while  the  Englifh  with  their  Spoil  and  Prifoners  re- 
turned to  their  Garrifon. 
1447.  I11  tne  Year  1447,  25  Henry  VI.  there  was  a  long  and  troublefcme  Suit 
*ulfbx'"'°'  ketween  Bifhop  Lacy,  the  Dean  and  Chapter  of  the  Church  of  Exeter,  and 
"'  xetH'  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty  df  the  City,  touching  their  Liberties,  which 
at  laft  was  referred  to  Thomas  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  and  Sir  William  Bon- 
•Utile,  Knight,  who  determined  the  faid  Differences  by  their  Award,  one 
Branch  whereof  was,  That  the  Mayor  and  Bailiffs,  their  Succeffors  and  Of- 
ficers, fhould  for  ever  thereafter  carry  their  Maces  within  the  faid  Church 
of  St.  'Peter's,  and  Fee  without  the  Difturbance  of  the  Bilhop,  Dean  and 
Chapter,  and  their  Succeffors,  or  any  of  their  Officers. 

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In  1448, 17  Henry  VI.  there  was  a  Dhpute  between  the  Earl  of  Devon-  Chap.  XV. 
(hire  and  the  Earl  of  Arundel  about  Precedence;  and  it   was  adjudged  in  ^-%ps-» 
Parliament,  that  the  Earl  of  Arundel,  upon  the  Account  of  his  pofleffing     \4&' 
the  Caftle  of  Arundel,  fhould  have  Place  in  Parliament  before  the  Earl  of  ^fi^™' 
Devon/hire. 

The  Earl  of  Arundel  obtained  an  Ad  of  Parliament  in  his  Favour,  1 1   Mr.  Rowe  in 
Henry  VI.  but  it  was  doubted  whether  the  fame  extended  to  his  Heirs  JaJpSi 
and  Defcendants,  and  therefore  the  Queftion  was  moved  again  this  Year ;  Manufiiip. 
and  the  Earl  of  Devon  being  defcended  from  the  Blood-Royal,  did,  as  it 
feems,  claim  the  fuperiour  Place:  But  in  Favour  of  the  Feudal  Honour  of 
the  Caftle  of  Arundel,  the  Precedence  was  given  to  the  Earl  of  Arundel, 
whofe  Defcendants  have  been  commonly  called  Primier-Earls  of  England: 
The  Honour  is  now  enjoyed  by  his  Grace  the  Duke  of  Norfolk.     I  will 
make  no  other  Ufe  of  the  prefent  Inftance,  faith  Mr.  Rowe,  than  to  fhew 
that  by  Admittance  the  Earl  of  Devon  had  Place  above  all  others,  not  be- 
ing above  the  Earl  of  Arundel.    The  Copy  of  the  Aft  of  Parliament  in 
27  Henry  VI.  I  have,  faith  Mr.  Row,  and  in  it  is  to  be  remarked  the  Ten- 
dernefs  of  the  Judges  of  the  Common  Law,  to  determine  the  Matters  of 
Honour  and  Priviledge  of  the  Peers,  although  the  fame  was  referred  to 
them  by  Parliament. 

In  the  fame  Year,  the  Bilhop  of  Winchefter,  Thomas  Earl  of  Devon,  ifaac^  Me- 
and  John  Lord  Stourton,  the  third  of  Auguft,  came  to  the  City  of  Exeter,  moirs  °f£xt' 
and  brought  with  them  a  Command  from  the  King,  directed  to  the  Mayor, 
for  the  Loan  of  fome  Money  to  be  levied  on  the  Inhabitants  of  the  laid  City, 
for  the  Victualling  and  Furni/hing  three  Ships  to  convey  fome  Soldiers  in* 
to  Britain,  which  Supply  was  fpeedily  and  Very  chearfully  granted. 

In  the  Year  1451,  30  Henry  VI.  the  Duke  of  Tork  and  his  Friends  con-  1451. 
trived  to  raife  a  Rebellion ;  and  his  chief  Affifters  and  Counfellors,  as  the . 
Hijtory  of  England  faith,  were  John  Mottbray,  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Richard 
Nevil,  Earl  of  Salisbury,  the  Lord  Richard  Nevil  his  Son,  who  was  af- 
terward Earl  of  Warwick,  Thomas  Court enay,  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  who 
married  the  Duke  of  Somerfet's  Daughter,  yet  fided  againft  him,  and  Ed- 
mund Brook  Lord  Cobham,  all  of  them  Perfons  of  great  Ability,  numerous 
Attendants,  and  daring  Valour:  So  faith  the  Hijtory  of  England.  But  it  is  Kennet'j  caw- 
very  improbable,  that  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire  fhould  ever  be  of  the  Duke  fe^0' 
of  Tork's  Side ;  for  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  and  the  EarY of  Devonfhire  were 
the  two  Men  that  he  did  moftly  endeavour  to  remove  from  the  King,  and 
he  impeached  them  both  in  Parliament :  And  other  Hiftorians  do  not  men- 
tion any  Thing  of  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire 's  Tiding  with  the  Duke  of  Tork. 
But  Hollingfhed  fays,  That  the  Duke  of  Tork  and  his  Adherents,  perceiving 
that  their  accufing  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  and  Earl  of  Devonfhire  prevailed 
hot,  determined  to  obtain  their  Purpofe  by  Open  War.  The  Duke  of  Tork 
had  many  Meetings  and  Confutations  which  Way  to  raife  himfelf  to  the 
Throne;  and  at  laft  he  and  his  Friends  came  to  a  Refolution,  that  he  fhould 
raife  an  Army  under  Pretence  of  the  Publick  Good,  viz.  To  remove  the 
bad  Counfellors  from  about  the  King,  and  revenge  the  manifeft  Injuries  and 
Wrong  done  to  the  Kingdom  by  the  Perfons  now  in  Authority,  and  parti- 
cularly the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  who  had  loft  Normandy,  and  being  Chief 
in  Favour  with  the  Queen,  was  fuppofed  to  manage  all.  But  that  he 
might  have  the  fairer  Pretences  to  do  this,  it  was  advifed  that  he  fhould  . 

firft  advertife  the  King  himfelf  of  it  by  Letter,  that  it  might  be  redreffed  ; 
and  if  he  obtained  it  not,  as  he  knew  it  was  not  any  Ways  likely  he 
fhould,  then  his  taking  Arms  would  be  the  more  juftifiable,  and  the  Peo- 
ple would  the  more  certainly  and  readily  take  Part  with  him.  The  Duke 
H  h  h  was 


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Chap.XV.  was  not  flack  to  follow  thefe  Methods,  and  accordingly  in  a  few  Days  dif- 
v-/~v">w  patched  a  Letter  to  the  King,  in  which  he  fubmiffively  tells  him,  That 
fk^mi'T'  Sreat  Murmur  and  Grudging  was  univerfally  in  the  Realm,  becaufe  Ju- 
of  England,     ftice  was  not  duely  adminiftered  againft  fuch  as  trefpaffed  and  offended  a- 
gainft  the  Laws ;  and  efpecially  againft  fuch  as  were  indicted  of  High  Trea- 
son, or  faid  openly  to  be  guilty  of  it,  whereby  great  Inconveniences  have 
rifen  to  the  Realm ;  wherefore  he  counfels  and  advifes  the  King,  offering 
himfelf  to  be  an  Affiftant  in  it,  forthwith  to  ordain  and  provide,  that  im- 
partial Juftice  be  done  to  punifh  the  faid  Offenders,  and  redrefs  all  Difor- 
ders  in  Government ;  and  to  that  End  to  fend  his  Writs  out  to  arreft  fuch 
Perfons  as  are  guilty  of  it,  of  what  Eftate  or  Degree  foever  they  be,  and 
to  commit  them  to  the  Tower  of  London,  and  other  Prifons,  there  to  re- 
main without  Bail  or  Mainprize,  'till  they  fhall  be  delivered  from  thence 
by  Courfe  of  Law ;  and  particularly  the  Duke  of  Somerfet.     The  King  not 
fufpecting  the  Defign,  nor  obferving  how  he  fought  an  Occafion  to  quarrel 
with  him,  returns  him  this  Anfwer :  "  That  he  had  determined  fome  Time 
tc  fince  with  himfelf  to  ered  a  Council,  (of  which  he  had  appointed  the 
"  Duke  of  Tork  to  be  one)  and  give  them  a  more  ample  Authority  and 
"  Power,  than  ever  any  had  before,  to  reform  all  Diforders,  and  punifh  all 
"  fuch  notorious  Crimes  as  he  complained  of:  But  being  a  Matter  of  great 
"  Importance,  he  Would  advife  firft  with  his  Chancellor,  and  other  Lords 
"  of  his  Council  about  it,    arid  with  them  take  fuch  Orders  as  fhould  be 
"  for  the  publick  Benefit  of  the  Nation ;  and  in  the  mean  Time  would 
"  keep  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  under  fuch  fafe  Guard,  that  he  mould  be 
"  ready  to  anfwer  to  the  Crimes  objected  againft  him."  This  Anfwer,  though 
I452.     as  full  as  could  be  expected  from  a  King  to  a  Subject,  did  not  at  all  fatisfy  ; 
but  the  Duke  immediately  goes  into  Wales,  to  levy  an  Army  under  Co- 
lour of  removing  bad  Counfellors,  and  preferving  the  Nation  from  Ruin; 
and  in  a  little  Time  gathered  a  great  Number  of  People  to  aflift  him  in 
the  Enterprize.     The  King  had  foon  Information  of  the  Duke's  Actions 
and  Doings  in  thofe  Parts  from  his  Friends  there,  and  having  raifed  a  ftrong 
Army    marched   into   Wales   with   the  Duke   of  Somerfet  (now   fet    at 
Liberty)  with   him,  intending  to  fupprefs   the  growing   Rebellion  in  its 
Rife:    But  the    Duke  of  Tork   had   Notice   given   him    of  the  King's 
March  towards  him,  and  declined  him,  hoping  to  increafe  his  Numbers  in 
his  Paffage,  and  to  get  Poffeffion  of  London,  to  which  he  was  refolved  to 
go  directly.     The  King  was  not  prefently  fenfible  of  the  Duke's  March 
by  him,  and  fo  he  recovered  London  before  the  King  could  overtake  him  j 
though  after  he  heard  that  he  was  marched  that  Way,  he  followed  him 
with  all  convenient  Speed.     The  Duke  fent  fbme  of  his  Friends  before 
him  to  the  Citizens  to  reprefent  his  Undertaking  to  them,  and  fhew  them 
that  he  had  put  his  Life  in  his  Hands,  and  adventured  the  Lofs  of  all  that 
was  dear  to  him,  that  he  might  retrieve  the  Nation  from  impending  Ruin; 
and  fince  Loudon  was  the  capital  City,  they  were  chiefly  concerned  to  join 
with  him  in  fo  noble  an  Attempt,  which,  if  they  would  do,  he  doubted 
not  of  fuch  Succefs  as  fhould  enable  him  to  requite  their  Favours  with  in- 
finite Advantage  to  them :  But  the  Londoners  dared  not  to  venture  a  ie- 
cond  Time,  fince  they  had  been  fo  unfuccefsful  in  Jack  Cade's  late  Rebel- 
lion, and  fo  denied  to  receive  him  into  their  City.     The  Duke,  though 
greatly  difappointed,  diffembled  his  Anger,  and  croilirg  over  the  Bridge  at 
Kikgfton,  pitched  his  Camp  on  Burnt-heath  near  Dartford,  within    ten 
or  twelve  Miles  of  London,  with  Trenches  and  Artillery.     The  King,  who 
followed  the  Duke  the  falter  becaufe  he  feemed  to  fly,  came  up  to  London 
fbon  after,  and  encamped  his  Army  on  Black-heath,  a  few  Miles  diftant 
from  him :  But  before  he  would  come  to  a  Battle,  being  very  fparing  of 

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his  Subjects  Blood  on  both  Sides,  he  fent  the  Bifhop  of  Winchefter*,  with  Chap.  XV- 
others,  to  know  of  the  Duke,  for  what  Caufes  he  had  taken  up  Arms  to  <S  v'^w 
difturb  the  Peace  of  the  King  and  his  good  Snbjects,  and  to  exhort  him  to 
fubmit  to  the  King's  Mercy,  and  lay  down  his  Arms.  He  anfwered,  That 
he  had  taken  up  Arms,  not  to  do  any  Damage  to  the  King,  either  in  his 
Honour  or  Perfon,  nor  any  of  the  King's  good  Subjects,  but  to  remove  from 
him  feveral  ill-difpofed  Perfons  of  his  Council)  Enemies  of  their  Country 
and  King,  who  abufed  the  Nobility,  oppreffed  the  Clergy,  and  impove- 
rifhcd  the  Commons,  of  whom  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  was  the  Chief  y  and 
if  the  King  would  put  him  into  fafe  Cuftody,  'till  he  fhould  in  Parliament 
make  a  Defence  to  fuch  Things  as  fhould  be  objected  againft  him,  he  would 
difmifs  his  Troops,  and  prefent  himfelf  before  the  King,  and  ferve  him  as 
all  good  Subjects  ought  to  do.  The  Bilhops  and  Lords  that  were  fent 
from  the  King,  had  a  Commiflion  to  grant  any  reafbnable  Terms  of  Agree- 
ment which  the  Duke  fhould  require ;  and  therefore  allured  him,  that  the 
Duke  of  Somerfet  mould  immediately  be  clapp'd  up  into  Priibn,  and  fo  the 
Duke  on  the  hrft  of  March  difmiffed  his  Army,  and  broke  up  his  Camp 
according  to  his  Promife.  This  Peace,  which  might  feem  to  favour  of 
Cowardife,  was  made  by  the  Duke  out  of  Policy  and  good  Confidera- 
tion ;  for  the  King's  Army  was  much  greater  than  his,  and  confifted  of 
much  better  Soldiers,  fo  that  he  was  in  Danger  to  have  loft  all,  if  he  had 
come  to  a  Battle :  Befides,  he  had  a  further  Realbn  to  difmifs  his  Army, 
which  he  more  relied  on,  and  that  was,  That  by  difmifling  his  Men,  upon 
Promifes  of  a  Reformation,  he  would  give  the  Nation  a  Proof  that  he  pure- 
ly fought  their  Good,  and  not  his  own  Advancement  j  that  he  aimed  not 
at  the  Crown,  but  Publick  Welfare. 

Some  Days  after  Things  were  thus  compofed .'  The  Duke  of  Tork  went 
to  the  King's  Tent  at  Black-heath,  but,  contrary  to  his  Expectation,  find- 
ing the  Duke  of  Somerfet  at  Liberty,  he  burft  out  into  aPaffion,  and  com- 
plained of  the  King's  Breach  of  Promife  in  not  impriloning  him,  whom  he 
accufed  of  Treafon,  Bribery,  Oppreffion,  and  many  other  Crimes.  But 
Somerfet  as  hotly  recriminated,  telling  him,  That  he  was  the  greateft  Tray- 
tor;  affirming,  That  he  had  contrived  with  his  Friends  and  Accomplices 
to  depofe  the  King,  and  affume  the  Crown  to  himfelf  and  Pofterity.  The 
King  was  amazed  at  the  Words  on  both  Sides,  and  put  off  the  Hearing 
of  them  to  a  full  Council,  which  he  refblved  immediately  to  call,  and  to 
that  End  returned  to  London  with  all  Speed,  and  fummoned  all  his  Nobles 
together  at  JVeftminfter.  Before  the  King  and  his  Council  thus  met,  the 
two  Dukes  charged  each  other  with  great  Crimes ;  but  in  the  End  the  Duke 
of  Tork  was  difcharged,  after  he  had  taken  an  Oath  in  St.  'Paul's  Church, 
before  the  King  and  all  the  Nobility,  That  he  is,  and  ever  would  be,  the 
King's  humble  and  faithful  Subject,  and  bear  him  Faith  and  Truth  all  the 
Days  of  his  Life :  That  he  would  at  no  Time  affent  to  any  Thing  attempt- 
ed or  done  againjt  his  Noble  Terfon,  &c.  The  Duke  of  Tork  being  fet  at 
liberty  by  theie  Means,  went  to  his  Caftle  of  JVigmore  in  the  Marches 
of  Wales,  and  there  kept  himfelf  as  it  were  in  private ;  yet  not  without 
his  Spies  upon  the  Court  and  the  Duke  of  Somerfet's  Actions,  who  after 
his  Departure  was  freed  from  his  Rival,  and  rofe  higher  in  the  Favour  of 
the  King  and  Queen  than  ever,  ruling  and  governing  all  as  he  pleafed. 

The  King  and  Council  having  wifely  compofed  the  domeftick  Broils, 
though  indeed  it  was  but  like  a  Sore  skinned  over  for  the  prefent,  which 
breaks  out  molt  violently,  fell  clofe  into  Confultation  about  the  Affairs  in 
France.  And  the  Duke  of  Tork  ipent  molt  of  the  next  Summer  in  infi- 
nuating  Jealoufies  into  the  Heads  of  the  People,  and  by  his  fair  Speeches, 

and 


216  Part  III.    TbcGenealogkalHifloryofthe     Bookl. 

Chap.  XV.  and  thofe  of  his  Friends,  he  had  difpofed  the  Nation  to  a  Rebellion.  The 
v^y-w  firft  Attempt  that  they  made  was  upon  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  whom  they 
caufed  to  be  arretted  in  the  Queen's  Bedchamber  and  lent  him  to  the 
Tower  of  Londony  where  he  kept  but  a  fad  Chriftmas  under  the  Fears  of 
his  Enemy's  Malice,  who  were  preparing  a  Bill  of  black  Accufations  againft 
him,  to  be  ready  for  the  Parliament  which  was  to  meet  loon. 

The  King  was  very  fick,  and  hardly  fenfible  when  thefe  Things  were 
done  by  the  Duke  of  York,  to  whom,  as  fome  write,  the  Regency  of  the 
Kingdom  was  committed  by  .the  Council  during  the  King's  Weaknefs ;  and 
by  Virtue  of  this  Authority  it  was,  that  he  called  the  Parliament  to  meet 
a  few  Weeks  after  Chriftmas,  and  there  openly,  before  all  the  Lords  and 
Commons  affembled,  accufed  the  Duke  of  Somerset  of  High  Treaibn,  and 
many  other  heinous  Crimes,  as  the  Lofs  of  Normandy,  and  the  late  Mis- 
chance which  happened  in  Guienne.     And  he  accufed  likewife  Thomas  Earl 
fir  Rob.  Col-  of  Dcuovjhire  of  High  Treafon ;  but  he  was  acquitted  of  the  fame  by  his 
went  fftlf.  Peers>  before  Humphry  Duke  of  Buckingham,  High  Steward  of  England, 
Records  c/  the  for  the  Time  being,  becaufc  he  not  only  protefted  his  Loyalty,  but  reier- 
Towe,.  -re(j  farther  Tryal  with  the  Duke  of  fork  his  Accufer,  as  a  Knight  fhould 

Mr.  Rowe'x  do  j  by  which  is  meant,  by  Combat.  Sir  Edward  Coke  fays,  it  was  before 
idfp'°% %  Humphry  Duke  of  Gloucester  ;  but  he  was  dead  before  that  Time. 
Mamtjcnp!  The  Queen,  who  was  as  intent  for  the  Deliverance  of  the  Duke  of  So- 
merfet, as  his  Enemies  were  on  his  Deftru&ion,  had  fo  contrived  Matters 
that  nothing  fhould  be  done  againft  him  j  for  the  King  being  fomewhat 
amended  and  come  well  to  his  Senfes,  fhe  caufed  him,  though  very  weak,  to 
be  carried  to  the  Houfes,  and  there  to  diflolve  the  Parliament  for  the  pre- 
fent ;  and  fo  nothing  was  determined  in  the  Matter.  This  being  done,  So- 
merfet was  immediately  fet  at  Liberty ;  and  that  he  might  be  out  of  the 
Reach  of  his  Enemies,  he  was  made  Captain  of  Calais  and  Guifnes,  the 
only  Parts  of  France  that  remained  in  the  King's  Hands.  The  Duke  of 
York  being  enraged  at  his  fecond  Dilappointment,  grew  relblute  to  revenge 
himfelf  by  Arms;  and  having  obtained  an  Abfolution  from  his  former 
Oath  from  the  Pope,  went  into  Wales,  accompanied  with  his  fpecial  Friends, 
the  Earls  of  Salisbury  and  Warwick,  the  Lord  Cobham,  and  others,  to  ga- 
ther another  Army  and  come  up  to  London ;  which  being  known  to  the 
King  and  his  Party,  they  prepared  what  Aids  they  could  for  their  own 
Defence,  and  haying  got  together  a  Body  of  about  Two  Thoufand  Men,  the 
King  himfelf  in  Perfonj  with  the  Dukes  of  Somerfet  and  Buckingham,  the 
Earls  of  Northumberland,  Dorfet,  Devon/hire,  Wiltjhire,  and  Tembroket 
left  London ;  becaufe  it  was  thought  the  Duke  of  York  had  too  many 
I455«  Friends  there;  and  marched,  May  ai,  to  meet  and  engage  him  by  the 
Way.  They  came  the  firft  Night  to  Watford,  and  the  next  Day  to  St. 
Albans,  where  hearing  of  the  Approach  of  the  Duke  of  York,  the  King 
encamped,  and  pitched  his  Standard  in  a  Place  called  Gojlow,  or  Sandiford, 
in  St.  'Peter's  Street.  The  Duke  of  York  by  his  Spies  knew  all  the  King's 
Motions,  but  ftill  kept  on  his  March  to  St.  Albans,  and  encamped  in  Key- 
field  near  the  laid  Town*  The  King  and  the  Duke  being  thus  in  Sight  of 
one  another  with  their  Forces,  the  King,  after  his  peaceable  Manner,  fends 
Meflengers  to  the  Duke,  (though  others  fay  the  Duke  firft  fent  Letters 
to  the  King)  viz.  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  and  other  Nobles,  to  know  of 
him  what  he  meant  by  appearing  in  fuch  a  hoftile  Manner,  to  the  Disturb- 
ance of  the  Peace  and  Quiet  of  the  Nation,  contrary  to  his  former  Oath 
and  Promifes.  The  Duke  of  York  made  Anfwcr,  among  other  Things, 
That  he  came  to  require  that  wicked  and  haughty  Man,  the  Duke  of  So- 
merfet, who  had  loft  Normandv,   neglected  Gafcoigne,  and  brought  the 

Realm 


Part  III.        Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  2 1 7 

Realm  into  this  miferable  State.  The  King  hearing  this  Anfwer  grew  Chap.  XV* 
angry,  and  told  the  MelTengers  from  the  Lords,  That  he  would  not  deli-  \^\s-*~' 
ver  uf  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  nor  any  Man  in  his  Army  to  his  Enemies, 
who  had  faithfully  adhered  to  him  againfi  them ;  commanding  them  all  to 
lay  afide  their  Arms,  and  threatening  them  to  hang  them  as  a  Terrour  to 
others,  if  they  fhould  dare  to  apfear  or  fight  againfi.  him.  As  loon  as 
the  Duke  of  Tork  received  this  Anfwer,  he  turned  himfelf  to  his  Men, 
and  faid,  Since  our  Sovereign  Lord  will  not  be  reformed  by  our  Intreaties, 
nor  under fi and  the  Intention  of  our  Meeting  together,  but  is  fully  furpfed 
to  deflroy  us,  and  has  confirmed  his  Refolution  with  a  great  Oath,  let  us 
confider  the  Danger  we  are  in,  and,  to  avoid  this  Mifchief,  quit  ourjelves 
like  Men,  and  rather  die  with  our  Swords  in  our  Hands,  than  to  be  pit 
to  an  ignominious  Death,  and  fhame  our f elves  and  our  Pofierity,  and  ib 
gave  Order  to  found  for  the  Battle.  But  while  thefe  Things  were  doing 
at  one  End  of  the  Town,  the  Earl  of  Warwick  arrived  with  his  March- 
Men  at  the  other,  and  with  great  Fury  fell  upon  the  King's  Vanguard, 
which  having  routed,  before  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  could  come  to  relieve  it, 
he  broke  into  the  Town  about  the  Middle  of  St.  "Peter's  Street.  The 
Duke  of  fork  feeing  that,  fell  on  with  fo  much  Slaughter,  that  it  was 
thought  that  there  would  not  be  a  Man  of  either  Side  left  alive.  But 
the  Duke  of  fork  being  much  the  ftronger  Side,  and  having  kept  back 
a  certain  Number  of  Men  to  renew  the  Battle  when  the  reft  were  wearied 
and  tired,  he  fo  ordered  the  Matter  at  laft,  that  the  VicTory  became  en- 
tirely his.  The  King's  Army  was  routed  with  the  Lofs  of  Eight  Hundred  of 
his  Men ;  among  whom  were  Edmund  Duke  of  Somerfet,  Henry  Earl  of  Nor- 
thumberland, Humphry  Earl  of  Stafford,  Son  to  the  Duke  of  Buckingham, 
John  Lord  Clifford,  and  many  other  Perfons  of  Note.  The  King,  though 
none  of  the  belt.  Warriours,  remained  'till  the  laft  •  but  feeing  himfelf  for- 
lakcn,  retired  into  a  poor  Man's  Houfe :  But  he  could  not  lie  hid  long; 
the  Duke  of  Tork  had  Notice  where  he  was,  and  immediately  went  to 
him,  with  the  Earls  of  Salisbury  and  Warwick,  and  having  the  King  in 
their  Power  conducted  him,  with  great  Honour  and  Reverence,  to  St.  Al- 
ban's  Shrine,  and  after  to  his  Lodgings,  where  he  refted  that  Night.  The 
next  Day  they  removed  with  the  King  to  London,  and  took  up  their 
Abode  in  the  Bilhop's  Palace,  concluding  there  to  call  a  Parliament,  to 
fettle  and  compofe  all  Things,  for  the  Good  of  the  King  and  his  People. 
This  Battle  of  St.  Albans  was  fought  May  23,  5$  Henry  VI.  1455.  IM& 

The  Parliament  met,  as  by  Appointment  of  the  King  and  Lords,  July  0, 
and  fettled  ail  Things  according  to  the  Lords  Minds ;  and  it  was  ordered  in 
Parliament,  That  the  Duke  of  Tork  mould  be  Protector  of  the  Realm ; 
That  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  mould  be  Lord  Chancellor,  and  to  that  End 
the  great  Seal  was  delivered  to  him ;  and  the  Earl  of  Warwick  was  made 
Governour  of  Calais;  and  fo  all  Authority,  both  Civil  and  Military,  was, 
in  a  Manner,  put  into  the  Hands  of  the  Lords,  and  Henry  had  only  left 
him  the  Name  of  a  King.  And  the  Lords  difplaced  all  fuch  Perfons  from 
Offices  of  Truft  in  the  Court,  and  from  the  Privy  Council,  as  the  King 
loved,  or  the  Queen  favoured,  and  that  had  any  Principles  of  Loyalty,  or 
had  been  Supporters  of  the  Lancafirian  Line.  Upon  this  the  Earl  of  De- 
•votifij'rrc  retired  into  the  Country. 

In  that  fame  Year,  there  happened  out  a  great  Quarrel  between  the  Earl 
of  Devon/hire  and  the  Lord  Bonvill  about  a  Dog,  which  Mr  Weficot  fays 
could  by  ro  Mediation  of  Friends  be  qualified  "or  appesfed,  until  it  was 
valiantly  tried  by  a  Duel  on  Clifi-heath  near  Exeter,  which  was  manfully 
performed  by  both  Parties;  and  after  they  had  well  tried  one  another's 
I  i  i  Strength 


Cotton';  A 
bridpimevt, 


21 8  Part  III.     The  Genealogical  Hiftary  of  the     Book  I. 

Chap.  XV.  Strength  and  Valour,  they  at  laft  lovingly  agreed,  and  embraced  each  other, 
^/^  and  ever  after  there  was  a  great  Love  and  Amity  between  thern :  So  lays 
Mr.  Weftcot.  But  Bollingfhed  arid  others  do  fay,  that  feveral  Men  on 
borh  Sides  were  flam  in  the  Quarrel,  and  that  the  Lord  Bonville  prevailed, 
and  went  to  Exeter,  and  had  the  Gates  opened  to  him.  And  this  is  moft 
likely  to  be  true;  for  there  was  a  great  Animo'fity  between  thofe  two 
great  Men  before  this  Quarrel  happened,  they  being  engaged  in  different 
Parties :  The  Earl  of  Devonshire  was  zealous  for  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter, 
and  the  Lord  Bonville  for  the  Houlc  of  fork,  and  the  Civil  War  between 
thefe  two  Houfes  did  then  begin  to  break  out:  And  no  Wonder  the  City 
of  Exeter  opened  its  Gates  to  the  Lord  Bonville,  for  the  Duke  of  Tork 
had  at  that  Time  all  the  Power  in  his  Hands,  and  no  doubt  the  City  fa- 
voured thofe  of  the  prevailing  Side  :  But  whoever  had  the  better  of  it  in 
this  Quarrel,  both  the  Earl  of  Devonfbire  and  Lord  Bonville  were  great 
Sufferers  by  that  bloody  and  unnatural  War  ;  for  the  Earl's  three  Sons,  fuc- 
ceffively  Earls  of  Devon,  loft  their  Lives  in  that  Quarrel  for  the  Houfe  of 
jfifict  oftn-  Lane  after;  and  it  is  faid  by  fome  that  the  Earl  himfelf  came  to  an  untime- 
gtand.  ly  End  by  jt#     And  the  Lord  Bonville  loft  both  his  Son  and  Grand-fon  in 

the  Battle  of  Wakefield,  and  the  Lord  himfelf  was  put  to  Death  after  the 
fecond  Battle  of  St.  Albans.  The  Earl's  Family  became  extinct,  as  to  the 
firft  Branch  of  that  illuftrious  Houfe,  and  the  Lord  Bonvi  lie's  became 
wholly  extinct.  In  Dugdale's  Baronage,  Vol.  II.  fol.  2.36.  there  is  Men- 
tion made  of  this  Quarrel  between  the  Earl  of  Devorfhire  and  the  Lord 
35  Her.  vi.  Bonville ;  and,  according  to  him,  it  was  not  fo  much  about  a  Dog,  but  it 
Numb.  51.  was  Up0n  another  Account,  in  which  the  whole  Kingdom  was  concerned, 
viz.  upon  Account  of  the  Quarrel  between  the  Houfe  of  Tork  and  Lane  a- 
fier ;  as  I  faid  before.  And  in  this  33d  Year  of  Henry  VI.  there  is  Mention 
made  in  the  Parliament  Rolls  of  feveral  Riots  and  Murders  in  the  Weft,  by 
the  Earl  of  Devonfbire  and  the  Lord  Bonville ;  fo  that  Devonjbire  did 
feel  fome  of  the  Effects  of  that  devouring  War. 

In  the  54th  Year  of  the  King's  Reign,  the  Lords  of  the  Lancajlrian 
Faction  evidently  feeing  the  Duke's  Actions  did  tend  towards  the  Crown, 
thought  it  for  their  own  Safety  to  join  with  the  Queen  in  pulling  him 
down  from  his  ufurped  Authority ;  arid  to  that  End  they  all  met  in  a 
great  Council  at  Greenwich,  by  the  Queen's  Appointment,  and,  after  a  full 
Debate  upon  what  had  paffed,  came  to  this  Refblution :  that  the  King 
was  no  Child,  and'eonfeqnently  needed  no  Tutor',  but  it  being  a  Reproach 
to  his  Majefiy  to  be  governed  at  the  Discretion  of  others,  the  Duke  of 
York  flmild  be  pit  out  of  the  Trotectorfbip,  which  he  hadfo  injur  ion  fly  af- 
fumed,  and  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  deprived  of  his  Chance ilorpif ;  which  the 
King  being  very  eafily  perfwaded  to,  an  exprefs  Order  under  the  King's 
Seal  was  difpatched  to  them  to  refign  their  Offices. 

The  Duke  of  Tork  was  amazed  at  this  fudden  Turn  of  Affairs;  but 
fince  it  was  an  undoubted  Prerogative  of  the  Crown  to  place  or  difplace 
the  Officers  of  it  as  he  pleafed,  he  dared  not  oppofe  it,  left  he  fhould  be 
plainly  guilty  of  Rebellion;  and  fo  with  a  feigned  Patience  he  yeilded  to 
it,  though  to  the  great  Difcontent  of  his  own  Party,  but  immediately  left 
the  Court,  as  if  being  difcharged  from  publick  Bufinefs  he  would  retire  to 
attend  his  private,  having  ftill  in  his  Mind  the  fame  Defigns  of  railing  him- 
felf to  the  Throne,  as  well  as  of  revenging  the  Affront,  when  Opportunity 
offered  itfelf.  The  Queen,  who  was  as  fufpicious  and  watchful  as  her  Ene- 
mies were  active,  was  very  bufy  to  countermine  all  their  Contrivances  and 
Plots,  and  became  fhe  had  fome  Fears  that  the  City  of  London  was  'falfe 
to  the  King's  Intereft,  fhe  caufed  the  King  to  remove  the  Court  from 

Weftminfter 


Part  UL      Nabk  Family  of  Courtepay.      Book  I.  i  \  9 

Weftminften  to,  Coventry  in  Warwickftir,e,Kx\de*  the  Pretence  of  taking  the  Chap.XV. 
Air,  and'ipendjng  fome  Time  in  thje  Paftimes  of  Hawking  and  Hunting;   yVv 
and  with,  the  King  theqe  wqnt  thg  Earl  of  Deyonjpirc,  and  there  they     *  45^- 
ipent  a  confiderable  Time, 

In.  die  Year  1.458,  36.  Hejiry  YL  King  Ifenry  and  his  Council  obferv-     1458. 
ing  that  the  Lords  of  the  Tork  Faclipn  feemed  to  have  a  Defire  of  Peace,  Keemet'jtow- 
the  King  returned  to.  London  about  Chriftmas,  and  foon  after  his  Arrival  England."7 
fiimmoned  a  great  Council,  and  there  freely  and  openly  declared,  That  it 
was  his  Defire  that  a  Reconciliation  ftiould  be  made  with  all  convenient 
Speed :  And  therefore,,  purfuaxit  to  his  Order,  certain  Perfons  of  Quality, 
who  were  judged  fitteft  to  mediate  between  the  King  and  Duke  of  Tork, 
were  difpatched  to  the  Lords  of  the  Tork  Faction,  to  command  them  to 
repair  to  the  King's  Court  without  Delay,  there  to  treat  with  the  King 
about  a  Pacification  of  all  Parties,  for   the  Good  of  the  Publick.     This 
Meflage  was  accepted  by  the  Lords  with  all  Readinefs,  and  accordingly  the 
Lords  of  both  Sides  came  to  London,  with  great  Retinues  and  Companies 
of  armed  Men :  And  the  Queen,  and  the  Nobles  with  her  (amongft  whom 
was  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire)  went  from  Coventry  to  London  to  be  pre^ 
lent  at  this  great  Affembly ;  and  when  they  were  come  as  far  as  Abing- 
don, the  Earl  of  Devoujhire  fell  fick,  and  died  in  the  Abbey ;  poilbned, 
as  it  is  faid :  And  it  is  not  unlikely ;  for  the  Earl  being  a  Map  of  great 
Power  and  Intereft  in  the  Weft,  fome  of  the  Tork  Faction,  whofe  Enmity    Stow- 
to  the  Earl  was  very  great,  might  hire  fome  about  him  to  take  away  his 
Life.     He  died  on  the  Feaft  of  St.  Elafe,  February  3,  36  Henry  VI.  Anno     1458. 
1458,  fays  Dugdale,  Stow,  and  Camden;  but  fome  other  Hiftorians  do  lay, 
that  he,  together  with  his  Son  Thomas,  was  flain  in  the  Battle  of  Towton- 
field;  which  was  not 'till  three  Years  after :  But  it  is  molt  likely  that  he 
died  this  Year ;  and  Dr,  Heylm  fays  that  his  Sor>  'Thomas  came  to  the  Earl- 
dom this  Year. 

He  married  Margaret  Beaufort,  fecond  Daughter  to  John  Earl  of  So- 
werftt,  who  was  eldeft  Son  of  John  of  Gaunt,  Duke  of 'Lancafter,  by  his 
third  Wife:  So  that  as  his  Uncle  Edward  Lord  Court  en  ay  married  the  Si- 
fter of  her  that  was  Heirefs  of  the  Houfe  of  Tork,  and  from  whom  was 
defcended  Edward  IV.  fo  this  Thomas  Earl  of  Devon/lyre  married  the 
Daughter  of  John  Earl  of  Somerfet,  from  which  Earl  was  defcended  Mar- 
garet Countefs  of  Richmond,  Mother  to  King  Henry  VII.  by  whom  King 
Henry  had  the  Right  of  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter.  Her  eldeft  Sifter,  Janey 
was  married  to  James  King  of  Scotland.  The  Hiftory  of  England'  fays, 
that  he  married  a  Daughter  of  Edmund 'Duke  of  Somerfet,  who  was  flain 
in  -the  firft  Battle  of  St.  Albans,  but  it  is  a  Miftake. 

This  Thomas  Court enay,  Earl  of  Devonflj'/re,  had  by  his  Wife,  1.  Tho- 
mas,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devonjhire ;  2.  Henry,  firft  of  that 
Name,  Earl  of  Devon/hire  after  his  Brother;  3.  John,  firft  of  that  Name, 
Earl  of  Devon Jhi re;  all  three  flain  in  the  Wars'  between  the  Houfes  of 
'Xork  and  Lancafter ;  4.  Joan  Conrtenay,  married  to  Sir  Roger  CI;  ford, 
Knight,  who  was  beheaded  upon  Jower^HM,  3  Richard  III.  1 485 ;  5. 
Elizabeth,  married  to  Sir  Hugh  Conway,  Knight ;  and  three  other  Daugh- 
ters, Anne,  Matilda,  .and  Eleanor,  all  -dying  without  Iflue. 

This  Thomas  Courtmay,  Earl  of  Dewnjhire,  when  King  Hexry  VI, 
founded  Kings-College  .in  Cambridge,  and  E(tton-Qo\lege  near  jVindfor,  did, 
in  all  Probability,  iget^ne  Portion  <©f  the  .Rectory  of  fiver -ton  to  be  appro- 

•     priated, 


-21Q  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hi^ory  of  the    Book  f. 

Chap. XV.  priated,  and  did  give  it  to  Kings-CoMegc ;  asalfo  he  did  give  the  perpe- 
W'Vvji  tual  Advowfon  of  Samford-Courtenay  in  Devon/hire  to  the  fame  College ; 
as  alfo  the  perpetual  Advowfon  of  the  Reftory  of  iVotton-Courtenay  unto 
Eaton-Co\]cge ;  for  they  were  his:  And  this  Earl  was  great  with  King 
Henry  VI.  and  the  King  made  him  one  of  his  Feoffees  for  thofe  Lands 
which  he  endowed  thefe  Colleges  with.  But  Sir  William  Tole  fays,  that 
Samford-Courtenay  was  given  to  the  College  by  King  Henry  VIII.  after 
the  Attainder  of  the  Marquels  of  Exeter. 

The  Arms  of  Beaufort  were,  Quarterly  France  and  England,  a  Border 
Gobony,  Argent  and  Azure. 


rj&y,$s&r<£&;*s 


>Sbik&m&i& 


Ch.  XVI. 


HAP. 


XVI. 


Dugdale. 


1458. 
Kenneth  //;. 
JloryofEn. 
land. 


1  HO  MAS  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon- 
j^Jji  jhire,  was  Twenty  Six  Years  old  when  his  Father  died,  and 

I  T  iffli  ihortly  after  his  Father's  Death  had  I  ivery  of  his  Lands  do- 
ing his  Homage. 

About  the  Time  that  this  Earl  came  to  the  Earldom,  there 
was  a  great  Meeting,  as  was  faid  before,  at  London,  of  King  Henry  VI. 
and  his  Friends,  and  of  the  Lords  on  the  other  Side,  about  a  Peace  and 
Reconciliation :  At  length,  after  many  Debates,  and  hot  Difputes  on  both 
Sides,  they  promifed  to  forgive  all  Wrongs  and  Injuries  done  on  either 
Side,  and  to  be  Friends  to  each  other,  and  obedient  to  the  King-  but 
upon  certain  Conditions,  which  being  let  down  in  Writing  were  figncd, 
fealed,  and  delivered  by  both  Parties,  March  23,  1458.  This  Agreement 
was  fealed  with  the  Great  Seal  at  the  King's  Palace  at  JFeftmhijier  on  the 
24th  of  March,  and  the  next  Day  being  openly  proclaimed  and  publifhed, 
was  received  with  an  univerfal  Joy,  and  a  folemn  Proceflion  celebrated 
by  the  King  and  Court  within  the  Cathedral-Church  of  St.  Taul's,  London, 
in  Teftimony  of  their  Thankfulnels  to  G  O  D  for  this  happy  LTnion.  All 
Things  being  thus  concluded,  the  Lords  parted  from  the  King  and  Queen 
with  all  outward  Signs  of  Friendfhip ;  but  this  Union  did  not  continue 
long;  for, 

In  the  Month  of  November  after,  it  happened,  that  as  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick fat  in  Council  in  the  Palace  Royal  at  JVeftminfter,  one  of  the  King's 
Servants  affronting  a  Yeoman  of  the  Earl's  Attendants,  they  fell  to  Blows, 
and  the  Quarrel  grew  fo  high,  that  the  Earl  was  forced  to  get  into  his  Barge, 
and  fly  into  the  City,  but  feveral  of  his  Men  were  dangeroufly  wounded. 
The  Queen  fhewed  more  than  ordinary  Concern  in  this  Affair,  and  as  though 
had  been  engaged  to  make  good  the  Quarrel  (which  lome  from  thence  be- 
lieved fhe  was  the  Mover  of)  commanded  that  the  Earl  Ihould  be  appre- 
hended and  impriioned  in  the  Tower.  This  the  Earl  being  advertifed  of 
by  fome  of  his  Friends,  feared  to  ftay  any  longer  in  the  City,  and  departed 
to  lorkfiire,  where  he  found  the  Duke  of  Tork  and  his  Father,  the  Earl 
of  Salisbury,  to  whom  he  declared  the  Occafion  of  his  coming,  and  what 
Danger  he  had  efcaped  from  the  Queen  and  her  Servants  ;  which  malicious 
Intention,  as  he  thought,  was  not  to  be  palled  by  without  juft  Refentment, 
and  he  would  leave  it  to  their  Judgments  to  take  fuch  Methods  to  do  it 
as  were  proper,  whilft  he  Ihould  go  oyer  to  Calais  to  fecure  that  im- 
portant 


Part  III.       Nolle  Family  0/Courtenay.      Book  I.   0.21 

portant  Garrifon  :  For  it  was  not  to  be  doubted  but  the  Queen  would  en-  Ch.  XVI' 
deavour  all  that  fhe  could  to  wreft  it  out  of  his  Hands,  and  put  it  under  W"V""V* 
the  Command  of  fome  of  her  Friends;  and  fo  he  polled  away  with  all 
Speed  thither.  Juft  as  he  arrived  there,  and  had  put  all  Things  in  good 
Order  for  his  Security,  the  Queen  fenf  a  MefTenger  with  an  Order  under 
the  Privy  Seal  to  him,  that  he  ihould  retfgn  the  Office  of  Captain  of  Ca- 
lais; but  the  Earl  of  Warwick  replied,  That  he  was  made  Captain  of 
Calais  by  Authority  of  Parliament,  and  would  not  refign  his  Charge  but 
into  their  Hands  that  gave  it  him ;  and  lb  he  held  out  the  Garrifon  againft 
her. 

Whilft  thefe  Things  were  doing  at  Calais,  the  Duke  of  Tork  and  Earl 
of  Salisbury,  with  their  Friends,  entered  into  Confultation  about  the  A£« 
fault  given  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  contrary  to  the  laft  Agreement  made 
between  the  King  and  the  Lords,  and  refolved  that  the  Earl  of  Salisbury 
fhould  take  fuch  Troops  of  their  Attendants  as  were  in  Readinefs,  which 
amounted  to  a  Body  of  about  Five  Thoufand  Men,  and  ihould  go  up  to 
London  to  the  King,  and  make  his  Complaint  of  the  Wrong  done  to  his 
Son  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  demand  the  Satisfaction  in  Realon  due,  which, 
if  granted,  he  will  lay  down  his  Arms;  but,  if  denied,  they  laid  their  fu- 
ture Actions  would  be  juftified  in  the  Sight  of  all  Men.  The  F.arl  of  Sa- 
lisbury, according  to  this  Plan,  began  his  March  from  Middleham,  a  little 
after  Candlemas,  1455),  anc* tooic  ms  Way  through  Lancashire  to  go  to-  l 
wards  London.     The  Duke  of  Tork  in  the  mean  Time  was  to  raife  another  "' 

Army,  and,  as  Occafion  required,  to  go  to  meet  him,   and  fo  jointly  op- 
pofe  their  Enemies. 

The  Queen,  who  kept  a  watchful  Eye  upon  all  the  Motions  of  the  Lords 
and  at  the  firft  Beginning  of  this  Conteft  imagined  that  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick had  purpofely  raifed  this  Combuftion  to  fet  the  Crown  upon  the  Duke 
of  fork's  Head,  thought  it  now  unneceffary  to  talk  of  any  Parleys  and 
therefore,  by  the  Advice  of  her  Counfellors,  contrived  to  fupprefs  them 
by  Force,  and  to  this  End  difpatched  Orders  in  the  King's  Name  to  James 
Touchet,  Lord  Audley,  who  was  a  very  potent  Man  in  thefe  Countries, 
through  which  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  was  to  march,  to  raife  an  Army  with 
all  Speed,  and  by  Surprize  to  apprehend  him.  The  Lord,  who  profecuted 
his  Commiflion  with  due  Zeal  and  Expedition,  got  a  Body  together  of  Ten 
Thoufand  Men  out  of  Chefhire  and  Shrofjhire  in  a  very  fhort  Time.  The 
King  and  Queen  hearing  in  what  Readinefs  the  Lord  Audley  was,  came 
down  towards  him  to  be  under  his  Guard,  as  it  were,  and  the  King  re- 
mained at  Colejhill  in  Warwickshire ;  but  the  Queen  lay  at  Eccle/hall  in 
Staford/bire,  expe&ing  a  good  Event  of  the  Undertaking. 

The  Lord  Audley  had  Intelligence  of  the  Earl  of  Salisbury's  Motions, 
and  hearing  that  he  drew  near  him,  ranged  his  Men  upon  Blore-heath  near 
Draiton  in  Shro^jloire,  where  the  Earl  was  to  pafs,  ready  to  receive  him. 
The  Earl  of  Salisbury  not  fufpe&ing  this  Oppofition,  was  furprifed  at  the 
firft  Sight ;  but  confidering  that  his  Retreat  would  be  difgraceful  to  him, 
refolved  to  abide  the  Battle,  though  much  inferiour  in  Strength,  and  did 
pitch  his  Camp  in  Front  of  the  Enemy,  a  fmall  River,  but  pretty  deep, 
being  between  them,  and  fb  remained  the  following  Night.  In  the  Morn- 
ing, which  was  St.  Tecla's  Day,  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  caufed  his  Men  to 
fhoot  a  great  Flight  of  Arrows  upon  the  Lord  Audley 's  Camp,  and  then 
ordered  them  to  make  a  Retreat,  as  though  they  intended  to  fly,  which 
when  the  Lord  Audley  faw,  he  commanded  his  Men  to  pafs  over  the  River, 
and  purfue  them,  giving  Charge  to  them  to  take  the  Earl  of  Salisbury 
alive  or  dead,  as  the  Queen  had  ordered  him;  but  in  the  Hurry  and  Con- 
K  k  k  fufiofl,> 


ill    Part  III.    Tlje  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Ch.  XVI.  fufion,  before  half  the  Army  was  got  over,  the  Earl  of  Salisbury  and  his 
' — ■»-  '-*  Men  returned  in  good  Order  upon  the  Lord  Audley's  Army,  and  fell  up- 
on them  with  great  Fury,  which  though  they  couragioufly  oppofed,  yet, 
through  Diforder  and  Surprize,  they  were  after  a  {harp  Battle  routed,  and 
the  Lord  Audley  and  all  his  chief  Captains  flain,  with  about  Two  Thou- 
fand  Four  Hundred  of  the  common  Soldiers. 

The  Duke  of  Tork  having  received  the  News'  of  this  Victory,  rcfolves 
no  longer  to  conceal  his  Intention ;  and  hnce  the  King  and  Queen  fought 
his  Ruin,  as  a  Competitor  with  them  for  the  Crown,  he  determined  either 
to  get  it,  or  perifh  in  the  Attempt,  and  therefore  haftens  to  meet  the  Ear! 
of  Salisbury,  that  they  might  join  their  Forces  together:  They  wrote  alfo 
to  Calais  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  to  bring  over  to  their  Affiftance  fome 
Troops  of  his  moft  experienced  Soldiers,  which  he  had  under  the  Com- 
mand of  Andrew  Trollop  and  John  Blunt,  two  Captains  of  great  Expe- 
rience, which  all  being  united  in  one  Body  aflembled  in  October,  and  en- 
camped at  Ludlow  in  Shropfiire. 

The  King  had  Intelligence  of  the  Lords  Proceedings,  and  that  he  might 
put  a  Stop  to  their  further  Defigns,  fent  out  Commiffions  into  all  Parts  of 
the  Nation  where  he  had  any  Friends,  to  raife  an  Army  with  all  Speed 
to  fupprefs  them,  which  he  had  no  great  Difficulty  to  do,  becaufe  many 
out  of  Love  and  Duty  to  their  King,  but  more  out  of  Fear  of  the  Queen, 
flocked  to  his  Standard ;  fo  that  he  gathered  a  mighty  Army  in  a  fhort 
Space :  With  it,  the  King  in  Perfon,  accompanied  with  the  Dukes  of  Buck- 
ingham, Exeter,  and  Somerfet,  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  others  of  the 
Nobility,  who  were  Favourers  of  the  Lancajfrian  Line,  marched  forwards 
towards  the  Lords,  and  came  to  Worcejier,  where  flaying  a  while  to  re- 
Kenneth  com-  frelh  their  Army,  it  was,  after  feme  Coniultation,  agreed,  that  a  Meflenger 
fie.it  H,fto;y     0f  fome  Account  ihould  be  fent  to  the  Duke  and  Earls  to  offer  them  a 
o/England.     ^  ^  general  Pardon,  if  they  would  lay  down  their  Arms  and  become 
obedient  Subjecbr,   and  accordingly  the  Bifhop  of  Salisbury  was  fent  to 
them  with  the  Meflage. 

The  Anfwer  that  the  Lords  gave  did  not  at  all  pleafe  the  King,  and 
thereupon  he  commanded  his  Standard  to  advance  towards  them  •  but  be- 
fore he  and  his  Army  came  near  the  Enemy,  he  received  a  Letter  from 
145 9.  the  Lord?,  dated  October  10,  which  when  read,  he  was  not  much  better 
fatisfied,  but  gave  a  fecond  Order  for  his  Army  to  march  towards  them ; 
'till  coming  within  half  a  Mile  of  their  Army,  they  pitched  their  Camp,  and 
the  King  immediately  put  out  his  Proclamation,  That  whofoever  would  lay 
down  their  Arms,  and  come  over  to  him,  and  beg  Mercy,  Jhould  be  par- 
doned for  this  Attempt:  Which  A&  of  Grace  being  heard  in  the  Duke  of 
Turk's  Camp,  begat  a  great  Difcontent  and  Murmuring,  the  Generality  of 
People  fearing  a  bad  Iflue  of  their  Rebellion.  Trollop  and  Blunt,  with 
their  Troops  from  Calais  were  amazed  to  fee  themfelves  engaged  againft 
their  King,  whom  they  always  had  ferved,  and  in  whofe  Pay  they  flill 
were;  for  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  who  fent  them  over,  had  not  declared 
to  them  the  Reafon  of  their  coming;  wherefore,  as  foon  as  they  faw 
where  they  were,  they  fled  the  next  Night  to  the  King's  Army ;  and 
by  their  Example  drew  many  others  to  do  the  like. 

This  fudden  Defertion  of  the  Captains,  in  whom  they  did  put  moft  Con- 
fidence, and  of  many  of  the  People,  was  a  Difcouragement  to  the  Lords 
to  attempt  any  further ;  and  fo  they  refolved  to  provide  for  their  own 
Safety  and  depart.  The  Duke  of  Tork  with  his  youngeft  Son,  Edmund 
Earl  of  Rutland,  fled  privately  into  Wales.  The  Earl  of  March,  the 
Duke  of  fork's  eldeft  Son,  accompanied  with  the  Earls  of  Salisbury  and 

Warwick, 


Part  III.      Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  I.  225 

Warwick,  and  Sir  John  Wenlock,  went  into  Devonjhire  ;  where,  by  the  Ch.  XVI. 
Help  of  John  Dinham,  Efq;  afterwards  Treafurer  of  England,  in  Henry  \JT~VsL 
Vllth's  Days,  they  bought  a  Ship  at  Exmouth  for  One  Hundred  and  Ten 
Marks,  and  failed  unto  Guernsey  and  fo  to  Calais.  The  News  of  their 
Flight  being  carried  to  the  King's  Camp,  he  fent  out  fome  Troops  of  Horfej 
to  purfue  them ;  but  all  was  in  vain ;  they  were  got  out  of  their  Reach 
and  fo  out  of  Danger. 

When  King  Henry  was  come  to  Coventry  in  his  Way  Home,  he  called 
a  Parliament  to  meet  there,  November  20,  and  being  met,  they  attainted 
of  High  Treafon  Richard  Duke  of  Tork,  his  eldeft  Son  Edward  Earl  of 
March,  Richard  Earl  of  Warwick,  Edmund  Earl  of  Rutland,  Richard 
Earl  of  Salisbury,  with  many  others :  Their  Goods  were  confifcated,  their 
Lands  feifed,  and  their  Heirs  difinherited  to  the  Ninth  Generation.  The 
Earl  of  Devonpire  had,  in  Confederation  of  his  good  Services,  and  his  firm- 
ly adhering  to  the  King,  an  Annuity  of  One  Hundred  Marks  per  Annum 
for  his  Life  given  him  at  that  Time,  out  of  the  Profits  of  the  Manour 
and  Borough  of  Milverton  and  Merjhwood,  then  forfeited  to  the  Crown 
by  the  Rebellion,  as  it  was  then  called,  of  the  Duke  of  Tork ;  but  he  en- 
joyed it  not  long,  and  paid  dearly  for  it,  as  the  Sequel  of  the  Hiftory 
will  mew. 

In  1460,  a  8  Henry  VI.  the  Earls  of  March,  Warwick,  and  Salisbury,  \a.6o» 
having  fent  the  Lord  Faulccnbridge  before  with  a  Declaration  to  be  fent 
to  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  and  dilperled  up  and  down  the  maritime 
Counties  to  prepare  the  People  for  their  Reception,  arrived  at  Sandwich 
from  Calais  with  Fifteen  Hundred  Men  only,  and  were  no  fooner  arrived 
but  they  were  met  by  the  Lord  Cobham  with  Four  Thoufand  Men ;  and 
when  they  had  refrefhed  themfelves  a  few  Days,  they  marched  through 
Kent  to  London,  and  before  they  entered  the  City,  they  were  encrealed 
to  Forty  Thoufand :  They  entered  London  July  2,  and  were  joyfully  re- 
ceived by  the  Mayor  and  the  whole  City,  whither  alio  came  the  next  Day 
Thomas  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  the  Bifhops  of  London,  Lincoln,  Sa- 
lisbury, Ely  and  Exeter,  with  many  other  Priors  and  religious  Perfons,  to 
congratulate  their  Arrival,  by  whofe  Means  they  hoped  for  a  Reformation 
of  all  Abufes  both  in  Church  and  State ;  though  not  fuch  as  followed. 

The  Queen  at  this  Time,  (for  the  King  hated  Wars,  and  would  not  mind 
his  own  Defence)  gathered  a  good  Army  about  Coventry,  and  making  the 
Duke  of  Buckingham,  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  and  other  Lords,  Captains 
and  Commanders  of  it,  marched  with  it,  having  the  King  himfelf  with  them, 
to  Northampton.  Whilft  the  Queen  was  thus  preparing  for  her  own  and 
the  King's  Defence,  the  Lords  at  London  were  in  great  Confultation  how 
to  proceed  in  their  Bufincfs;  and  they  agreed,  that  the  Earls  of  March 
and  Warwick  fhould  march  with  an  Army  of  Five  and  Twenty  Thou- 
fand Men  towards  the  King  and  Queen,  leaving  behind  them  the  Earl  of 
Salisbury  and  Lord  Cobham,  to  keep  the  Londoners  in  their  promifed  Obe- 
bedience.  When  the  King  and  Queen  heard  that  the  Earls  of  March  and 
Warwick  drew  near  them,  it  was  advifed,  That  the  King's  Army  fhould 
pafs  over  the  River  Tyne,  and  encamp  themfelves  ftrongly  in  the  open 
Field,  and  wait  for  their  coming,  which  was  accordingly  done ;  and  about 
Two  a-Clock  in  the  Afternoon,  July  p,  the  two  Armies  met.  The  Battle 
lafted  for  five  Hours  with  great  Fiercenefs  on  both  Sides ;  at  length,  by  the 
Treachery  of  the  Lord  Grey,  who  went  over  to  the  Enemy  with  a  good 
Party,  the  King's  Side  was  vanquifhed  with  the  Lofs  of  Ten  Thoufand 
Men,  amongft  whom  were  Humphry  Duke  of  Buckingham,  John  Talbot, 
Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  with  other  great  Men ;  the  Duke  of  Somerset,  with 

the 


224  ^art  m*    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the      Book  I. 

Ch.  XVI.   the  Earl  of  Devonpire,  narrowly  efcaped  with  the  Queen  and  Prince  Ed- 
c/YV  ward,  and  fled  into  the  Biihoprick  of  Durham.     The  King  himfelf,  who 
remained  in  his  Tent  during  the  Battle,  being  left  alone,  fell  into  his  Ene- 
mies Hands,  and  being  led  to  Northampton  with  Proceflion,  he  tarried  there 
three  Days,  and,  on  July  16,  arrived  at  London,  where  he  was  lodged  in 
ltf°-     the  Biftiop's  Palace. 

The  victorious  Lords  having  the  King  in  their  Power,  and  ruling  almoft 
all  Things  at  their  Pleafiire,  proceeded  vigoroufly  in  the  Execution  of  their 
Defigns ;  and  firft  called  a  Parliament  to  meet  at  Weftminfier,  OcJober  8 
following  j  but  in  the  King's  Name ;  and  then  fent  to  Ireland  to  the  Duke 
of  fork  to  acquaint  him  with  their  good  Succefs,  and  to  defire  him  with 
all  convenient  Speed  to  fail  into  England;  and  he  came  into  London,  OcJo- 
ber  i  o,  which  he  entered  with  Trumpets  founding,  and  a  naked  Sword 
borne  before  him,  accompanied  with  a  great  Train  of  armed  Men.  The 
Parliament  was  met  two  Days  before,  and  the  Duke  having  pafTed  through 
the  City,  went  dire&ly  into  the  Upper  Houfe,  and  placed  himfelf  in  the 
King's  Seat,  as  if  he  had  taken  Poffeffion  of  the  Crown  and  Kingdom. 
When  he  had  flood  fo  a  while  in  that  Pofture,  he  turned  himfelf  to  the 
Lords,  and  looked  ftedfaftly  upon  them,  as  though  he  would  read  in  their 
Countenances  their  Thoughts  and  Refentments  of  that  Action :  And  while 
he  was  thus  ftanding,  Thomas  Bourchier,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  whom 
King  Henry  (who  was  then  in  the  Queen's  Lodgings)  had  fent  to  him, 
came  into  the  Houfe,  and  having  paid  the  ufual  Reverence,  asked  him, 
Whether  he  would  not  go  and  fee  the  King  ?  The  Duke  at  this  Queftion 
was  obferved  to  change  his  Colour,  and  then  anfwered  him  in  a  Paflion, 
That  he  knew  none  in  this  Kingdom  to  whom  that  Duty  and  Honour  did 
belong,  but  on  the  contrary  all  Men  owed  it  to  him ;  and  therefore  King 
Henry  ought  to  come  to  him.  The  Arch-Bifhop  having  heard  this  Reply, 
-went  back  to  the  King  to  let  him  know  it,  which  the  Duke  of  Tork  per- 
■i  ceiving,  he  rofe  up,   and  following  him  into  the  Palace,  got  Poffeffion  of 

the  King's  Lodgings,  breaking  open  feveral  Doors  and  Locks,  that  he  might 
\  enter  them.     He  ftaid  there  but  a  little  while,  and  then  returned  to  the 

Houfe  again,  leaving  his  Servants  to  keep  them  for  him.  Being  again  fet- 
tled in  the  Royal  Throne,  he  boldly  made  his  Demand  of  the  Crown,  and 
made  a  Speech,  in  which  he  endeavoured  to  make  out  his  Right  to  it.  His 
Speech  ftruck  all  the  Auditors  with  a  Kind  of  Confternation,  and  the  Lords 
themlHves  fat  mute,  neither  whifpering  nor  moving,  as  if  in  fome  Dftcon- 
tent  at  what  he  had  faid,  or  at  leaft  in  Doubt  what  to  do.  The  Duke  of 
Tork  was  much  difappointed  when  he  faw  no  one  feconding  his  Wiihes, 
and  advifed  them  to  confider  throughly  what  he  had  faid  to  them,  and- do 
to  him  what  in  Juftice  and  Wildom  they  judged  right,  and  fo  departed  to 
his  Lodgings  in  the  King's  Prefence.  Upon  this  many  hot  Difputes  palfed 
between  the  Lords  Spiritual  and  Temporal  and  Commons  about  the  Set- 
tlement of  the  Crown ;  and  at  laft,  upon  All-Saints  Day,  an  Agreement 
was  made  between  thole  two  Princes ;  That  King  Henry  pall  be  taken 
and  reputed  King  of  England  during  his  natural  Life ;  and  that  Richard 
Duke  of  York  pall  from  thenceforth  be  tailed  and  refuted  the  very  right- 
ful Heir  to  the  Englifli  Crown ;  and  after  the  Deceafe  of  the  faid  King 
Henry,  the  faid  Duke  and  his  Heirs  pall  immediately  fucceed  to  it:  That 
the  Duke  of  York  pall  be  Trotetfor  of  the  Realm  for  the  future,  and  be 
called  Prince  of  Wales,  Duke  of  Cornwall,  and  Earl  ofChefler. 
K/r,ff'/' C°m't  "^nc*  now  t^le  ^uke  °f  Tork's  Power  begun,  and  he  took  Care  of  all 
England7  Things,  but  chiefly  of  himfelf,  how  he  might  keep  what  he  had  obtained  j 
for  he  very  well  knew  that  the  Queen,  who  was  of  a  malculine  Spirit,  and 

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the  Lords  of  her  Council,  who  were  his  utter  Enemies,  would  make  all  the  Ch.XVI. 
Oppofition  they  could  to  this  Settlement,  and  either  by  Force  or  Fraud  *w"y*w 
undo  all.  Whereupon  he  caufed  King  Henry  to  fend  for  the  Queen,  and  her 
Son  Prince  Edward:  But  the  Queen,  who  by  that  Time  the  MefTengers 
were  arrived  was  got  at  the  Head  of  a  good  Army  of  Twenty  Thoufand 
Men,  which  fhe  put  under  the  Command  of  the  Dukes  of  Exeter  and  So- 
merfet,  the  Earls  of  Devonshire  and  Northumberland,  Lords  Clifford  and 
Rcfe,  who  encouraged  her  with  great  Hopes  of  Victory  to  engage  her  Ad- 
verfaries,  and  reftore  her  Husband  to  his  Dignity,  and  her  Son  to  his  Succef- 
fion,  refufed  to  go  with  them ;  which  when  the  Protector  had  Notice  of,  he 
afligned  his  trufty  Friends,  the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  the  Duke  of  Norfolk, 
to  be  Keepers  of  the  King,  and  he  himfelf,  with  the  Earls  of  Salisbury  and 
Rutland,  with  a  fmall  Body  of  Men,  departed  from  London  December  2,  x _,<5"0> 
to  go  into  the  North,  to  fupprefs  the  Queen  and  her  Northern  Adherents, 
ordering  the  Earl  of  March  to  follow  him  with  all  the  Forces  he  could  gather. 
Upon  Chrijimas-Eve  the  Duke  arrived  at  his  Caftle  of  Sandal  near  Wake- 
field  in  Tort/hire,  and  there  muftered  up  all  his  Tenants  and  Friends,  to  the 
"Number  of  Five  Thoufand  ;  with  thefe  he  intended  to  oppofe  the  Queen's 
Army,  who  by  his  Scouts  he  underftood  were  marching  towards  him,  which 
the  Queen  and  the  Lords  of  her  Party  haftened,  that  they  might  fall  upon 
him  before  the  Earl  of  March  could  join  him. 

The  Queen  and  her  Army  came  before  the  Caftle,  and  having  laid  two 
An.bufh^s,  under  the  Care  of  the  Lord  Clifford  and  Earl  of  Wiltjhire,  to 
the  beft  Advantage,  the  Queen  and  Duke  of  Somerset,  who  commanded 
the  Body  of  the  Army,  prefented  themfelves  in  Sight  of  Sandal,  and  go- 
ing up  fo  the  very  Walls,  braved  the  Duke  to  come  out  and  fight  them. 
The  Duke  being  hot  and  furious  at  this  Bravado,  and  counting  it  a  Shame 
to  be  Ihut  up  in  a"  Caftle  by  a  Woman,  refolved  to  venture  out  in  the  open 
Fields  and  give  her  Battle.  All  his  Friends  were  much  againft  it  -but  not 
being  able  to  diffwade  him  from  it,  they  all  marched  out  of  the  Caftle  upon 
the  laft  Day  of  December,  and  going  down  the  Hill  in  very  good  Order, 
came  into  the  open  Field  before  the  Face  of  their  Enemy,  who  immediately 
joined  Fight  with  them.  Soon  after  the  Battle  begun,  the  Ambufhes  aiofe 
and  encompaffed  the  Duke  and  his  Men  on  every  Side,  fo  that  within  half 
an  Hour  he  himfelf  was  flain,  with  many  Perfons  of  Note  that  were  with 
him,  amongft  whom  were  the  Lord  Bonvil's  Son  and  Grand-fon,  and  his 
whole  Army  utterly  defeated,  Two  Thoufand  Eight  Hundred  of  them 
being  flain.  The  Earl  of  Salisbury  was  wounded  and  taken,  with  feveral 
Gentlemen  and  others.  Robert  Jffell,  the  Duke's  Chaplain,  and  Tutor  to 
the  Earl  of  Rutland,  who  ftood  at  fome  Diftance  to  fee  the  Event  of  the 
Battle  with  his  Pupil,  who  was  then  about  Twelve  Years  of  Age,  fled  with 
the  young  Earl  to  fecure  him,  but  was  overtaken  by  the  Lord  Clifford,  who 
in  the  Heat  of  his  Fury  ftabb'd  the  young  Prince  to  the  Heart,  though  the 
poor  Child  with  Tears  begg'd  Mercy  of  him  upon  his  Knees;  the  Chaplain 
pleaded  much  for  the  Child's  Life,  and  promifed  the  Lord,  that  if  he  would 
ipare  him,  he  fhould  be  his  Servant  forever:  But  Clifford  fwore  fearfully, 
that  his  Father  had  flain  his,  (for  the  Lord  Clifford's  Father  was  flain  at  the 
jBattle  of  St.  Albans)  fo  he  would  be  the  Deftruclion  of  him  and  all  his 
Race ;  and  then  flaying  him,  departed  in  Triumph  to  find  out  the  dcod 
Body  of  his  Father,  whofe  Head  he  cut  off,  and  having  made  a  Crown  of 
Paper;  and  fet  it  on  the  Head  in  Derifion,  prefented  it  to  the  Queen,  whofe 
Tent  was  at  Hand,  and  fhe  not  long  after  fent  it  with  the  Heads  of  other 
Lords  to  be  fet  upon  Poles  over  the  Gates  of  the  City  of  Jo,  k. 

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226  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hifiory  of  'the      Book  I. 

Ch.  XVI.  King  Henry,  by  the  Irrigation  of  his  Governours,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk 
<w~\/~-->  and  Earl  of  Warwick,  fent  Commiflioners  into  the  Parts  about  Coventry  to 
1 46 1.  raifg  what  Forces  they  could  to  fupprefs  the  Northern  Rebels,  as  they  called 
them  ;  but  like  a  Torrent  they  came  down  upon  them,  plundering  and  rob- 
bing, fo  that  they  were  now  irrefiftible  by  any  Strength  that  could  fud- 
denly  be  gathered  together,  and  paffed  on  without  Controul.  Whilft  this 
was  doing  in  the  North,  the  Earl  of  March  was  gone  int6  Wales,  where 
his  Father  had  many  Tenants  and  Dependants,  to  raife  an  Army  •  and  ha- 
ving heard  of  his  Father's  Death  at  Gloucefler,  where  he  then  lay,  was 
ftrangely  amazed  and  difcouraged  :  But  being  comforted  by  his  Friends,  who 
told  him  it  was  his  Father's  Raihnefs,  not  his  Enemies  Power,  that  was  the 
Caufe  of  this  Misfortune,  he  took  Heart,  and  removed  to  Shrewsbury  to 
follow  the  Queen's  Army,  which  was  marching  towards  London.  The 
Queen  hearing  this,  refolved  that  fhe  herfelf,  the  Pynce,  the  Duke  of  So- 
merfet,  and  the  Earl  of  Devonshire,  mould  march  towards  London  with 
the  greateft  Part  of  the  Army ;  and  Jafyer  Earl  of  'Pembroke,  and  James 
Butler  Earl  of  Ormond  and  Wilt/hire,  who  railed  a  great  Number  of  Irijh 
and  Welch  to  the  Queen's  Affiitance,  mould  obferve  the  Earl  of  March,  and 
gather  freih  Forces  out  of  her  Friends  to  encounter  him.  The  Earl  of 
March  hearing  that  the  Earls  of 'Pembroke  and  Ormond  with  a  great  Num- 
ber of  Welch  and  Irijh  were  purfuing  him,  turned  back  to  fight  them,  and 
on  a  large  Plain  near  Mortimer's  Crofs,  on  the  Eaft  Side  of  Hereford,  met 
them.  On  Candlemas-day  in  the  Morning  the  two  Armies  entered  the 
Battle,  and  after  a  fhort  Conflict  the  Earl  of  March  put  the  Queen's  Forces 
to  flight,  with  the  Slaughter  of  Three  Thoufand  Eight  Hundred  Men  •  the 
two  Earls  of  Pembroke  and  Ormond  fled,  and  many  Gentlemen  of  Note 
were  taken  ;  and  to  propitiate  fork's  Ghoft,  were  beheaded  at  Hereford. 

The  Queen,  who  was  marching  towards  London,  heard  of  the  Difcom- 
fiture  of  her  Friends,  but  being  elevated  with  the  Thoughts  of  her  for- 
mer Victory,  and  knowing  that  the  Mayor  and  many  of  the  chief  Men  of 
London  were  for  her,  fhe  went  on  confidently,  in  Hopes  of  fbon  reco- 
vering the  Lois-  but  when  ihe  approached  St.  Albans,  fhe  heard  that 
the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  other  Lords,  who  had  the  Government  of  the 
King  were  coming  againft  her,  with  a  numerous  Army  raifed  by  the  King's 
Authority,  and  having  the  King  himfelf  at  the  Head  of  them.  The  two 
Armies  joined  upon  Bernard-Heath,  on  the  North  Side  of  St.  Albans. 
The  Battle  was  fierce,  and  the  Victory  remained  dubious  a  certain  Time ; 
but  at  length,  through  the  Treachery  of  Lovelace,  who  kept  back  the 
main  Body  of  the  King's  Army  from  affifting  their  Brethren,  'till  they 
being  overpowered  were  forced  to  fly,  the  Queen's  Side  gained  the  Victo- 
ry, and  with  the  Slaughter  of  Two  Thoufand  Three  Hundred  Men,  got 
the  King  into  their  Power,  with  the  Lord  Bonvill  and  Sir  Thomas  Kiriel, 
who,  upon  the  King's  Promife  of  Safety  to  them,  ftaid  with  his  Majefty, 
but  to  their  Coft;  for  the  Queen,  at  the  Inftance  of  the  Duke  of  Exeter 
and  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  ordered  their  Heads  to  be  cut  off,  after  the 
Battle  was  ended,  which  was  fought  February   15. 

The  King  and  Queen  with  Prince  Edward,  now  about  Eight  Years 
old,  and  the  Lords,  went  to  the  Abbey-Church,  and  gave  Thanks  unto 
GOD  for  this  Victory ;  and  while  the  Queen  lay  at  St.  Albans,  News 
came  to  her  that  the  Earl  of  March,  who  had  vanquished  the  Earls  of 
Pembroke  and  Ormond,  was  joined  with  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  and  the 
Forces  that  efcaped  from  St.  Albans,  and  that  both  were  coming  towards 
London,  making  a  mighty  Army  ;  the  Queen,  fearing  their  Forces,  thought 
fit  not  to  oppofe  them,  and  fo  withdrew  from  St.  Albans  into  the  North. 

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The  Earl  of  March  having  certain  Intelligence  of  the  Queen's  Departure,  Ch.  XVI. 
thought  it  not  convenient  to  purfue  her,  but  took  his  Way  dire&ly  to-  **<V~V-» 
wards  London,  and  was  there  received  with  univerfal  Joy  by  all  the 
Commons,  and  many  other  Citizens,  February  a8.  His  coming  to  Lon- 
don being  known,  the  Gentry  of  the  South  and  Eaft  Parts  flocked 
to  him,  bringing  great  Numbers  to  his  Affiftance.  In  this  Concourle 
of  People  it  was  thought  fit  to  fettle  Matters  fully,  and  place  the  Earl 
of  March  in  the  Throne  if  poffiblc ;  and  to  that  End,  March  2,  the  Earl 
of  Warwick  drawing  up  his  Army  in  St.  John's  Field,  in  the  midft  of 
Throngs  of  People,  whom  he  call  into  a  Ring  round  him,  read  the  Agree- 
ment made  the  laft  Parliament  between  King  Henry  and  the  Duke  of 
Fork,  which  having  told  them  was  notoriously  broken  by  King  Henry,  and 
fo  his  Crown  forfeited,  he  demanded  of  them,  Whether  they  would  have 
King  Henry  to  reign  over  them,  or  no  ?  They  all  cried  out,  No !  no  / 
Then  he  again  asked  them,  Whether  they  would  have  the  Duke  of  York > 
eldeft  Son  to  reign  over  them,  according  to  that  Settlement  ?  They  unani- 
moufly  cried  out,  Tea  !  yea  ! 

The  Affe£rion  of  the  People  being  thus  known,  a  general  Council  of 
the  Nobles,  Bilhops,  Gentlemen,  and  chief  Citizens  was  fummoned  at  Eay- 
nards-Caftle,  and  there  the  Earl  of  March  declared  his  Title  to  the  Crown  5 
and  the  whole  Council,  after  a  long  Debate,  unanimoufly  named,  elecled, 
and  admitted  Edward,  Earl  of  March,  for  the  King  and  Governour  of 
this  Realm ;  and  he  was  the  next  Day  proclaimed  King  of  England,  by  the 
Name  of  Edward  the  Fourth,  March  4,  1461.  And  thus  ended  the  1461* 
Reign  of  King  Henry  VI.  many  Years  before  his  Death :  A  Prince  very 
pious  and  religious,  but  always  attended  with  Ill-fortune. 

Whilft  this  was  doing  at  London,  the  Queen  gathered  an  Army  toge- 
ther of  Sixty  Thoufand  Men,  and  they  all  refolved  with  the  Expence  of 
their  Blood  to  recover  the  Crown  to  the  Houfe  of  Lancafier. 

King  Edward  on  the  other  Side,  as  ibon  as  he  had  finiihed  Matters  at 
London,  marched  towards  the  Queen ;  and  when  he  was  arrived  at  Tom- 
fret,  and  Part  of  his  Army,  led  by  the  Lord  Fitzwalter,  had  poffeffed 
itfelf  of  Ferribrig,  a  Paflage  over  the  River  Aire,  of  great  Importance, 
the  King,  Queen,  and  Prince  retired  to  Fork,  and  the  Army  was  commit- 
ted to  the  Charge  of  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire,  Nor- 
thumberland, and  Lord  Clifford;  and  amongft  them  it  was  refolved,  that 
Ferribrig,  in  regard  of  the  Confequence  of  the  Place,  was  at  any  Hazard 
to  be  recovered,  and  the  Enterprize  was  left  to  the  Undertaking  of  the 
Lord  Clifford,  who  early  the  next  Morning  with  a  competent  Number 
marched  thither,  and  with  fuch  Diligence  and  Secrecy,  that  before  there 
was  the  leaft  Sufpicion  of  an  Aflault,  the  Guard  was  entered  upon  and  de- 
feated :  With  the  Tumult  the  Lord  Fitzwalter  and  the  Baftard  of  Sa- 
lisbury being  awakened,  rofe  haftily  from  their  Beds,  and  coming  down 
encountered  a  mercilefs  Enemy,  who  denied  all  Quarter,  and  on  the  Place 
flew  them.  The  Lord  Falconbridge  and  Sir  Walter  Blunt,  who  had  the 
leading  of  the  Vanguard  of  King  Edward's  Army,  finding  it  impoflible 
to  obtain  the  Paffage  of  Ferribrig,  on  a  fudden  pafled  the  River  three 
Miles  above,  at  Caftleford,  and  foon  after,  about  Dindingdale,  difcovered 
the  Lord  Clifford,  whom  they  fuddenly  overtook,  and  encompaffed,  in  vain, 
labouring  to  retire  to  the  main  Battle ;  but  he  perceiving  that  there  was 
no  Way  to  efcape  from  his  Enemies,  defended  himfelf  bravely  with  his 
fmall  Forces,  even  to  the  Envy  of  them  who  overcame,  'till  he  was  fhot 
with  an  Arrow  through  the  Throat. 

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228    Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the    Book  I. 

Ch.XVL  Next  Day,  being  ^aim-Sunday,  early  in  the  Morning,  both  Armies 
v>"VW  came  in  Sight :  The  Field  was  between  Caxton  and  Towton,  from  the  latter 
1 46 1.  of  which  the  Battle  after  took  Name.  It  was  about  the  Hour  of  Nine  when 
the  two  Armies  drew  near,  Sixty  Thoufand  for  Lancafter,  and  fcarce  Forty 
Thoufand  for  Tork;  only  thePrefence  and  Courage  of  King  Edward  made 
an  Equality  :  Ten  Hours  Victory  hung  in  Sufpence,but  at  length  the  Field 
being  ftained  with  Blood,  the  Northern  Men  fled ;  neither  did  they  yield 
to  the  prevailing  Fortune  of  the  Enemy,  until  their  Courages  were  difmay- 
ed  with  Sight  of  fo  many  eminent  Perfons  flain  before  their  Eyes;  for  the 
Earls  of  Northumberland  and  Weftmoreland,  the  Lords  Beaumont ;  Dacres, 
Grey,  and  Wells,  and  Andrew  Trollop  who  was  famous  in  the  French 
Wars,  and  many  ether  of  great  Nobility  were  flain.  The  Dukes  of  So- 
merset and  Exeter  feeing  all  Things  defperate  polled  to  Tork,  to  carry 
the  fatal  News  of  this  Overthrow  to  the  unfortunate  King.  In  no  Bat- 
tle was  there  ever  poured  out  fo  much  Englijh  Blood ;  for  in  this  and  the 
two  precedent  Days  were  flain  Thirty  Six  Thoufand  Seven  Hundred  Se- 
venty Six  Perfons,  all  of  one  Nation. 

King  Henry  perceiving  how  defperate  his  Hopes  were  in  England,  with 
the  poor  Remains  of  his  Party  fecured  himfelf  by  flight  into  Scotland. 
When  King  Edward  came  to  Tork,  where  he  hoped  to  have  furprized 
King  Henry,  he  faw  the  Heads  of  Richard  Duke  of  Tork,  his  Father, 
and  fome  other  of  his  Friends,  fet  up  over  the  Gate  of  the  City,  at  the  Sight 
of  which  being  greatly  incenfed,  he  commanded  that  Thomas  Court  enay,  Earl 
of  Devonjhire,  with  three  others  taken  in  the  former  Battle,  fhould  be 
beheaded,  and  their  Heads  put  up  in  the  Place  of  the  former  :  An  Ac- 
tion, faith  the  Hiftorian,  too  much  favouring  of  the  antient  Heathen  Cru- 
elty, the  Souls  of  Chriftians  no  Way  requiring  their  Murthers  to  be  re- 
venged, or  their  Injuries  appeafed,  with  fuch  an  Offering.  Thus  died 
Thomas  Court  enay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  who  ftout- 
ly  adhered  to  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter ;  and  I  have  been  the  more  par- 
ticular in  tranferibing  the  Hiftory  of  thofe  Civil  Wars,  becaufe  this  Earl 
was  much  concerned  in  them,  was  always  with  King  Henry  and  his  Queen, 
and  was  in  many  of  the  Battles,  and  in  the  Councils  leading  thereto..  He 
enjoyed  the  Earldom  but  three  Years,  and  that  in  a  molt  diftracted  and 
troublefome  Time,  in  which  was  feveral  Battles  fought,  and  abundance  of 
Englijh  Blood  fpilt.  This  laft  Battle  was  fought  on  'Palm-Sunday,  March 
1462.  25S  and  the  Earl  was  beheaded  the  A^ril  after,  i4<!)2:  He  died  unmar- 
ried, and  in  the  Prime  of  his  Years,  being  not  full  Thirty  Years  old. 

ch.xvii.  Chap.  XVII. 

ffiENRT  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  firft  of  that  Name, 
(p>    was  fecond  Son  of  Thomas,  firft  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  De- 


njhire,  and  Margaret  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  John  Earl 
of  Somerfet,  and  Grand-daughter  of  John  a-Gaunt  Duke  of 
Lancafter. 

King  Edward  after  he  had  obtained  that  great  Victory 
at  Towton,  returned  to  London,  and  was  received  with  great  Joy  and  Ac- 
clamation, May  ao,  and  was  then  crowned  with  great  Solemnity.  On 
the  4th  of  November  after,  began  a  Parliament  at  JVeftminfter,  in  which 
King  Henry  and  his  Queen  were  difinherited  of  the  Crown,  Henry  Duke 


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of  Exeter,  Henry  Duke  of  Somerfet,  Thomas  Earl  of  Devonfiire,  ar.d  o-  Ch.XVTf- 
thers,  to  the  Number  of  One  Hundred   and  Forty,  were  attainted  and  S  ' 

their  Eftates  confiscated ;  but  in  a  little  Time  after,  Henry  Duke  of  So- 
merfet and  Sir  Ralph  Tiercy  fubmitted  to  King  Edward,  and  upon  that 
had  their  Honours  and  Eftates  reftored  to  them.     The  Submiilion  of  thefe 
great  Men  was  as  welcome  to  King  Edward  as  a  Victory ;  and  the  lame 
Grace  and  Favour  was  promifed  to  all  thofe  that  mould  follow  the  Exam- 
ple of  thefe  great  Men :  And  the  King  did  endeavour,  as  Hiftorians  do 
obferve,  by  all  Means  polfible,  to  win   over  to   his  Side  all  thofe   that 
had  been  zealous  and  refolute  for  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter ;  and  prefently 
after  the  Attainder  the  King  fhewcd  great  Favour  and  Kindnefs  to  Hen- 
ry Earl  of  Devon/hire.    Sir  William  Dugdale  lays,  that  Henry  Courte- 
nay, Efq;  (for  lb  he  is  called)  found  fo  much  Favour  with  King  Edward, 
that  on  the  27th  of  July,  in  the  firft  Year  of  his  Reign,  without  any 
Proof  of  his  Age,  the  King  gave  him  the  Livery  of  the  Manour  of  Top- 
foam,  and  of  all  other  Lands,  Tenements,  Boroughs  and  Lordihips,  which 
his  Brother  was  feifed  of  at  the  Time  of  his  Death,  or  Thomas  Earl  of 
Devon,  Father  to  them  both :  But  it  cannot  be  true  that  Henry  Earl  of 
Devonshire  had  all  his  Lands  reftored  to  him  •  for  it  is  faid,  that  King 
Edward,  about  the  fame  Time,  gave  to  John  Courtenay,  Brother  to  Hen- 
ry, the  Manours  of  Exminjler,  Kenford  and  Kenn,  and  the  Hundred  of 
Exmivfter  in  the  County  of  Devon.    Henry  Earl  of  Devon/hire  then  was 
never  reftored  to  the  Honours  and  all  the  Lands  of  his  Anceftors  ;  neither 
does  it  appear  that  he  ever  fubmitted  to  King  Edward;  but  the  King 
freely  gave  him  feme  Part  of  the  Lands  of  his  Brother  Thomas,  as  alio 
ibme  other  Parts  to  his  Brother,  that  he  might,  if  pollible,  by  thefe  great 
lavouis  win  them  to  his  Side. 

In  the  Year  1463,  Queen  Margaret  landed  in  the  North,  where  ha-  i±6z, 
ving  but  Imall  Succours,  ihe  was  forced  to  put  to  Sea  again,  and  by  Tem- 
peft  was.  driven  back  to  Berwick,  where  Ihe  landed,  but  loft  her  Ship  and 
Goods  After  this,  the  Queen  having  got  fome  thin  Regiments  of  Scots 
entered  Northumberland,  her  Husband  marching  in  the  Front,  that  the 
Name  and  Prefehce  of  King  Henry  might  invite  the  People  to  their  ancient 
Service,  and  add  Authority  to  the  Defign;  which  Henry  Duke  of  Somer- 
fet and  Sir  Ralph  Tiercy  hearing  of,  revolted  from  King  Edward,  and 
fled  back  again  to  King  Henry. 

John  Nevil,  Lord  Montacute,  was  ordered  to  march  againft  King  Henry, 
and  by  the  Wav  the  Lords  Hungerford  and  Rofs,  and  Sir  Ralph  Tiercy, 
prefented  themfelves  to  hinder  his  farther  Courfe ;  but  after  a  little  En- 
gagement they  all  fled,  excepting  Sir  Ralph  Tiercy,  who  with  his  Regi- 
ment fighting  valiantly  was  cut  off.     The  Lord  Montacute,  encouraged 
with  this  Succeis,  immediately  marches  to  a  Plain  called  Levels,  near  the. 
River  Dowel  in  Hexhamjbire,  where  King  Henry's  Army  was  encamped, 
which  he  luddenly  alfaults  in  the  Night,  and  routed  it :  There  were  then 
taken  the  Duke  ol  Somerfet,  the  Lords  Hunger  ford  and  Rofs,  and  others: 
Somerfet  on  the  Place  loft  his  Head;  the  reft  were  lent  to  Newcaflle  to 
fuffer  there  the  fame  Punifhment,  but  King  Henry  and  his  Queen  efcaped 
into  Lancajhire;  and  a  little  after,  Thomas  the  Son  of  Sir  Edward  Tal- 
bot of  Lancajhire  apprehended  King  Henry,  as  he  late  at  Dinner  at  Wad- 
dington-Hall  in  Lancajhire ;  and  forgetting  all  Refpeft  due  to  fo  great  a 
Prince,  guarded  him  up  to  London  as  a  common  Malefactor,  with  his  Legs 
tied  under  the  Horfe's  Belly :  By  the  Way  the  Earl  of  Warwick  met  him, 
and  arrefted  him,  and,  taking  off  his  gilt  Spurs,  led  him  Prifbner  to  the 
M  m  m  Tower. 


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Ch.  XVII.  Tower.    The  miferable  Queen  made  her  Retreat  into  France,  and  with 
\S~>T^j  her  Son  Prince  Edward  fled  to  her  Father's  Court. 

1465.  In  the  Year  1465,  the  Earl  of  Warwick  grew  difcontented,  becaufe 
when  the  King  had  lent  him  over  to  France,  to  treat  of  a  Marriage  be- 
tween the  King  and  the  Lady  Bona,  Daughter  to  the  Duke  of  Savoy, 
and  Sifter  to  the  French  Queen,  the  King  married  of  a  fadden  the  Lady 
Elizabeth  Gray :  At  this  the  Earl  of  Warwick  was  highly  affronted :  For  this 
and  other  Realbns  the  Earl  of  Warwick  enters  into  a  Confpiracy  againft 
King  Edward,  and  drew  in  his  Brothers,  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  fork  and 
the  Marquefs  of  Mont acute;  and  with  thefe  agreed  many  eminent  Perfbns 
of  King  Edward's  Court,  whom  either  Defire  of  War,  or  Want  of  ex- 
pected Recompence,  had  rendered  difcontented.  All  the  Partakers  in  the 
Calamity  in  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter,  at  the  firft  Overture,  moft  paffion- 
ately  embraced  the  Motion,  as  Men  whom  Defpair  had  made  fit  for  the 
moft  hazardous  Attempt :  And  it  is  probable,  that  Henry  Courtenay,  Earl  of 
Devon/hire,  with  the  Lord  Hungerford,  whole  Father  was  put  to  Death 
a  little  before,  having  ftill  an  Affe&ion  for  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter,  might 
engage  in  the  Confpiracy :  For  it  is  laid,  that  the  Earl  of  Devonshire, 

1466.  with  the  Lord  Hungerford,  about  this  Time,  viz.  in  the  Year  1466',  on 
the  4th  of  March,  was  attainted  of  Trealbn  before  the  King's  Juftices  at 
Sarum,  and  the  lame  Day  was  beheaded.  It  is  faid  indeed,  that  Sit  Hum- 
phry Stafford  of  Southwick  procured  the  Earl's  Death,  that  he  might  be 
made  Earl  of  Devon/hire  in  his  Place :  But  we  cannot  fuppofe  that  he 
could  procure  it,  unlefs  the  Earl  had  been  proved,  or  at  leaft  lufpe&ed, 
guilty  of  confpiring  againft  the  Government.  Sir  Humphry  Stafford  was 
prefently  upon  the  Death  of  Henry  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  made 
Earl  in  his  ftead;  for  Sir  William  Dugdale  fays,  that  in  February,  1466, 
King  Edward  gave  the  Borough  cf  Tiverton,  with  a  great  Part  of  the 
Pofleffions  of  'Thomas  Earl  of  Devon  that  was  attainted,  to  Sir  Humphry 
Staford  of  Southwick,  and  to  the  Heirs  Male  of  his  Body,  and  made  him 
Earl  of  Devon ;  but  he  did  not  long  enjoy  this  Honour. 

1468.  In  1468,  the  Earl  of 'Warwick  having  married  his  Daughter  to  the  Duke 
of  Clarence,  King  Edward's  Brother,  and  having  drawn  him  into  the  Con- 
ipiracy, they  both  came  into  England,  and  openly  profeffed  and  juftified 
their  Relblution  to  rebel.  The  Arch-Bifhop  of  Fork  had  wrought  fo  dili- 
gently, that  againft  their  coming  there  appeared  an  Army  in  the.  North, 
under  the  Command  of  Henry  Son  to  the  Lord  Fitz-hugh,  and  Henry  Ne- 
va, Son  to  the  Lord  Latimer,  both  near  kin  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick ; 
both  Gentlemen  great  in  Blood  and  Spirit ;  but  in  regard  of  their  unexpe- 
rienced Youth,  fubmitting  themfelves  to  the  Directions  of  Sir  John  Co- 
mers, a  Commander  bold  in  Courage  and  fober  in  Advice,,  they  declared 
their  Defign  was  to  march  to  London,  and  to  pull  down  that  Ufurper,  as 
they  called  King  Edward,  and  to  reftoreKing  Henry,  their  lawful  Monarch. 
King  Edward  fpeedily  fent  to  Sir  William  Herbert,  whom  he  had  made 
Earl  of  Pembroke,  a  Commiffion  to  raife  what  Welch  Forces  he  could,  and 
required  him  to  give  Battle  by  the  Way,  while  he  himfelf  gathered  as 
great  an  Army  as  the  prefent  Danger  required.  The  Earl  of  fembroke 
puts  fuddenly  into  the  Field,  with  his  Brother  Sir  Richard  Herbert,  having 
under  their  Conduct:  Seven  Thoufand  Men ;  to  them  foon  joined  Eight  Hun- 
dred Bowmen,  commanded  by  the  Lord  Stafford  of  Southwick,  not  long 
before  made  Earl  of  .Devon/hire.  With  thefe  Forces  the  Earl  of  Tern- 
broke  refolved  to  hinder  the  Rebels  in  their  Journey,  and  having  Notice 
that  they  took  their  Way  by  Northampton,  he  led  the  whole  Body  of 
his  Army  againft  them,  having  given  Orders  to  Sir  Richard  Herbert,  with 

Two 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  L  231 

Two  Thoufand  Soldiers,  to  wheel  about,  and  charge  the  Enemy  in  the  Ch.  XVII 
Rear.  Sir  John  Coniers  had  fo  carefully  ftrengthened  the  Rearward,  that  *-/"v>*-' 
the  Welch  were  repulied  with  Lois,  and  forced  by  flight  to  leek  their 
Safety  j  whereupon  Sir  Richard  Herbert  retired  to  his  Brother,  and  Sir 
John  Coniers,  diverted  from  his  dired  Courfe  to  London,  marched  towards 
Warwick,  where  the  Duke  of  Clarence  and  Earl  of  Warwick  had  levied 
a  mighty  Hoft.  The  Earl  of  'Pembroke  followed  him  clofely,  expecting  an 
Opportunity  of  cutting  off  lome  Part  of  the  Enemy,  as  they  marched  difor- 
derly,  or  to  give  Battle  to  the  whole  Army :  But  while  he  was  in  this 
Purfuit  of  Glory,  a  fmall  Difference  between  him  and  the  Lord  Stafford 
ruined  the  whole  Attempt ;  for  he  encamping  at  Banbury,  a  Queftion  arofe 
concerning  an  Inn,  to  which  Stafford  pretended,  as  having  long  ufed  the 
Houfe  j  but  the  Earl  of  Tembroke,  in  regard  of  his  Preheminence,  as  Ge- 
neral, was  refolved  to  lodge  in  it.  This  fo  trivial  Diftafte  (if  there  was  no 
farther  Treafon  in  it)  grew  fo  high,  that  Stafford  withdrew  himfelf  and 
his  Englijh  Archers.  The  Rebels,  who  foon  had  Notice  of  this  unhappy 
Difcord,  gave  the  Earl's  Camp  next  Morning  a  fudden  Affault :  The  Welch 
received  the  Charge  fo  ftoutly,  that  they  took  Sir  Henry  Neville  the 
Leader ;  but,  guilty  of  too  much  Barbarity,  molt  cruelly  flew  him  in  cold 
Blood,  by  which  Acl  they  raifed  fo  fierce  a  Defire  of  Revenge  in  the  Ene- 
my, that  the  next  Day  they  gave  the  Earl  Battle,  and  the  Fight  was 
long  and  cruel,  but  at  laft  the  Welchmen  fled :  In  the  Battle  Five  Thou- 
fand of  the  Welch  were  flain,  and,  among  the  few  Prifoners,  the  Earl  of 
Tembroke  and  Sir  Richard  Herbert  were  taken,  whole  Heads  were  foon 
after  facrificed  upon  the  Scaffold  to  the  Ghoft  of  Neville :  Neither  did 
the  Lord  Stafford,  the  Author  of  this  Overthrow,  efcape  condign  Pu- 
nifhment ;  for  by  diligent  Enquiry,  made  by  King  Edward's  Order,  he  was 
found  at  Brent,  near  the  River  Axe  in  Somerfetjhire,  and  carried  to  Bridg-  1468. 
water,  and  there  beheaded,  enjoying  but  a  little  Time  that  Honour  and 
Eftate  which  he  got  by  procuring  the  Death  of  the  right  Owner ;  and  he 
was  in  Derifion  called  The  Earl  of  three  Months  ft anding  and  no  more* 

Chap.  XVIII.  chxvm 

;  0  HN  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon/hire, 
was  Son  of  Thomas  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  Mar- 
garet Beaufort  his  Wife,  and  Brother  to  the  two  laft  Earls. 

Yang  Edward,  as  was  faid  before,  immediately  after  the  I4  $' 
Attainder  of  his  elder  Brother  Thomas,  was  very  kind  to  him, 
and  gave  him  the  Manours  of  Exminfter^  Kenn,  and  Kenford, 
to  try  whether  he  could  bring  him  off  from  adhering  to  the  Houle  of 
Lancafter,  but  he  could  not :  And  at  another  Time  the  King  gave  him 
the  Manour  of  Columb-John,  and  other  Manours  j  but  he  continued  firm 
to  the  Houfe  of  Lancafter  to  the  laft. 

The  Defeat  given  to  the  Earl  of  Tembroke,  that  we  mentioned  in  our 
laft  Chapter,  together  with  the  Earl  of  Warwick's  openly  profeffing  him- 
felf Head  to  a  vaft  Body  of  Rebels,,  ft  ruck  Aftonifhment  into  King  Ed- 
wards Army,  and  made  the  King  himfelf  inclined  to  end  all  Diflention 
with  the  Earl  of  Warwick  by  a  Treaty ;  and  whilft  the  Treaty  was  car- 
rying on,  the  two  Armies  lying  near  one  the  other,  the  Earl  of  Warwick 
oblerving  the  ill  Difcipline  of  the  King's  Army,  takes  the  Advantage, 
fuddenly   fets  upon  the  King's  Camp,  kills  the  Watch,  and  in  the  dead 


2  j  r  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijlory  of  the    Book  f, 

ChXVIII  Time  of  Night,  at  Wollny,  within  four  Miles  of  Warwick,  furprizes  the 
**s~v~**-'  King's  Perfon  in  Bed,  and  prefently  fent  him  away  to  Middle  ham-C&ft\c 
in  lorkfhire,  there  to  be  kept  b)  his  Brother  the  Arch-Biihop  of  that  See: 
And  the  King  having  been  a  Prifoner  there  tor  fome  Time,  he  obtained 
Leave,  upon  the  Account  of  his  Health,  to  hunt  in  the  adjoining  Park,  and 
fb  contrived  the  Matter  with  Sir  William  Stanley  and  Sir  'Thomas  Burghy 
that  they  came  to  his  Refcue  with  a  Numbe'r  fuperiour  to  thofe  that 
guarded  him,  and  with  them  he  elcapes  to  fork,  and  fo  to  Lane  after ,  where 
the  Lord  Hajiings  had  gathered  fome  Forces ;  with  thefe  he  marched  di- 
rectly to  Loudon,  his  Forces  itill  encreafing  as  he  went.  The  Earl  of  War- 
wick having  Intelligence  of  the  King's  Efcape,  and  having  disbanded  his 
Army,  was  much  perplexed,  and  directed  his  Letters  to  all  the  Lords  of 
the  Faction,  and  advifed  them  to  re-aflemble  for  the  common  Safety.  Some 
good  Men,  in  the  mean  Time,  laboured  all  that  they  could  to  procure  a 
Peace,  and  in  fine  they  brought  both  Parties  to  an  Interview  in  Wefimin- 
fier-Hall :  But  no  fooner  was  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  who  came  accompa- 
nied with  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  wiiTied  to  exprefs  his  Defires,  but  he  fell 
into  a  bold  Expoftulation  of  Injuries ;  and  his  Language  was  fb  infblent, 
that  the  King  lull  of  Indignation  departed  the  Hall,  and  immediately  went 
to  Canterbury,  and,  on  the  other  Side,  the  Earl  wild  in  his  Anger  polled 
away  to  Lincoln.  The  King  hearing  that  the  greatelt  Part  of  the  Earl's 
Forces  were  under  the  Command  of  Sir  Robert  Wells,  fent  to  his  Father- 
to  meet  him :  The  Lord  Wells,  with  his  Brother-in-law  Sir  Thomas  Di- 
mock,  went  to  wait  upon  the  King :  When  they  were  come,  the  King  ad- 
vifed  the  Lord  Wells  to  fend  to  his  Son,  and  perfvvade  him  to  ceale  from 
hid  Rebellion,  and  become  a  true  Subject :  The  Lord  Wells  did  according- 
ly ;  bnt  Sir  Robert  in  his  Anfwer  was  fo  far  from  complying  with  his  Fa- 
ther's Commands,  that  he  juftined  what  he  had  done ;  whereupon  the  King 
was  lb  incenfed,  that  he  prefently  caufed  the  Lord  Wells  and  Sir  Thomas 
Dimotk  to  be  beheaded  at  Stamford.  The  Report  of  this  Execution.blafled 
very  much  the  Reputation  of  the  King,  and  begat  nothing  but  Rage  and 
Revenge  in  Sir  Robert  Wells,  and  his  Rage  fo  far  blinded  his  Judgment, 
that,  contrary  to  all  Perfwafion,  not  attending  the  Earl  of  Warwick's  com- 
ing, who  was  every  Day  expected,  he  drew  out  his  Forces,  and  charged 
the  King's  Army,  who  received  him  with  equal  Courage,  and  while  Hope 
of  Revenge  tranlported  him  too  far,  he  was  enclofed  by  them,  and  taken 
Frifoner  with  Sixty  Seven  more  upon  the  Place;  and  in  the  Flight  were 
flain  Ten  Thoufand  Men,  and  the  prifoners  were  immediately  executed. 
This  Overthrow  iorced  Warwick  to  newRefolutions;  for  his  main  Forces 
being;  by  the  Precipitancy  of  the  Commander  deftroyed,  he  forefaw  he  could 
not  fuddenly  recover  an  Army  to  give  the  King  Battle,  and  if  he  iriould 
flay  in  the  Country,  he  was  in  Danger  of  being  fui prized  ;  whereupon  lei- 
finely,  (for  his  great  Spirit  difdained  any  Thing  that  mould  look  like  a 
Flight  '  he  retired  to  Exeter,  where  having  difmiffed  the  Remainder  of 
thole  Troops  ttat  dtterded  him,  he  went  to  Dartmouth,  and  there  with 
many  Ladies  in  his  Company,  and  a  large  Retinue,  he  took  Ship,  and  f  jiled 
I47°-  directly  to  Calais.  But  Monfieur  de  Vauclere,  Lieutenant  of  the  Town, 
refuf.d  his  Captain  Entrance,  profefling,  that  however  he  owed  his  prefent 
Command  to  Warwick's  Bounty,  his  Loyalty  to  his  King  did  cane  1  all 
inferiour  Obligations.  The  Earl  being  denied  Admittance  into  Calais, 
fleered  his  Courfe  to  Die]?,  and  no  fooner  was  he  landed  there,  but  he 
was  moft  folemnly  invited  to  the  Cattle  of  Ambois,  where  King  Lewis 
then  kept  his  Court.  The  Ceremonies  of  their  firft  Meeting  being  over, 
they  entered  into  Council. how  to  renew  the  War,  and  reflore  King  Henry; 

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and  by  the  King  of  France's  Importunity,  Queen  Margaret,  who  hither-  Ch.XVTII 
to.  had  lived  in  Exile  in  France,  and  now  upon  the  King's  Invitation  came  \»W"W 
to  Court,  was  perfectly  reconciled  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  ;  and  that  there 
might  not  be  left  any  Footfteps  of  former  Difcontents,  or  Room  for  fu- 
ture Jealoufy,  a  Marriage  was  concluded,  and  celebrated,  between  Prince 
Edward,  the  Queen's  Son,  and  the  Lady  Anne,  younger  Daughter  to  the 
Earl :  And  on  this  Marriage  it  was  agreed,  that  King  Edward  mould  be 
depofed,  and  King  Henry  re-enthron'd,  and  the  Crown  to  be  entailed  upon 
Prince  Edward;  and  for  Default  of  his  Ilfue,  to  come  to  the  Duke  of 
Clarence  and  his  Pofterity.  According  to  this  Agreement,  the  Earl  of 
Warwick  with  his  Retinue,  conducted  by  the  Baftard  of  Bourbon,  Admiral 
of  France,  failed  back  into  England,  King  Lewis  having  fupplied  him 
with  Monies ;  and  for  Soldiers  he  needed  no  Foreign  Levies,  his  Name  and 
Faction  were  fo  great^  at  Home.  George  Duke"  of  Clarence,  the  Earls  of 
Warwick,  Pembroke  and  Oxford,  with  others,  arrived  at  Plymouth,  and 
another  Party  at  Dartmouth,  and  being  all  joined  they  marched  to  Exeter. 
Upon  the  News  of  the  Earl's  Landing,  the  People  began  to  revolt  from 
King  Edward,  and  with  the  Firft  got  away  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Tork,  who 
had  been  lately  reconciled  to  the  King,  and  the  Marquefs  of  Mont  acute  his 
Brother.  The  Treachery  of  Montacute,  who  having  raifed  in  King  Ed- 
ward's Name  Six  Thoufand  Men,  and  turned  now  with  them  to  the  Earl 
of  Warwick,  and  the  general  Defection  of  the  Land,  threw  the  King  down 
into  extream  Defpair  •  for  thofe  few  Lords  who  constantly  adhered  to  his 
declining  Fortune  commanded  over  fo  fmall  a  Number,  that  to  refblve  upon 
a  Battle  was  to  betray  themfelves  to  Slaughter:  The  King  therefore  fled 
away  towards  Lincolnpire,  and  fo  hardly  efcaped  to  Lynn ;  from  thence, 
with  a  great  deal  of  Difficulty,  he  failed  into  Holland,  and  from  thence 
went  to  the  Court  of  the  Duke  of  Burgundy,  who  had  married  his  Sifter. 
After  King  Edward  was  gone,  King  Henry  being  fet  at  Liberty,  went  in 
Procefllon  to  St.  'Paul's  Church,  the  Clergy,  Nobility  and  Commonalty, 
acknowledging  all  Obedience  to  him ;  and  in  a  little  Time  a  Parliament 
was  called,  in  which  King  Edward  and  all  his  Adherents  were  attainted  of 
High  Treafon,  their  Lands  and  Goods  confifcated,  and  th2n  was  the  Crown 
intailed  upon  King  Henry,  and  his  Heirs  Male  $  and  in  Default  of  fuch,  upon 
George  Duke  of  Clarence,  and  his  Heirs  for  ever :  And  then  were  the  Earls 
of  Oxford,  Pembroke,  Devon/hire,  and  many  others  reftored  to  their  Eftates 
and  Titles,  and  the  Government  of  the  King  and  Kingdom  committed  to 
the  Duke  of  Clarence,  and  Earl  of  Warwick. 

Queen  Margaret  was  fent  to  come  over  to  England  with  her  Son  Prince 
Edward,  and  partake  of  this  good  Fortune ;  but  whatever  hindered  her, 
fhe  did  not  arrive  'till  all  Things  were  turned  upfide-down  again,  the  Earl 
of  Warwick  flain,  and  his  Army  routed. 

King  Edward  all  this  while  was  in  the  Duke  of  Burgundy's  Court,  where 
he  had  fled  for  Protection ;  but  he  found  that  he  had  worn  out  his  Wel- 
come, and  that  he  began  to  be  flighted  and  neglefted ;  whereupon  he  defired 
Leave  of  the  Duke  of  Burgundy  to  return  to  England,  and  prevailed  with 
the  Duke  at  laft  to  let  him  go,  and  under-hand  fupplied  him  with  a  large 
Sum  of  Money,  and  fome  Men.  At  Ravenfport  in  Torkfoire  he  landed  on  the 
1  itb  cf  March,  where  the  People,  naturally  devoted  to  the  Houfe  of  Lan-  1 47 1. 
cajler,  were  all  againft  him,  bat  had  not  Courage  with  their  Arms  to  oppofe 
him:  He  marches  to  Tork,  where  the  Magiftrates  fhut  the  Gates  againit 
him  ;  and  when  he  faw  the  People  fo  confirmed  in  their  Obedience  to  King 
Henry,  he  defpaired  of  ever  recovering  the  Crown;  and  then  declared, 
That  he  came  only  to  recover  the  Ejiate  that  did  belong  to  him  as  Duke  of 
.       N  n  n  York. 


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ChXVIII  York.  Upon  which,  the  City  of  Tork  took  Pity  upon  him,  and  let  him 
w>^v-^-»  into  the  City,  and  he  folemnly  fwore,  That  he  would  never  attempt  the  ob- 
1471'  tattling  the  Kingdom.  Leaving  then  a  Garrifon  in  fork  he  marches  towards 
London,  and  on  his  March  many  of  the  Nobility  with  their  Forces  repaired 
to  him  ;  and  when  he  was  at  Nottingham,  they  perfwaded  him,  now  he  had 
got  a  good  Army  together,  not  to  declare  for  the  Dutchy  of  Tork,  but  for 
the  Crown  of  England:  And  lb  being  proclaimed  King  again,  he  marched 
dire&ly  to  Coventry,  being  defirous  of  giving  the  Earl  of  Warwick  Battle, 
who  was  there  encamped ;  but  no  Provocation  could  bring  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick from  his  Trenches,  for  the  Marquefs  Montacute  was  not  returned  from 
the  North ;  and  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  who  was  often  and  earneftly  folia- 
ted to  join  his  Army,  refufed  it,  and  kept  himfelf  apart.  The  King  there- 
fore perceiving  that  nothing  could  move  the  Earl  of  Warwick  to  Fight, 
marches  againft  the  Duke  of  Clarence ;  and  when  the  Armies  drew  near, 
the  Duke  of  Gloucester  and  other  Nobles  went  between  the  King  and  his 
Brother  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  and  pretended  to  endeavour  to  make  a  Re- 
conciliation between  them,  but  the  Thing  was  privately  done  before,  and 
the  Duke  of  Clarence  fubmitting  himfelf  to  the  King,  brought  over  to  him 
all  his  Forces,  which  he  had  raifed  upon  the  Reputation  of  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick more  than  upon  his  own :  But  that  the  Duke  of  Clarence  in  his 
Agreement  might  not  forget  the  Office  of  a  Son-in-law  and  a  Friend,  he 
jointly  with  the  King  fent  to  the  Earl  of  Warwick  to  enter  into  a  League 
with  them,  and  as  for  Conditions,  he  himfelf  mould  -fent  down  his  own. 
But  the  Earl  of  Warwick  had  a  Heart  too  ftubborn  to  bow  to  any  Condi- 
tions which  he  himfelf  had  not  been  the  firft  Propofer  of,  and  rejected  all 
Offersof  Reconciliation,  and  refolved  to  be  revenged  or  die.  Whereupon, 
King  Edward  feeing  he  could  not  bring  the  Earl  of  Warwick  to  Terms, 
left  him  obftinate  to  the  profecuting  of  his  own  Defigns.  and  accompanied 
with  the  Duke  of  Clarence,  and  followed  by  a  gallant  Army,  marched  to 
London,  where,  after  a  little  Shew  of  Refiftance,  the  Citizens  yielded  up 
to  him  the  City,  together  with  the  Perfon  of  King  Henry,  who  was  refer- 
ved  ftill  to  be  made  the  Sport  of  Fortune,  and  was  fent  again  to  the  Tower; 
and  having  fettled  the  City  in  their  Obedience,  he  led  forth  his  Army  to 
oppofe  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  who  having  reunited  his  fcattered  Forces  by 
eafy  Marches  was  come  to  St.  Albans.  The  King  interpofed  his  Army  be- 
tween the  City  and  the  Enemy,  thereby  to  cut  off  all  Poffibility  of  Intelli- 
gence ;  and  he  took  with  him  King  Henry  to  the  Battle,  that  his  Prefence 
might  not  be  an  Occafion  of  a  Tumult  in  London.  Upon  a  Plain  near  Bar- 
net,  the  Midway  between  London  and  St.  Albans,  the  King  pitched  his 
Camp.  It  was  Eafter-day  in  the  Morning,  April  14,  when  both  Armies 
prepared  for  the  Fight :  Six  Hours  the  Vi&ory  was  doubtful ;  'till  at  length 
Error  brought  Diforder  to  Warwick's  Army,  and  that,  a  fatal  Overthrow  j 
for  the  Earl  of  Oxford  giving  his  Men  a  Star  with  Streams  for  his  Badge, 
begot  in  the  Army  a  Miftake  that  they  were  part  of  the  Enemy,  whofe 
Badge  was  the  Sun,  which  Miitake  might  eafily  happen  through  a  thick 
Mift  that  was  that  Morning;  wherefore  being  in  the  right  Wing,  and  palling 
forward,  they  were  thought  to  be  King  Edward's  Men  flying,  which  made 
their  own  main  Battle  fall  heavily  upon  them  in  the  Back :  Whereupon, 
Oxford  fufpeding  Treafon  in  Warwick,  fled  away  with  Eight  Hundred 
Men ;  and  King  Edward  perceiving  Diforder  in  the  Enemy,  violently  af- 
faulted  them,  and  foon  forced  them  to  give  back :  Warwick  oppofed  againft 
their  Fear,  Language  and  Example;  but  when  he  faw  nothing  would  pre- 
vail, he  ruftied  into  the  thickeft  of  his  Enemies :  Montacute  feeing  how  far 
into  Danger  his  Brother  was  engaged,  ran  violently  after  to  his  Refcue,  and 

both 


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both  prefently  oppreffed  with  Numbers  fell,  and  with  them  the  Spirit  of  ChXVIII 
the  Army,  which  thereupon  immediately  fled.     King  Edward,  as  loon  as    \^/\rv> 
he  few  the  Difcomfiture  of  the  Army,  and  had  certain  Knowledge  that  the      1471. 
two  Brothers  were  dead,  polled  up  to  London,  with  King  Henry  in  his 
Company,  and  went  into  St.  Taul's  Church  at  Evening  Prayer,  and  there 
offered  up  his  own  Banner,  and  the  Banner  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick.    The 
dead  Bodies  of  Warwick  and  Mont  acute  he  ordered  to  be  expofed  three  Days, 
bare-fae'd,  in  St.  Taul's  Church-yard,  and  were  afterwards  carried  down  to 
the  Priory  of  Bifham  in  Berk/hire,  and  buried  amongft  their  Anceftors. 

Queen  Margaret,  now  it  was  too  late,  landed  at  Weymouth  in  Dorfet- 
fhire,  upon  the  fame  Day  the  Battle  was  fought  at  Barnet,  having  in  her 
Retinue  lome  French  Forces ;  and  here,  when  fhe  expected  to  receive  the 
Acclamations  of  Triumph,  fhe  firft  received  the  News  of  Warwick'  being 
flain,  and  his  Army  defeated ;  which  when  fhe  heard,  her  Courage  failed 
her,  and  fhe  fell  into  a  Swoon.  At  length  Defpair  forced  her  to  the  com- 
mon poor  Refuge  of  a  Monaftery ;  and  in  Bewly  in  Hampjbire,  a  Mona- 
ftery  of  Ciftertian  Monks,  fhe  regiftered  herfelf,  her  Son,  and  her  Follow- 
ers, for  Perlbns  priviledged :  So  fays  the  Hiftory  of  England;  but  Stow 
lays  fhe  went  to  an  Abbey  near  Weymouth,  called  Cerne. 

There  came  to  her  Edward  Duke  of  Somerset,  who  had  efcaped  from 
the  Overthrow  at  Barnet,  his  Brother  the  Lord  John  Beaufort,  John 
Court  enay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  Jajfer  Earl  ofTem'broke,  the  Lord  Trior 
of  St.  John's,  and  John  Lord  Wenlock.  Thefe  noble  Perfonages  laboured 
what  they  could,  by  their  Advice  and  Prefence,  to  raife  up  the  Queen, 
funk  with  the  Weight  of  her  Misfortunes :  They  reprefented  to  her  the 
Authority  that  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  and  the 
Lords  Trior  and  Wenlock  had  in  England,  and  the  Multitudes  ^Pembroke 
might  arm  in  Wales ',  but  above  all,  what  a  Confluence  of  the  boldeft 
Youth  there  would  be  to  the  Prince,  would  he  but  take  the  Field,  and 
appear  in  his  own  Quarrel :  But  the  Queen,  when  fhe  perceived  the  Lords 
earneft  to  have  the  Prince  prelent  in  the  Battle,  violently  oppofed  it,  in 
refpect  of  his  Youth,  Want  of  Experience,  and  the  mighty  Venture  that 
fhe  did  run  in  it :  She  therefore  urged  earneftly  to  have  him  conveyed  back 
into  France ;  but  the  contrary  Opinion  prevailed,  and  fhe  was  perfwaded 
to  let  the  Prince  be  in  the  Army :  And  having  come  to  this  Refolution, 
fhe  leaves  the  Sanctuary  and  puts  herfelf  in  Arms.  The  very  Name  of  Hoilingfhed 
Prince  Edward  attracted  Multitudes  to  the  War;  and  the  Duke  of  Somer- 
fet and  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  the  more  to  encourage  the  Weftern  Coun- 
ties to  join  with  them,  repaired  to  Exeter,  where  they  fent  for  Sir  Hugh 
Courtenay  and  Sir  John  Arundel,  and  many  others,  in  whom  they  had  Con- 
fidence; and  in  fhort  they  wrote  to  them  fo  effectually,  that  they  raifed 
the  whole  Power  of  Devon/hire  and  Cornwal.  The  Queen  advanced  to 
Bath,  where  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  and  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire  were  in 
great  Reputation,  and  by  their  Authority  new  Forces  came  daily  in  to.  the 
Prince's  Affiftance ;  yet  they  were  not  grown  to  lb  full  a  Number  as  might 
encourage  the  Queen  to  think  upon  a  Battle ;  whereupon  fhe  keeps  her- 
felf in  the  Town  'till  the  coming  of  the  Earl  of  Pembroke,  and  when  his 
Forces  had  joined  her,  fhe  refolved  to  take  the  Field  and  encounter  King 
Edward. 

When  the  King  had  Notice  of  her  Refolutions,  he  gathered  his  Army 
together,  and  with  fuch  unexpected  Suddennefs  he  made  his  Preparations, 
that  before  the  Return  of  the  Earl  of  Tembroke,  he  encamped  at  Marybo- 
rough. This  near  Approach  of  King  Edward  diffracted  the  Refolutions  of 
the  Queen,  and  made  her  fufpect  her  Safety,  if  fhe  remained  any  longer  at 

Bath; 


236    Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  I. 

Ch  XVIII  Bath ;  wherefore  fhe  retired  to  Brijiol,  from  whence  ftie  fent  to  the  Lord 
W~V"S->  Beauchamf  of  Towyke,  who  had  the  keeping  both  of  the  City  and  Caftle 
147 1.  of  Gloucejter,  to  deiire  Paffage  over  the  Severn  there  ;  but  he  refufed  her 
and  forced  her  to  march  up  to  Tewksiury,  there  to  endeavour  to  crofs  the 
River :  But  when  fhe  found  herfelf  fb  clofely  purfued  by  King  Edward 
that  before  fhe  could  reach  Tewksbury,  he  with  his  Horfe  were  in  Sight* 
Defpair  feized  her,  lb  that  fhe  began  only  to  look  which  Way  to  fly  • 
And  indeed  to  that  Extremity  was  her  Bufinefs  reduced,  that  there  was 
left  no  other  Hopes  of  Safety,  the  King  having  fb  much  Odds  in  Courage 
and  Number :  But  the  Duke  of  Somerfet  fte\zi\eA  againft  her  Fears,  and  the 
fober  Opinion  of  moft  of  the  beft  Commanders;  upon  which,  neglecting  to 
efcape  at  firft  into  Wales,  where  the  Earl  of  Pembroke  had  raifed  mighty 
Forces  -for  her  Service,  fhe  was  foon  by  the  King  forced  to  yield  or  en- 
dure a  Battle,  whereupon  fhe  refolved  to  fight  it  out  that  Day  ;  which 
Battle  was  the  laft,  and  that  which  decided  the  great  Quarrel  between  the 
two  Houfes.  The  Duke  of  Somerfet  pitched  his  Field  in  a  Park  adjoining 
to  the  Town,  and  entrenched  his  Camp  round  lb  high,  and  fo  ftrong,  that 
the  Enemy  could  on  no  Side  force  it ;  and  when  he  perceived  an  inevita- 
ble Neceffity  of  Fighting,  he  marfhalled  his  Hoft  for  the  Service.  The 
Foreward  he  and  his  Brother  commanded ;  the  Earl  of  Devonfhire  the 
Rear;  in  the  main  Battle  was  the  Prince,  under  the  Direction  of  the  Lord 
Trior  and  the  Lord  Wenlock.  The  Queen  feeing  the  Hour  draw  near,  took 
the  Prince  with  her,  and  rode  about  the  Army :  In  her  Looks  appeared 
nothing  but  Life  and  Refolution ;  in  her  Language  almoft  an  Appearance  of 
Victory;  fb  cunningly  fhe  concealed  the  Wound  that  her  Defpair  had  given 
her,  that  then  only  it  bled  inward.  The  Soldiers  generally  appeared  re- 
folved againft  the  fharpeft  Danger,  receiving  her  Words  with  much  Ala- 
crity ;  and  as  foon  as  the  Signal  was  given,  they  bravely  repulfed  the  Duke 
of  Gloucefter,  Who,  having  the  leading  of  the  King's  Vanguard,  had  af- 
faulted  the  Queen's  Camp :  Upon  which  Repulfe,  the  Duke  of  Somerfet 
feeing  Gloucefter  retire,  with  fbme  Appearance  of  Flight,  (an  Appearance 
147 1,  indeed  it  was  only  to  betray  the  Enemy)  ran  after  fb  far  in  the  Purfuit,. 
that  there  was  no  Safety  in  the  Retreat ;  then  did  Gloucefter  on  the  fudden. 
turn  back  upon  him,  and  having  by  this  Deceit  enticed  him  from  his 
Trenches,  he  cut  all  the  Vanguard  in  Pieces :  The  Lord  Wenlock,  who  had 
the  Conduct  of  the  main  Battle,  and  whom  it  concerned  to  have  relieved 
the  Duke,  only  looking  on :  Somerfet  enraged  with  this  Dilcomfiture,  and 
having  Wenlock  s  Faith  in  fome  Jealoufy,  upon  his  Efcape,  upbraided  him 
with  the  moft  ignominious  Terms  of  Cowardice  and  Treafon ;  and,  tranf- 
ported  by  the  Heat  of  Paffion,  with  an  Axe  he  had  in  his  Hand,  ftruck  out 
his  Brains.  This  Outrage  begat  nothing  but  Diforder  in  the  Queen's  Ar- 
my ;  and  fo  great  grew  the  Confufion,  that  no  Man  knew  whom  to  obey,, 
or  how  or  where  to  make  Refiftance  againft  the  Enemy.  The  King  took. 
Advantage  of  this  Uproar,  and  by  it  gained  a  moft  entire  Victory ;  for  en- 
tering without  any  Opposition  the  Queen's  Trenches,  he  committed  a  moft 
cruel  Slaughter  on  all  who  refitted.  There  were  flain  that  Day  '  Three 
Thoufand  of  the  common  Soldiers,  and  with  them  the  Earl  of  Devon- 
jbire, the  Lord'  John  Beaufort,  and  fome  other  Gentlemen  of  Name;  the 
thick  Woods  of  the  Parle  preserved  fome,  and  the  Sanctuary  of'ners,  and 
them  only  for  a  Time ;  for  King  Edward  with  his  Sword  drawn  would  have 
entered  the  Church,  and  forced  them  thence,  but  a  good  Prieft,  careful  to 
maintain  the  Immunities  of  the  Place,  with,  the  Eucharift  in  his  Hand, 
oppofed  the  Violence,  and  would  not  let  him  enter,  until  he  bad  granted 
a  free  Pardon :  But  this  Pardon  betrayed  them ;  for  on  the  j&wulay  after, 

they 


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they  were  taken  out  and  beheaded  in  the  Market-Place  at  Tewksbury ;  ChX VIII* 

among  whom,  thofe  of  principal  Note,  were,  the  Duke  of  Somerset  and  ^TJ^ — ' 

the  Lord  Trior  of  Su  John's,  and  many  other  Knights  of  great  Reputa- 

tion  and  Fortune.    The  Queen,  half-dead  in  her  Chariot,  was  taken  in  the 

Battle,  and  not  long  after  the  Prince  was  brought  Priioner  to  the  King 

by  Sir  Richard  Crofts :  The  Kiag  immediately  ordered  the  Prince  to  be 

brought  into  his  Prefence,  and  entertained  him  with  Ibme  Shew  of  Courtefy  • 

and  entered  into  Difcourfe  with  him,  and  asked  him,  What  made  him  enter 

into  fo  rajh  an  Enterfrize,  as  to  take  up  Arms  againji  him  ?  He  anf  wered 

That  to  recover  his  Father,  miferably  opfreffed,  and  the  Crown  violently 

ufurped,  he  had  taken  Arms.    The  King  hearing  this,  with  a  Look  full  of 

Indignation,  turned  from  him,  and  difdainfully  thruft  him  away  with  his 

Gauntlet  j  which  being  obferved,  the  Dukes  of  Clarence  and  Gloucejfer, 

the  Marquefs  of  Dorfet,  and  the  Lord  Hajlings,  feized  fuddenly  upon  the 

Prince,  and  with  their  Poniards  moft  barbaroufly  murthered  him. 

This  Battle  of  Tewksbury  was  fought  May  4,  1471,  and  in  it  the  Earl 
of  Devonshire  T>eing  flain,  there  was  an  End  put  the  Firft  Branch  of  the 
illuftrious  Family  of  Courtenay  in  England:  The  Father  and  three  Sons 
all  fucceffively  Earls  of  Devonjhire,  witheffed,  ikysTruJfel,  with  the  Lofs 
of  their  beft  Blood,  their  true  Affection  to  the  Houfe  of  Lancajlen  Sir 
William  Dugdale  lays,  that  this  laft  Earl  was  buried  at  Tewksbury  as  moft 
likely  he  was. 

As  to  the  great  Eftate  that  did  belong  to  this  Earldom ;  fome  of  the 
Manours  King  Edward  beftowed  upon  one  JoWTLambert,  after  the  Death 
of  Henry  Courtenay;  but  the  Bulk  of  the  Eftate  was  conferred  upon  Hum- 
phry Stafford  of  Southwick  in  Hampjhire,  with  the  Title  of  Earl  of  De- 
von/hire, who  enjoyed  them  but -a.  little  while.  After  his  Death,  King 
Edward  granted  to  the  Lord  Dinham  the  Stewardfhip  of  all  the  Honours 
Caftlcs,  Manours,  and  Boroughs  of  9lympton,  Okehamften,  &c.  And  after 
the  Death  of  John  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  the  King  gave  to  this 
Lord  Dinham  the  Eftates  that  he  did  poffefs ;  and  the  King  granted  to 
Walter  Lord  Montjoy  fome  other  Eftates  .belonging  to  this  Earldom  and 
the  Money  paid  by  the  Sheriff  as  the  third  Penny  of  the  County/ 18/. 
6  s.  %d.  And  in  the  14th  of  Edward  IV.  a  Grant  was  made  to  George 
Duke  of  Clarence  of  the  Manour  of  Samford-Courtenay,  and  other  Lands 
in  Devonjhire;  of  the  Manours  of  Iw erne-Court enay,  and  other  Lands  in 
Dorfetjbire.  It  may  not  be  wholly  befide  the  Matter,  faith  Mr.  Rowe 
to  obferve,  that  the  Failure  of  thofe  Eftates  in  the  Blood  of  the  Patentees 
did  make  Way  for  the  plenary  Reftitution  thereof  which  enfued.  The 
Aft  of  Refumption,  1  Henry  VII.  exprefsly  makes  void  what  Grants  were 
made  by  Edward  IV.  any  way  touching  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire. 


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1426. 
a>  Wm.  Pole. 


I R  H#g£  Courtenay  of  Haccomb  was  younger  Brother  or 
Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  commonly  called 
the  Blind  Earl,  and  youngeft  Son  of  Sir  Edward  Courte- 
nay, fojftiii  Son  of  Hag/j  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonfhirey 
and  Margaret  Bohun,  Grand-daughter  to  Edward  I.  King 
of  England.    John  the  laft  Earl  being  flain,  as  we  have 
feen,  in  the  Battle  of  Tewksbury,  who  was  Great-grand-fon  to  Edward  the 
Blind  Earl,  this  Sir  Hugh  was  the  next  in  Defcent.     Edward  Earl  of  Z)<?- 
vonfhire,  his  Brother,   in  the  firft  Year  of  Henry  V.  gave  unto  him  the 
Manours  of  Gotherington,  Stancom-Dauney,  and  South- Allington,  in  the 
County  of  Devon,  which  came  to  the  Earl  by  his  Mother  Emma,  Daugh- 
ter of  Sir  John  Dauney. 

In  1 8  th  Richard  II.  he  was,  together  with  Sir  T  hi  lip  Courtenay  of 
Towderham,  his  Uncle,  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  Devon.  He  was  Sheriff 
of  Devonjhire  in  the  fixth  Year  of  Henry  V.  and  in  the  fourth  Year  of 
Henry  VI.  he  being  then  amongft  others  a  Guardian  to  'Thomas  Earl  of 
Devonjhire,  then  a  Minor,  paid  Twenty  Shillings  to  Thomas  Brocket,  the 
Sheriff  of  Devonjhire,  as  an  Homage  to  the  King  for  the  Manours  of  Cole- 
comb,  Coliton,  and  Whitford,  with  the  Hundred  of  Coliton,  in  the  County 
of  Devon,  and  for  theManour  of  Crew  kerne  in  the  County  of '  Somerfet. 

He  had  three  Wives;  his  Firft  was  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Sir  William 
Cogan  of  B aunt  on,  and  Widow  of  Sir  Fulk  Fitzwarren;  and  from  his 
living  at  Baunton  he  was  firft  called  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  of  Baunton.  His 
fecond  Wife  was  Thilippa,  Daughter  and  one  of  the  Co-heirs  of  Sir  Warren 
Cysw'iSurvcy  Archdeacon  of  Haccomb,  Knight,  and  by  her  had  one  only  Daughter  na- 
med Joan,  who  was  firft  married  to  Sir  Nicholas  Baron-Carew  of  Mohuns- 
Autrey,  and  in  her  fecond  Marriage  to  Sir  Robert  Vere,  fecond  Son  to 
Richard  Vere,  eleventh  Earl  of  Oxford.  To  Sir  Nicholas  Carew  fhe  bore 
Thomas,  Nicholas^  Hugh,  Alexander,  and  William-,  and  to  Sir  Robert 
Vere,  John,  who  was  Father  of  John,  fifteenth  Earl  of  Oxford',  and  fhe 
became  Widow  to  both.  Her  Mother  being  an  Heirefs,  fhe  had  great  Pof- 
feffions  defcended  to  her ;  and  fhe  did,  from  fbme  great  Difpleafure  taken 
againft  him,  difinherit  her  eldeft  Son,  Sir  Thomas  Carew  of  Mohuns-Autrey, 
of  all  her  Lands,  being  feventeen  Manours,  and  bellowed  them  upon  her 
younger  Sons,  and  fhe  difpofed  of  them  in  this  Manner ;  Haccomb,  Ring- 
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more,  znd  Milton,  fhegaveto  Nicholas;  Lyham,  Manedon,Comb-hdll,  and  Chap.  L 
Southtawton,  to  Hugh  ;  Eaft- Anthony,  Shoggebrok,  and  Landegy,  to  Alex-  WWJ 
under;  Wicheband,  Wadebridge,  Bokeland,  and  Blodenaugh,  to  William ; 
and  laftly,  Rofworthy,  Bofwen,  and  Tregennow,  to  ytfAw.  Thomas  repaired 
this  Lofs  in  part  by  matching  with  one  of  Carmino's  Daughters  and  Heirs. 
From  Nicholas  is  defcended  Carew  of  Haccomb,  who  by  virtue  of  this 
Entail  fucceeded  to  Hugh's  Portion,  he  dying  ifluelefs;  from  Alexander  is 
defcended  Carew  of  Anthony;  from  f Villi  am,  Carew  oiCrocum;  and  from 
John,  Vere  the  late  Earls  of  Oxford. 

In  Haccomb  Church  lyeth  the  Portraiture  of  a  Lady  cut  in  grey  Marble, 
with  a  Book  in  her  left  Hand,  and  her  Right  on  her  Breaft,  whom  I  guefs 
to  be,  fays  Mx.Trince,  either  the  Daughter  and  Heir  of  Sir  Warren  Arch- 
deacon, married  to  Sir  Hugh  Court enay,  Knight,  or  Sir  Hugh  Court enay's  Prince'*  Wm- 
Daughter,  married  to  Sir  Nicholas  Baron-Carew.  At  her  Feet  lyeth  the  tUet- 
Effigies  of  a  Youth  curioufly  cut  in  Alabafter,  and  finely  polifhed,  in  a  Frame 
of  the  fame,  two  Angels  fupporting  his  Pillow,  and  a  Dog  at  his  Feet, 
who  may  be  fu'ppofed  to  be  the  Brother  of  the  laft-mentioned  Lady,  and 
only  Son  of  Sir  Hugh  Conrtenay,  by  Sir  Warren  Archdeacon's  Daughter. 
If  he  had  lived,  he  had  been  not  only  Lord  of  Haccomb,  but  Earl  of 
Devon,  fays  Mr.  Trince ;  but  this  is  a  Miftake ;  for  the  Earldom  was  then 
in  the  elder  Branch ;  and  it  did  not  come  into  this  Branch  'till  a  great 
while  after. 

Sir  Hugh  Courtenay's  laft  Wife  was  Maud  the  Daughter  of  Sir  John 
Beaumont  of  Sherwell  in  Devon/hire :  She  died  July  3,  7  Edward  IV.  by 
whom  he  had  a  Son  named  Hugh,  (who  fucceeded  his  Father  in  his  Eftate) 
and  a  Daughter  named  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  Theobald  Grenvile. 

He  bore  the  Arms  of  Conrtenay  with  Ermines  ufon  the  Label,  with 
3  Toints  for  Dijlinclion. 

The  Arms  of  his  Wife,  Thiliffa  Archdeacon,  were,  Argent,  3  Cheverons 
Sable.  His  Father,  Sir  Edward  Conrtenay,  did  bear  upon  the-  Arms  of 
Conrtenay,  a  Bend  Argent ;  and  his  Mother's,  the  Dauneys,  were,  Argent, 
on  a  Bend  cotiz'd,  Azure,  3  Rofes  Or. 

Chap.    IL  chap,  it 


0Mjj&&&  I R  Hugh  Court  enay,  Son  of  Sir  Hugh  Conrtenay  of  Haccomb, 
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ter,   and  by  Mr.  Carew,  in    his  Survey   of  Cornwall,  Sir 
Hugh  Conrtenay  of  Boconock,  from  the  Place  of  his  Refi- 


;a|^i>.  dence  in  Cornwall  fo  called,  which  was  a  Seat  of  the  Earls  of 
Devonfhire  his  SuccefTors,  and  after  of  the  Mohuns,  defcen- 
ded from  one  of  his  Daughters:  He  was  returned  Knight  of  the, Shire  for 
Cornwall  in  ajjth  Henry  VI.  He  was  returned  again  for  the  fame  County 
in  28  th  Henry  VI. 

In  1 47 1,  11  Edward  IV.  on  Eafier-day  at  Even,  Queen  Margaret,  1471, 
Wife  of  Henry  VI.  and  her  Son  Prince  Edward,  landed  at  Weymouth,  as 
wasfaid  before,  and  went  from  thence  to  an  Abbey  near  called  Cerne;  and  while 
they  were  there,  Edmund  Earl  of  Somerfet,  John  Earl  of  Devonfhire,  and 
many  others,  came  iintc.  them,  and  welcomed  them  into  England,  and  com- 
forted them  in  the  befV.  Manner  they  could.     The  Duke  01  Somerfet  and  the 

Earl 


240  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  II.    Earl  of  Devon/hire,  the  more  to  encourage  the  Weftem  Counties  to  join  ' 
»--^-V-s-i  with  them,  repaired  to  Exeter',  where  they  fent  for  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay 
I47I*     of  Boconock,  and  Sir  John  Arundel,  with  many  others,  in  whom  they  had 
Confidence,  and  they  raifed  the  whole  Power  of  Devon/hire  and  Cornwall, 
and  having  joined  the  Queen,  marched  with  her  to  Tewksbury,  where  was 
fought  a  bloody  Battle,  May  4,  1471.    Edmund Duke  of  Somerfet,  and  Sir 
Hugh  Courtenay,  fays  Stow,  fled  from  Prince  Edward,  and  loft  him  the 
Battle :  But  this  cannot  be,  if  the  former  Relation,  taken  from  the  Corn- 
peat  Hiftory  of  England,  be  true ;  for  there  it  is  faid,  that  the  Duke  of 
Gloucejier,  King  Edward's  Brother,  having  attacked  the  Queen's  Camp, 
was  repulledj  and  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  who  led  the  Vanguard,  feeing  it, 
purfued  the  Duke  of  Gloucejier  too  far,  whereupon  the  Duke  of  Gloucejier 
returned  upon  him,  and  cut  off  moft  of  his  Men ;  but  the  Duke  of  Somerfet 
got  back  to  the  main  Body,  and  was  fo  enraged  with  Lord  Wenlock,  becaufe 
he  did  not  come  to  his  Afliftance,  that  with  an  Ax  he  had  in  his  Hand  he 
knocked  out  his  Brains,  upon  which  there  was  a  Confufion  in  Prince  Ed- 
ward's Army,  and  fo  it  was  in  a  little  Time  put  to  Flight,  and  the  Duke 
of  Somerfet,  with  many  others,  fled  for  San&uary  to  Tewksbury  Church,  and 
in  a  Day  or  two  after  were  taken  out  and  beheaded :  But  whether  Sir  Hugh 
Courtenay  was  in  that  Wing  commanded  by  the  Duke  of  Somerfet,  it  is  not 
faid ;  neither  is  it  known  whether  he  died  in  Battle,  or  was  amongft  thofe 
who  took  Sanctuary  in  the  Church  of  Tewksbury ;  it  is  highly  probable  that 
he  was  killed  at  that  Time,  either  in  the  Field  or  afterwards,  and  was  buried 
in  Tewksbury.    He  had  two  Sons ;  Sir  Edward,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his 
Eftate,  and  was  afterwards  Earl  of  Devonfbire ;  and  Sir  Walter,  and  four 
Daughters,  married  to  four  Cornifh  Gentlemen;    Elizabeth,  married  to 
John  Trethref;  Maud,  to  John  Arundel  of  Tahern  ;  Ifabel,  to  William 
Mohun;  and  Florence,  to  John  Trelawney,  Efquire.    His  Wife  was  Mar- 
garet, Daughter  and  Co-heir  of  Thomas  Carmino. 

The  Family  of  Carmino  is  faid  to  be  one  of  the  molt  ancient  of  the 
County  of  Demon;  and  there  is  a  Tradition,  that  one  of  that  Family  did 
with  his  Men,  amongft  others,  oppofe  the  Landing  of  Julius  Cafar :  But 
the  Family  became  extinft  about  this  Time;  for  there  were  then  only 
two  Daughters  left,  one  of  whom  was  married  to  this  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay, 
and  the  other  to  Sir  Thomas  Carew  of  Mohuns-Autrey. 

The  Arms  of  Carmine  were,  Azure,  on  a  Bend  Or,  a  Label  of  3,  Gules. 


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Chap.  III. 


Chap.    III. 

DWARD  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  De- 
vonjbire,  was  Son  of  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  of  Boconock :  He 
was  reftored  to  the  Earldom  of  Devonfbire,  and  to  the  Eftates 
thereunto  belonging,  by  King  Henry  VII.  prefently  after  the 
Fight  of  Bofworth-Field,  being  very  inftrumental  in  bring- 
ing of  him  to  the  Throne. 

Richard  III.  having  murdered  his  Nephew  Edward  V.  and  ufurped 
the  Crown,  was  generally  hated  by  the  People,  and  there  were  a  great 
many  Confpiracies  againft  him :  And  amongft  others,  Henry  Stafford,  Duke 
of  Buckingham,  who  had  been  King  Richard's  great  Friend,  upon  the 

Account 


Part  III.    Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  If.  241 

Account  of  fome  private  Grudge,  entered  into  a  Confpiracy  againft  him,  Chap.  lit. 
intending  to  bring  into  the  Land  Henry  Earl  of  Riclmond,  as  Heir  to  the  v»/*"V^W 
Crown  ;  and  with  him  confpired  Sir  Edward  Courtenay ',  (afterwards  Earl 
of  Devonjhire)  Sir  Walter  Courtenay  his  Brother,  Teter  Courtenay,  Bi- 
fhop of  Exeter,  (who  was  not  Brother  to  Sir  Edward,  as  moft  Hiftorians 
do  fay,  but  Son  of  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  of  Towderham)  and  many  other 
Wellern  Gentlemen.  The  Duke  raifed  fome  Forces  in  Wales,  and  with 
them  marched  through  the  Foreft  of  Dean,  intending  to  have  palled  the 
River  Severn  at  Gloucester,  and  then  to  have  joined  his  Army  with  the 
Forces  that  the  Courtenays  had  raifed ;  which  if  he  had  done,  the  Hiftorian 
lays,  King  Richard's  Reign  would  not  have  been  fo  long  by  a  Year :  But 
there  fell  a  great  Deal  of  Rain,  and  the  Waters  of  the  Severn  were  fo 
fwelled,  that  the  Duke  was  not  able  to  get  over,  and  the  Flood  continued 
for  fome  Time  ;  fo  that  his  Soldiers  deferted  from  him  by  Degrees,  'till  at 
laft  the  Duke  had  none  left  about  him  but  his  domeftick  Servants,  and  he 
was  forced  to  fly  for  his  Life,*  and  to  hide  himfelf ;  but  he  was  betrayed  by 
one  of  his  Servants  and  taken,  and  afterwards  beheaded  upon  the  Market- 
place in  Salisbury,  the  ad  of  November,  1483.  1483. 

When  this  was  known  to  his  Confederates  in  the  Weft,  every  Man  fhifted 
for  himfelf  and  fled  ;  fome  of  them  failed  into  Britany,  where  the  Earl  of 
Richmond  then  was;  amongft  whom  were  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  Teter 
Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  and  Sir  Walter  Courtenay.  And  Mr.  Carew, 
in  his  Survey  of  Cornwall,  fays,  "  So  much  were  the  Devon/hire  and  Cor- 
"  nifhmen  devoted  to  the  Name  of  Courtenay,  that  they  readily  followed 
a  them  when  they  endeavoured  to  afiift  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  in  his 
"  Revolt  againft  King  Richard. "  After  the  Courtenays,  with  fome  other 
Weftern  Gentlemen,  had  fled  into  Britany,  King  Richard  went  to  Exeter, 
and  he  found  that  the  Gentlemen  of  thofe  Parts  were  almoft  all  concerned 
in  the  Confpiracy  to  depofe  him ;  wherefore  he  fent  down  John  Lord 
Scroop  with  a  Commiifion  to  keep  a  Seffions,  who  fat  at  Torrington,  and 
there  were  indi&ed  of  High  Treafon,  Thomas  Marquefs  of  Dorfet,  Teter 
Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  Walter  Courtenay 
his  Brother,  and  others,  to  the  Number  of  Five  Hundred,  all  which  fhifted 
for  themfelves  and  fled,  as  was  faid,  fome  into  Britany,  and  fome  elfe- 
whejre ;  all  which  were  outlawed  ;  but  Sir  Thomas  St.  Leger,  who  married 
King  Richard's  own  Sifter,  and  Thomas  Rame,  Efquire,  were  taken  and  be- 
headed at  Exeter. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  next  Year,  1484,  there  was  a  Parliament  called,     1484, 
and  the  Earl  of  Richmond  and  his  Followers,  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  and 
Teter  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  amongft  the  reft  were  attainted. 

And  whilft  the  Earl  of  Richmond  was  in  Britany,  King  Richard  fent 
over  Ambaffadors,  with  Orders  to  apply  themfelves  to  Teter  Landeife,  the 
Duke  of  Britany's  Chief  Minifter  and  Favourite,  and  to  tempt  him  with 
the  Promife  of  a  large  Sum  of  Money  to  betray  the  Earl  into  their  Hands : 
Landeife  hearkened  to  the  Propofals  made  by  King  Richard's  Ambaffadors, 
and  promifcd  to  deliver  the  Earl  of  Richmond  into  their  Hands ;  but  the 
Earl  having  Notice  of  it,  efcaped  in  Difguife  with  his  principal  Officers  into 
the  French  King's  Dominions.  Landeife  intended  in  a  Day  or  two  after  to 
feize  him,  and  when  he  miffed  him,  he  fent  Couriers  into  all  Parts  of  the 
Dutchy  in  Search  of  him  :  He  was  fcarce  got  into  the  French  Territories, 
when  one  of  the  Parties  that  was  fent  out  after  him  came  within  an  Hour's 
Riding  of  him ;  but  the  Earl  had  prevented  Landeife's  Treachery,  who  • 
a&ed  without  his  Matter's  Privity,  the  Duke  of  Britany  being  at  that 
Time  dangcroufly  ill,  and  leaving  all  Things  to  his  Management.  The 
P  p  p  Eaglijb 


242  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  III.  Englijh  Refugees  that  remained  in  Britany  expected  all  to  be  deliver'd  up 
%*J~>T^  to  the  Fury  of  King  Richard,  when  they  heard  of  the  Earl's  Efcape,  and 
1484.  the  Reafons  of  it ;  and  had  not  the  Duke  of  Britany  recovered,  and  took 
on  him  the  Adminiftration  of  Affairs,  Landeife  would  have  feizcd  them, 
and  yielded  them  up  to  the  Ufurper's  AmbafTadors.  The  Duke  inquiring  into 
theCaufe  of  the  Earl's  Flight,  was  much  difpleafed,  and  fent  for  Sir  Edward 
Woodvill  and  Captain  Poynings,  to  whom  he  excufed  the  Treachery  of  his 
Minifter,  and  gave  them  a  confiderable  Sum  of  Money  to  conduct  them, 
with  the  Englijh  that  were  at  Vannes,  throngh  Britany  into  France  to 
their  Matter  the  Earl  of  Richmond.  The  Earl  went  to  Loinges  on  the  Loire, 
where  Charles  the  French  King  kept  his  Court,  and  from  thence  accompa- 
nied him  to  Montargis.  King  Charles  entertained  him  and  his  Company 
Very  magnificently  •  but  was  not  very  forward  to  lend  him  any  Afliltance. 
While  the  Earl  was  in  the  French  Court,  John  Earl  of  Oxford  came 
to  him,  with  James  Blunt,  Captain  of  the  Caftle  of  Hammes,  in  which 
the  Lord  Oxford  had  been  confined  fevera^  Years.  The  Coming  of  the 
Earl  of  Oxford  animated  afrefh  the  Earl  of  Richmond  and  his  Friends, 
whofe  Spirits  began  to  link,  feeing  the  little  Hopes  they  had  of  Help  in 
•  France,  and  now  their  Company  increafed  daily.  The  Marquefs  of  Dor- 
fet  fearing  the  Earl  would  not  fucceed  in  his  Enterprize,  left  the  Earl 
and  ftole  away  from  Paris  by  Night ;  but  the  Earl  having  got  Leave  of 
the  French  King  to  feize  him,  fent  Meffengers  every  Way  in  Search  of 
him,  and  at  length  got  him  back  again :  By  the  Marquefs's  Dilpofition  to 
leave  him,  the  Earl  began  to  fear,  that  if  he  delayed  his  Expedition  to 
England  any  longer,  many  more  of  his  Friends  might  grow  cool  in  their 
Zeal  for  him;  (b  he  earnestly  follicited  the  French  King  for  Aid,  defiring  fb 
fmall  a  Supply  of  Men  and  Money,  that  King  Charles  could  not  in  Ho- 
nour refufe  him ;  yet  for  what  he  lent  him  he  would  have  Hoftages  that 
Satisfaction  fhould  be  made.  The  Earl  made  no  Scruple  of  that ;  fo  leav- 
ing the  Marquefs  of  Dorfet,  whom  he  {till  miftrufted,  and  Sir  John  Bour- 
chier  as  his  Pledges,  at  'Paris,  he  departed  for  Roan,  where  the  few  Men 
.  that  the  French  King  had  lent  him,  and  all  the  Englijh  that  followed  his 
Fortunes  rendezvoufed  :  Whilft  he  was  there,  the  Earl  received  a  MefTen- 
ger  out  of  England,  who  brought  him  Advice,  that  fbme  Gentlemen  in 
Wales,  of  great  Power,  had  made  great  Preparations  to  affift  him ;  and  £hat 
Reginald  Bray  had  collected  large  Sums  of  Money  to  pay  his  Troops,  and 
earneftly  entreated  him  to  haften  his  Voyage,  and  direct  his  Courfe  to 
Wales.  The  Earl  rejoycing  at  this  good  News,  ordered  all  his  Forces  to 
embark  and  fail  for  Barfiew  in  Normandy :  They  were  about  Two  Thou- 
sand Men  in  a  few  Ships,  juft  enough  to  tranfport  them.  After  feven 
Days  fail  the  Earl  arrived  in  the  Harbour  of  Milford;  with  him  came 
over  Jafper  Earl  of  Pembroke  his  Uncle,  the  Earl  of  Oxford,  Peter  Cour- 
tenay,  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  Sir  Edward  Court enay,  with  feveral  other  Weft- 
ern  Gentlemen,  that  had  fled  away  upon  the  Difafter  of  the  Duke  of 
Buckingham  :  They  landed  the  6th  of  Auguft,  and  a  great  many  Noble- 
men with  their  Retinues  immediately  reforted  to  them  •  and  then  the  Earl 
marched  againft  King  Richard,  his  Forces  encreafing  as  he  went;  and  he 
met  him  at  a  Village  called  Bofworth  near  Leicester,  where  there  was  a 
fharp  Battle  between  them  :  In  the- End  King  Richard  with  a  great  many 
of  his  Men  were  flain,  and  the  Earl  of  Richmond obtained  a  great  Viclory ; 
and  immediately  the  Lord  Stanley  crowned  him  in  the  Field  with  the 
Crown  that  was  taken  off  King  Richard's  Head. 

After  King  Henry  came  to  London,  he  dined  in  the  Eve  of  St.  Simon 
and  J 'tide  with  Thomas  Bourchier,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  at  Lambeth, 

and 


Part  III.     Noble  Family  0/ Courtenay.     Book  II.   24  j 

and  from  thence  went  by  Land  over  the  Bridge  to  the  Tower,  where  the  Chap.  III. 
next  Day  he  made  Twelve  Knights  Bannerets ;  but  for  Creations  he  dif-  \-^v~v^ 
pofed  of  them  with  a  fparing  Hand,  lays  the  Lord  Bacon;  for  notwith-  Lw^ac°n- 
ftanding  .a  Field  fo  lately  fought,  and  ^  Coronation  fo  near  at  Hand,  he 
only  created  three  Peers;  J  after  Earl  of  Pembroke,  the  King's  Uncle,  was 
created  Duke  of  Bedford;  'Thomas  Lord  Stanley,  the  King's  Father-in- 
law,  was  created  Earl  of  Derby,  and  Sir  Edward  Court enay  was  created 
Earl  of  Devon.  In  the  Creation  of  Edward  Court  enay,  after  the  Claufes 
of  Creation  and  Inveftiture,  very  many  Caftles,  Manours,  and  Hundreds 
are  named  that  were  given  him;  fo  fays  Mr.  Selden:  And  Sir  Willi  am  Dug-  Sir  Wjijiira 
dale  tells  us  what  they  were :  He  fays,  that  King  Henry  VII.  did  not  on-  DuS<^. 
ly  advance  Sir  Edward  Courtenay  unto  the  Title  of  Earl  of  Devon,  as  by 
his  Letters  Patents,  bearing  Date  the  a<Sth  of  October,  1485,  appeareth;  1485. 
but  upon  the  fame  Day,  by  other  Letters  Patents,  gave  him  the  Ho- 
nour*, Boroughs,  and  Manours  of  Tlymfton,  Okehampon,  the  Caftle  and 
Manour  of  Tiverton,  the  Manours  of  Sampford-Courtenay,  Cbaverleigh, 
Cornwood,  Norton-Darner  el,  Tofifbam,  Ex-1/land,  Kenn,  Exminjier,  Chi- 
ton, Whitford,  Whim^le,  AHesbear,  Raylesford,  Musbury  and  Chymleigh ; 
as  alio  the  Hundreds  of  Tlynfton,  Tiverton,  Coliton,  Weft-Budleigh,  Eaft- 
Budleigh,  Exminjier,  Harridge,  and  JVoneford;  with  the  Advowfbns  of 
the  Churches  of  Affington,  Kenn,  Throughley,  Milton-Damarel,  and  All- 
Saints in  the  City  of  Exeter;  with  the  Advowfons  of  the  Prebends  of 
CHJl-hays,  Cutton,  and  Kerfwill,  in  the  Chapel  of  our  Lady  in  the  Caftle 
of  the  City  of  Exon;  alfo  6f  the  Chauntry  of  Sticklefath,  with  free-Fifh- 
ing  in  the  River  of  Ex,  and  three  Mills  in  Ex-JJlan2,  all  in  the  County 
of  Devon;  likewife  the  Manour  of  JVabington'm  Bedford/hire;  the  Manours 
of  Shebroke,  iVeft-t auton,  Landulp,  North-bill,  Torth-loe,  Torth-pigkam, 
Leigh-durant,  Land-re  fan,  Trelowyn,  Trevervyn-Conrtenay,  Tregamore, 
and  Tregulan ;  as  alfo  the  Borough  of  Croft-hole  and  Torth-pgbam,  with 
the  Advowfons  of  the  Churches  of  Cheviock,  Landulp,  and  North-hill,,  and 
Free  Chapel  of  Lamana  in  Cornwall ;  all  which  were  Part  of  the  Poffef- 
fions  of  Thomas  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon,  Son  of  Thomas  Courtenay,  Earl 
of  Devon.  And  in  March  following,  King  Henry  conftituted  him  Go- 
vernour  of  Kefterwell  in  Cornwall,  and  fome  Time  after  made  him  one 
of  the  Knights  of  the  meft  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter.  He  was  in  all  the 
Parliaments  in  the  Reign  of  Henry  VII. 

This  Edward  Earl  of  Devonpire  was  in  the  Expedition  made  into  Lord  Bacon. 
France  by  King  Henry  in  the  7th  Year  of  his  Reign,  1401.  The  King  145)1. 
being  refblved  upon  a  War  with  France,  had  gathered  together  a  great 
and  puiffant  Army  into  the  City  of  London,  in  which  were  Thomas  Mar- 
quefs  of  Dorfet,  Thomas  Earl  of  Arundel,  Edward  Earl  of  Devonpire, 
with  many  more  Earls,  Barons,  and- Knights,  the  Army  amounting  in  the 
whole  to  Twenty  Five  Thoufand  Foot  and  Sixteen  Hundred  Horie. 

The  6th  of  October  the  King  embarqued  at  Sandwich,  and  the  fame 
Day  landed  at  Calais,  which  was  the  Rendezvous  where  all  his  Forces 
were  to  meet;  and  on  the  15th  he  removed  from  •  Calais,  and  in  four 
Days  March  fat  down  before  Bulloigne ;  and  whilft  the  Siege  was  carrying 
on,  a  Peace  was  concluded  by  Commiffioners  appointed  for  that  Purpofe, 
and  the  Peace  was  to  laft  for  the  King's  Life,  and  all  Things  were  to  re- 
main as  they  were,  fave  that  there  fiiould  be  given  to  the  King  Seven 
Hundred  Forty  Five  Thoufand  Ducats  at  prefent  for  his  Charges  in  that 
Journey,  and  Twenty  Five  Thoufand  Crowns  to  be  paid  yearly  ;  and  fb 
the  King  got  Money  by  his  Expedition  :  But  this  Peace  gave  great  Dif- 
content  to  the  Nobility  and  principal  Perfons  of  the  Army,  who  had  many 


244  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  III.  of  them  fold,  or  engaged  their  Eftates  in  hopes  of  the  War,  but   were 
v^-v^w    forced  to  return  home  again  without  doing  any  thing. 

1407.  In  the  Year  1497,  13  Henry  VII.  Per  kin  Warbeckhndcd  in  Cornwall, 
and  went  to  Bodmyn,  where  being  accompanied  with  Three  or  Four  Thou- 
fand  Men,  he  proclaimed  himfelf  King  Richard  IV.  From  thence  he  went 
to  Exeter,  and  beileged  it.  The  King  hearing  of  it,  prepared  his  Army 
with  as  much  Speed  as  poflible,  and  lent  the  Lord  Daubenie  before  with 
certain  Troops  of  Light  Horfe,  to  give  Notice  of  his  coming.  But  in  the 
mean  Time,  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  the  valiant  Lord 
William  his  Son,  accompanied  with  Sir  Willi  am  Court  enay  of 'Powder  ham. 
Sir  Edmund  Carew,  Sir  Thomas  Trenchard,  Sir  Thomas  Fulford,  Sir  John 
Hallewell,  Sir  John  Crocker,  Walter  Courtenay,  'Peter  Edgcombe,  William 
St.  Maur,  with  all  Speed  came  to  the  City  of  Exeter,  and  helped  the  Ci- 
tizens ;  and  in  the  laft  Aflault  was  the  Earl  hurt  in  the  Arm  with  an  Ar- 
row, and  fo  were  many  of  his  Company  hurt,  but  very  few  were  flain. 

When  Per  kin  faw  he  could  not  win  the  City  of  Exeter,  feeing  it  was 
fo  well  fortified  with  Men  and  Ammunition,  he  departed  thence,  and  went 
to  Taunton ;  from  thence  he  fled  to  Bewdley,  where  he  took  Sancfuary, 
and  was  after  taken  and  pardoned  his  Life  j  but  being  in  a  Plot  afterward, 
he  was  hanged. 

The  King  went  forward  in  his  Journey,  and  made  a  joyful  Entrance  in- 
to Exeter,  where  he  gave  the  Citizens  great  Commendations  and  Thanks ; 
and  taking  the  Sword  he  wore  from  his  Side,  he  gave  it  to  the  Mayor, 
and  commanded  that  it  Ihould  be  for  ever  carried  before  him. 

This  Edward  Earl  of  Devonjhire  married  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Sir 
Philip  Courtenay  of  Molland,  (Sir  Peter  Ball  faith,  me  was  Daughter  of 
Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Powderham)  and  had  by  her  William  Courtenayy 
his  Son  and  Heir,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his  Honour  and  Eftate. 

SK*ufcftiis      This  Ear*  ma(3e  his  Will>  Mty  a7>  I  Henry  VIII.  1509  :  "  And  I  found 

'     \7oo     "  'xt  Prove4  anc*  regiftercd  (faith  Sir  Peter  Ball)  in  the  Prerogative-Office 

-       "*    "  of  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury ',  and  he  defired  thereby  to  be  buried 

"  in  the  Chapel  of  Tiverton  near  his  Lady :  And  he  ordered  that  all  thofe 

,0  9       .  ^2—        "  Perfons  that  ftand  feifed  to  his  Ufe  of  any  of  his  Lands,  (except  thofe 

a/.  *u  Ut**rjf«*         a  parcelg  of  the  Earldom  of  Devon   mail  be  feifed  of  it  to  the  Ufe  of  his 

(Zbfrt*£*  Pd*  fijf ;         a  Executors,  for  Years,  for  aoo  Marks  per  Annum ;  100  Marks  thereof 

0%O  fF$L4tn*t-C.?£  "  mall  be  for  the  Exhibitionof  Sir  WUJJML£swt£n&y->  Knight,  my  Son, 

fojPjv  T"  a  faith  he,  *till  his  Age  of  One  and  Twenty  Years ;  and  the  other  twenty 

Q \y/t%r - /-'  «  Marks  in  maintaining  Margaret  Courtenay,  Sifter  to  the  &id  Henry  $ 

y-^r        £     /  "  and  after  that  they  fhall  ftand  feifed  to  the  Ufe  of  my  faid  Son  Sir  Wil- 

A  y  ni4ty  <*<*P'/'**jr  «  nam  Courtenay,  under  Condition,  that  he  obtain  the  King's  Grace  and 

vfyf  "  Pardon,  and  be  at  his  Liberty ;  and  after  that,  as  long  as  he  doth  obferve 

"  and  keep  the  due  Allegiance  to  the  King  our  Sovereign  Lord,  and  to  his 

"  Heirs,  Kings  of  England,  for  his  Life ;  and  after  to  Henry  his  Son  in 

"  Tail ;  and  after  to  Margaret  in  Tail ;  and  after  to  the  Heirs  of  the  Bo- 

•p       a  "  dies  cf  my  Sifters,  Elizabeth,  Maud,  Isabel,  and  Florence ;  and  after  to 

A   Qrt*  —  «^y  *j7(£u>Vf  "  their  right  Heirs.^  He  gave  4  /.  per  Annum  Land  for  the  Founding  a 

/£ast4C&/6  <r~i      "  Chauntry  in  the  Chapel  where  he  was  buried. 

rtVf£yv?&lsf  /><W&1         The  Arms  of  this  Earl  were  as  the  former,  viz.  3  Torteanx  in  a  Field 
£  Or,  with  a  Label  of  3  Points  Azure  in  chief. 


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Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  II.  245 


Chap.    IV.  chap,  iv. 

1LLIAM  Courtenay, fuft.  Earl  of  Devonjhire  of  that  Name, 
was  Son  of  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  and  E- 
lizabeth  Daughter  of  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Molland: 
He  married  Catherine,  the  feventh  and  youngeft  Daughter 
of  King  Edward TV.  His  marrying  into  the  Royal  Fcmily 
was  very  unfortunate  to  him,  as  it  has  been  to  moft  others ;  for  he  was  kept       * 
in  Prilbn  feveral  Years  by  King  Henry  VII.  His  Son  was  beheaded  by  King 
Henry  VIII.  and  -his  Grand-fon  was  kept  in  Prifon  almoft  all  Days  of  his 
Life.     This  William  Earl  of  Devonjhire  was  made  Knight  of  the  Bath  S/VWm.Pole. 
at  the  Coronation  of  Henry  VII.  and  in  the  Year  1497,  13  Henry  VII.     1407. 
was  with  his  Father  the  Earl  of  Devonpire  in  Exeter,  when  that  City 
was  befieged  by  'Per kin  War  beck,  where  he  behaved  himielf  valiantly. 

In  the  Year  1502,  17  Henry  VII.  Edmund  de  la  'Poole,  Earl  of  Suffolk,  1502, 
Son  to  John  Duke  of  Suffolk,  and  Lady  Elizabeth,  eldeft  Sifter  to  King 
Edward  IV.  and  Brother  to  John  Earl  of  Lincoln,  who  headed  a  Rebel- 
lion againft  King. Henry  VII.  and  was  flain  at  Stockfield,  was  indicted  for 
Murder  for  killing  a  mean  Perlbn  in  his  Rage ;  and  although  the  King  par- 
doned him,  when  he  might  have  juftly  put  him  to  Death,  yet  becaufe  he 
was  brought  to  the  Bar  and  arraigned,  he  was  fb  difpleafed,  that  he  fled 
into  Flanders  to  his  Aunt  the  Lady  Margaret,  Dutchefs  of  Burgundy. 
The  King  not  being  made  privy  to  his  going  away,  and  not  knowing 
his  Defign,  fent  over  Sir  Robert  Curfon  to  find  out  if  he  could  what  was 
defigned  by  the  Dutchefs  of  Burgundy,  and  the  Earl  of  Suffolk  her  Cou- 
fin :  In  fhort,  the  King  by  his  Means,  and  by  other  diligent  Search,  dis- 
covered fome  that  were  contriving  of  Mifchief  againft  him,,  and  others  that 
did  bear  no  fincere  Affection  towards  his  Perfon,  and  he  could  readily  name 
them ;  lb  that  there  were  a  great  many  taken  up,  and  amongft  them 
Willi  am  Lord  Courtenay,  Son  to  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  Lord  William 
de  la  'Poole,  Brother  to  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  Sir  James  Tyrrel,  and  Sir 
John  Wyndham.  William  Lord  Courtenay,  and  Lord  William  de  la  Poole, 
were  taken  up  only  upon  Sufpicion,  becaufe  they  were  near  a-kin  to  the 
Confpirator,  and  not  becaufe  there  was  any  Thing  proved  againft  them: 
But  Sir  John  Tyrrel  and  Sir  John  Wyndham  were  attainted  ofHigh-Trea- 
fon,  May  6,  and  were  beheaded  on  Tower-Hill;  but  the  Lord  William 
Courtenay  was  kept  Prifoner  all  the  remaining  Time  of  the  Reign  of  King 
Henry-VIL  for  that  King,  fays  Lord  Bacon,  did  refolve  to  deprefs  all  the 
chief  Peribns  of  the  Line  of  fork. 

In  the  Year  1509,  Edward  Earl  of  Devonjloire  dying,  the  Lord  Wil-     ijoo. 
Ham  Courtenay  became  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  and  was  let  at  Liberty  by 
King  Henry  VIII.  as  loon  as  he  came  to  the  Throne,  which  was  that  Year ; 
^nd  he  was  in  great  Favour  and  Efteem  with  that  King  as  long  as  he  lived ; 
but  if  he  had  lived  longer,  he  might  have  been  ferved  by  him  as  his  Son 
the  Marquefs  of  Exeter  was.    On  New-Tears's  Day,  in  the  Year  1500-10, 
the  Queen  was  delivered  of  a  Prince,  whofe  God-fathers  at  the  Font  were       s"* 
the  Arch-bifhop  of  Canterbury  and  the  Earl  of  Surrey,  and  the  Lady  Ca- 
therine, Countefs  of  Devon,  God-mother  :  His  Name  was  Henry;  but  the 
Child  did  not  live  to  the  latter  End  of  the  next  Month.     The  Queen  being    Ha!] 
churched,  the  King  and  She  removed  from  Richmond  to  We(lminfier,  where 
there  was  Preparation  made  for  folemn  Jufts  in  Honour  of  the  Queen  :  The 
King  was  one,  and  with  him  three  Aids;   the  King  was  called  Cceur  Lot  at, 
Qj\  <\  and 


246  Part  III.    TlieGenealogicalHifloryofthe    Book  II- 

Chap.  IV.  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  Bon  Voloire,  Sir  'Thomas  Nevet,  Bon  EJfoire,  Sir 
>-^""V^-'  Edward  Nevil,  Valiant  Defire;  and  their  Names  were  put  in  a  fine  Table, 
and  the  Table  was  hung  on  a  Tree  cufioufly  wrought,  and  they  were  called 
Les  Chevaliers  de  la  Foreft  Salvigne>  and  they  were  to  run  at  the  Tilt 
with  all  Comers. 
15  io.  On  the  ill  Day  of  May,  15 10,  2,  Henry  VIII.  the  King,  accompanied 
with  a  great  many  valiant  Nobles,  rode  upon  managed  Horfes  to  the  Wood 
to  fetch  May,  where  he  and  three  others,  viz.  Sir  Edward  Howard, 
Charles  Brandon,  and  Edward  Nevil,  which  were  Challengers,  fhifted 
themfelves,  and  did  put  on  Coats  of  green  Sattin,  guarded  with  crimfon 
Velvet  j  and  on  the  other  Side  were  the  Earls  of  Effex  and  Devonshire, 
the  Marquefs  of  Dorset,  and  the  Lord  Howard,  and  they  were  all  in  crim- 
fon  Sattin,  guarded  with  a  pounced  Guard  of  green  Velvet.  On  the  third 
Day  the  Queen  made  a  great  Banquet  for  the  King  and  thofe  who  had 
jufted,  and  after  the  Banquet  fhe  gave  the  Chief  Prize  to  the  King,  the  Se- 
cond to  the  Earl  of  Effex,  the  Third  to  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  the 
Fourth  to  the  Marquefs  of  Dorfet :  Then  the  Heralds  cried  aloud,  My 
Lords,  For  your  noble  Feats  in  Arms^  God  fend  you  the  Love  of  the  Ladies 
whom  you  moft  admire. 
151 1.  In  the  Year  151 1,  3  Hmry  Vllt.  William  Earl  of  Devon  was  feized 
Poly dore  with  a  Pleurify  Fever,  which  Diftemper,  as  Tolydore  Virgil  fays,  was  rare 
VirglL  in  England  at  that  Time,  and  therefore  unknown  to  the  Phy ficians  5  and 
through  their  Unskilfullnefs,  he  fays,  the  Earl  died :  He  fays  of  him,  that 
he  was  a  Man  of  great  Nobility,  in  great  Efteem,  and  of  great  Virtue.  He 
died  at  Greenwich,  June  0,  151 1.  And  although  he  had  the  King's  Let- 
ters Patents  of  the  Earldom  of  Devonfiire  pafTed  fbme  Weeks  and  odd 
Days  before  his  Death,  yet  fo  neceflary  was  a  Creation  at  that  Time  ac- 
Sandford.  counted,  fays  Sandford,  that  he  could  not  be  buried  in  the  Quality  of  an 
Earl  for  Want  thereof,  'till  the  King,  for  fuch  Favour  that  he  bore  him, 
which  are  the  Words  of  the  Memorandum,  would  have  him  be  buried  as  an 
Earl,  and  by  the  Advice  of  his  Council  commanded  that  he  fhould  be  called 
by  that  Title :  His  Body  was  embalmed  in  the  King's  Court  at  Greenwich, 
and  lay  in  State  in  his  Chamber  'till  Thurfday  the  1  ath  Day  of  the  fame 
Month,  when  in  the  Afternoon,  being  accompanied  with  a  great  many 
Perfons  of  Diftin&ion,  it  was  conveyed  by  Barge  to  'Paul's  Wharf,  where 
attended  feveral  Gentlemen,  and  the  four  Orders  of  Fryers,  who  carried 
thole  Trophies  that  were  due  to  his  Degree,  the  Marquefs  of  Dorfet  being 
principal  Mourner,  the  Offertory  and  Mafs  being  finifhed,  he  was  buried 
by  a  Bifhop  in  T  aid's  Church,  on  the  South  Side  of  the  High  Altar,  leav- 
ing his  Lady  one  of  his  feven  Executors,  who  out-living  him  about  fix- 
teen  Years,  departed  this  Life  at  her  Manour  of  Tiverton  in  Devonjhire, 
1527.  November  15^  1527,  10  Henry  VIII.  at  Three  in  the  Afternoon.  Her 
Body  was  embalmed,  cered,  leaded,  and  covered  with  a  Pall  of  black  Vel- 
vet, with  a  Crofs  of  white  Sattin,  and  upon  that  another  Pall  of  Cloth 
of  Gold,  with  a  white  Crofs  of  filver  TifTue,  garniihed  with  fix  Efcutche- 
ons  of  her  Arms,  and  was  attended  Day  and  Night  'till  Monday,  Decem- 
ber a,  when  with  a  formal  Proceeding  it  was  brought  to  the  Pariih-Church 
of  Tiverton,  under  a  Canopy  of  black  Velvet,  borne  by  fix  Efquires,  at 
each  Corner  whereof  a  Banner  of  a  Saint  was  borne  by  fo  many  Efquires, 
viz.  of  the  Trinity,  Our  Lady,  St.  Edward,  and  St.  Catherine.  The 
Bearers  were  all  in  black  Gowns  and  Hoods ;  eight  Bannercls  were  car- 
ried by  eight  Gentlemen,  four  on  the  one  Side,  and  four  on  the  other. 
The  chief  Mourner  was  the  Lady  Carew,  af lifted  by  Sir  Tiers  Edge  om  be', 
her  Train  was  borne  up  by  a  Gentleman  followed  by  fix  Gentlewomen ; 

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Part  III.       Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  II.  247 

The  next  Day,  the  Company  being  again  come  into  the  Church,  the  Mais  Chap.  IV. 
of  Requiem  fung,  and  the  Offertory  being  performed,  Doctor  Sarjley  made  ^S  ^"N-« 
a  good  Sermon  upon  this  Text,  Mams  Domini  tetigit  me,  The  Hand  of    1i27° 
the  Lord  hath  touched  me;  which  done,  and  Divine  Service  ended,  and 
the  Lord  Suffragan  with  all  the  Abbots  and  Prelates  in  their  Pontificali- 
bus,  having  performed  the  Office  of  Burial,  the  Body  was  let  down  into 
a  Vault  under  the  Hearfe,  at  which  Time  the  Officers  broke  their  Staffs, 
and  the  whole  Company  went  to  the  Caftle  of  Tiverton  to  Dinner :  In 
Memory  of  which  noble  Lady,  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  her  Son,  caufed  a 
Chapel,  and  in  it  her  Tomb  with  her  Effigies  upon  it,  to  be  erected  by 
the  Side  of  the  High  Altar  of  the  raid  Church. 

The  Seal  of  this  Lady,  Catherine  Countels  of  Devon/hire,  is  delineated 
in  Samford's  Genealogical  Hiftory,  upon  which  arc  the  Arms  of  her  Hus- 
band, William  Courtenay ',  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  viz.  Quarterly,  Or,  3  Tor- 
teaux  Gules ;  and  Or,  a  Lyon  rampant  Azure,  by  the  Name  of  de  Ri- 
pariis  or  Redvers;  the  Third  as  the  Second ;  the  Fourth  as  the  Firft, 
impaling  Quarterly  of  4  Tieces ;  the  Firft,  France  and  England ;  Secondly, 
Or,  a  Crofs  Gules,  for  Ulfter ;  the  Third  as  the  Second ;  the  Fourth,  Mor- 
timer :  The  Arms  fupported  on  the  right  Side  with  a  Dolphin,  and  on  the 
left  with  the  Iyon  of  March:  Upon  the  Top  of  the  Elcutcheon  appears 
a  Demy-Rofe  within  the  Rays  of  the  Sun :  The  Seal  is  circumfcribed  with 
thefe  Words,  Catherina  Comitifa  Devon,  Filia  Soror,  &  Amita  Regum-y 
Catherine  Countcfs  of  Devon,  Daughter,  Sifter,  and  Aunt  of  Kings.  The 
Indenture  to  which  this  Seal  is  annexed,  is  dated  upon  24  October,  in  the 
6th  Of  Henry  VIII.  The  faid  Quarterings  of  this  Countefs  Catherine  are 
impaled  in  a  Glafs- Window  in  Tiverton  Church  in  the  County  of  Devon  ^ 
With  thofe  of  her  Husband,  being  Or,  3  Torteaux,  a  File  of  as  many 
^Points  Azure. 

This  Lady  Catherine,  Daughter  of  Edward  IV.  had  by  her  Husband, 
William  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon '/hire,  one  Son  named  Henry,  who  was 
after  his  Father  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  afterward  Marquefs  of  Exeter^ 
and  one  Daughter  named  Margaret,  who  was  choaked  with  a  Bone  of  a 
Fifh,  and  died  at  Colecomb  very  young ;  and  there  is  a  Monument  of  an 
antique  Figure  ftill  remaining  for  her  in  the  Pariftv-Church  of  Coliton,  where 
her  Effigies  is  put  at  full  Length,  in  a  Nich  of  the  North  Wall,  with  the 
Effigies  of  an  Angel  at  her  Head  and  another  at  her  Feet,  and  over  are, 
1.  The  Arms  of  Courtenay  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  England;  2.  The 
Arms  of  Courtenay  by  themfelves ;  3.  The  Arms  of  England  by  them- 
felves ;  and  the  He  where  this  Monument  is  placed  is  called  Choke-bone 
He  to  this  Day; 

Amongft  fome  ancient  Evidences  belonging  to  this  Family,  there  re- 
mains extant  a  Deed  under  the  Hand  and  Seal  of  this  Catherine  Countels 
of  Devon,  dated  3  Henry  VlII.  and  figned  Cath.  Devon/hire :  It  is  di- 
rected To  our  trujiy  and  well-beloved  CouncellourSi  Lewis  Pollard,  the 
King's  Serjeant  at  Law,  John  Rowc,  Serjeant  at  Law,  Sir  John  Arun- 
del, Knight,  Steward  of  our  Lands;  and  in  it  fhe  enables  and  directs 
them,  to  enquire  and  alcertain  what  was  due  for  Aid  purfile  Marier;  ex- 
prefllng,  that  Margaret  her  Daughter  was  then  above  Thirteen  Years  old, 
and  that  by  the  Grace  of  G  O  D  fhe  intended  to  purvey  for  her  a  conve- 
nient Marriage. 

In  the  Year  15:17,  there  was  an  Inquifition  taken  at  Exon  before  the  Kuc'sMemo- 
Mayor  there,  after  the  Death  of  this  Lady  Catherine  Countels  of  Devon,  ir'°f  £xetel" 
whereby  it  was  found  that  fhe  had  Lands  there  in  Soccage  Tenure,  and 
due  for  a  Relief  Two  Shillings  on  her  Death; 

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ENRT  Court enay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon- 
jhire, was  the  Son  of  Willi  am  Court  enay,  Earl  of Devon/bin •, 
and  Catherine  Daughter  to  King  Edward  IV.  He  became 
Earl  of  Devonjhire  upon  the  Death  of  his  Father,  which 
happened  June  p,  1511.  3  Henry  VIII.  as  was  faid  before. 
In  14  Henry  VIII.  1522,  he  obtained  a  Grant  of  the  Lordftiip  of  Caliland 
in  Cornwall,  which  came  to  the  Grown  by  the  Attainder  of  Edward 
Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  foon  after  a  Grant  of  a  fair  Manfion  fituate  in 
the  Parifh  of  St.  Lawrence  Toultney  within  the  City  of  London,  which 
alio  came  to  the  Crown  by  the  Attainder  of  the  abovefaid  Duke :  He  was 
one  of  the  Twenty  Six  Peers  that  fat  on  the  Trial  of  that  Duke.  June 
18,  1525,  17  Henry  VIII.  Henry  Earl  of  Devon/hire  was  made  Marquefs 
of  Exeter;  on  which  Day  the  King's  Son,  which  he  had  by  Elizabeth 
Blunt,  called  Henry  Fitz-roy,  was  created,  firft  Earl  of  Nottingham,  and 
afterwards,  on  the  fame  Day,  Duke  of  Somerfet  and  Richmond.  In  the 
Year  1520,  11  Henry  VIII.  in  the  Summer,  the  Queen  defired  the  King 
to  bring  to  his  Manour  of  Havering  in  Effex,  to  the  Bower  there,  the 
Gentlemen  of  France  that  were  Hoftages,  for  whofe  Welcome  fhe  provided 
all  Things  in  a  liberal  Manner :  The  King,  the  Four  Hoftages  of  France^ 
the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  with  fix  other  young  Gentlemen,  entered  the 
Chamber  masked ;  when  they  had  been  there  for  lome  Time,  and  danced, 
they  took  off  their  Masks  and  made  themfelves  known,  and  the  King  gave 
many  Gifts  where  he  liked.  In  the  Year  1520,  12  Henry  VIII.  at  the 
Interview  of  the  King  of  England  and  King  of  France,  in  the  Vale  of 
Andren,  on  fhurfday  the  1 3th  Day  oi'June,  about  Noon,  the  two  Queens 
met  in  the  Camp,  and  took  their  Places :  The  People  came  in  great  Num- 
bers to  fee  the  two  Kings,  who  being  armed  entered  the  Field,  and  chal- 
lenged all  Men  at  Jufts :  Then  entered  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  and  on 
his  Side  the  Lord  Mont  acute,  the  Lord  Herbert,  Lord  Leonard  Grey,  Mr. 
Arthur  'Fool,  Mr.  Francis  Brian,  Mr.  Henry  Norris,  and  four  others,  all 
richly  apparrelFd.  The  Earl  of  Devon/hire  charged  his  Spear,  and  the 
French  King  likewife  charged  his  to  meet  the  Earl,  and  they  ran  fo  hard 
together  that  both  their  Spears  broke,  and  fo  they  maintained  their  Cour- 
fes  nobly.  In  the  Year  152 1,  13  Henry  VIII.  the  King  kept  his  Chrijt- 
mas  at  Greenwich  in  great  Splendour,  and  with  open  Court,  where  the 
King  and  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  with  four  Aids,  anfwered  at  the  Tour- 
nay  all  Comers,  which  were  fixteen  Perfons:  Noble  and  rich  was  their 
Apparel,  but  in  Feats  of  Arms  the  King  excelled  the  reft.  In  the  Year 
1523,  the  Emperour  Charles  V.  came  into  England,  and  ftaid  fome  Days 
at  Greenwich;  and,  the  more  to  honour  his  Prelence,  great  Jufts  and 
Tournays  were  appointed,  which  were  fet  forth  in  a  moft  Triumphal 
Manner.  The  King  and  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  and  their  Aids,  keeping 
the  Place  againft  the  Duke  of  Suffolk,  the  Marquefs  of  Dor  Jet,  and  their 
Aids;  and  at  many  other  Times,  as  Hall  relates,  Henry  Earl  of  Devon- 
Jhire  fhewed  his  Valour  and  Activity  at  Jufts  and  Tournaments.  In  1523, 
June  15,  Chrijlian  King  of  Denmark,  with  his  Wife  and  a  fmall  Train 
with  them,  landed  at  Dover,  where  he  was  nobly  received  by  the  Earl 
of 'Devonjhire,  the  Bifhops  of  Exeter  and  Norwich,  and  came  to  London, 
where  the  King  and  the  Queen  received  them  with  all  Honour.  In  the 
Year  1525,  June  18,  Henry  Earl  of  DevonJ/rre,  was  created  Earl,  of.  Exe- 
ter, 


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ter,  as  was  faid  above  \  and  in  the  fame  Year  he  was  one  of  the  Commif-    Chap.  V. 

fioners  of  the  King  of  England  in  that  Treaty  made  for  the  Redemption  ur/\* 

of  Francis  I.  King  of  France,  then  Prifoner  to  the  Emperour  Charles  V. 

In  the  Year  153  a,  October  10,  the  King  went  to  Dover,  and  on  the  nth,     li^it 

at  Three  a-Clock  in  the  Morning,  he  took  Shipping  in  Dover  Road,  and 

before  Ten  the  fame  Day  he  landed  at  Calais:  On  the  21ft  he   went  out 

of  Calais,  accompanied  with  the  Dukes  of  Norfolk  and  Suffolk,  the  Mar- 

queffes  of  Dorfet  and  Exeter,  and  coming  to  the  Place  appointed,  he  there 

met  with  the  French  King ;  but  before  he  went,  he  nominated  the  Mar- 

quefs  of  Exeter  his  Heir  Apparent  to  the  Crown. 

In  the  Year  1533,  Se ft  ember  7,  (being  Sunday)  between  the  Hours  of  1533. 
Three  and  Four  in  the  Afternoon,  was  born  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  Daugh- 
ter to  King  Henry  VIII.  afterwards  Queen  of  England:  She  was  born  at  Hail. 
Greenwich,  and  there  Chriften'd  in  the  Fryers  Church  the  Wednesday  af- 
ter :  The  God-father  at  the  Font  was  the  Lord  Areh-Bifhop  of  Canterbury, 
the  God-mothers,  the  old  Dutchefs  of  Norfolk,  and  the  old  Marchionefs  of 
Dorfet,  Widow  •  and  at  the  Confirmation  the  Lady  Marchionefs  of  Exe- 
ter was  God-mother :  In  the  Proceflion  went  the  Earl  of  Ejfcx,  bearing 
the  covered  Bafbn  gilt  •  after  him  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  with  a  Taper 
of  Virgin-Wax ;  next  him  the  Marquefs  of  Dorfet,  bearing  the  Salt.  When 
the  Ceremonies  and  Chriftening  was  ended^  the  Areh-Bifhop  gave  the  Prin- 
cefs  a  {landing  Cup  of  Gold  :  The  Marchionefs  of  Exeter  gave  three  Hand- 
ing Bowls  graven,  all  gilt,  with  a  Cover. 

In  1525),  Henry  Marquefs  of  Exeter  was  one  of  the  Lords  that  fub-» 
lcribed  to  the  Forty  Four  Articles  then  exhibited  to  the  King  againft  Car- 
dinal Woolfey :  And  in  the  next  Year,  he,  together  with  the  reft  of  the 
Peers  then  fitting  in  Parliament,  did  fubferibe  that  Letter  that  was  then 
fent  to  the  Pope,  Clement  VII.  wherein  they  earneftly  moved  his  Holi- 
nefs  to  ratify  the  Divorce  made  between  King  Henry  and  Queen  Cathe- 
rine, his  firft  Wife,  reprefenting  to  him  the  Opinion  of  divers  Univerfi- 
ties  and  many  learned  Men  upon  that  Point ;  withal  infinuating,  that  Re- 
courie  would  be  had  to  other  Remedies  in  cafe  of  his  Refulal :  In  which 
Year  he  obtained  the  Inheritance  of  the  Manour  of  Edelmeton,  alias  Says- 
bury,  and  Difhans,  as  alfo  the  Manour  of  Swacliff 'and  Cordhall,  with  all 
thofe  Lands  called  Herfeyes,  in  Little  Helyndon  and  Great  Helyndon  in  the 
County  of  Middlefex.  In  1536"  he  was  one  of  thofc  that  fat  on  the  Tri.il 
of  Anne  Bullein.  And  in  that  fame  Year,  a  8  Henry  VIII.  an  Infurredion  jetf. 
began  in  Torkjhire,  and  the  People  gathered  together  to  the  Number  of  uu  netted 
Forty  Thoufand:  The  King  being  advertifed  thereof,  fent  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  his  Lieutenant-General,  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  the  Earl  of 
Shrewsbury,  the  Earls  of  Huntington  and  Rutland,  with  a  great  Army  to 
go  againft  them :  Thefe  Lords  railing  thofe  Forces  that  were  affigned  them, 
marched  to  the  Place  where  the  Rebels  were  encamped,  which  was  beyond 
the  Town  of  Done  after,  in  the  Highway  towards  Tork:  Firft,  the  Earl 
of  Shrewsbury,  with  the  Earls  of  Huntington  and  Rutland,  gathered  what 
Forces  they  could  out  of  the  Counties  of  Shrewsbury,  Stafford  and  Leice- 
fter ;  a  little  after  came  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  and  laft  of  all  came  the  Mar-  Hollingfhed. 
quels  of  Exeter,  with  a  jolly  Company  of  Weftern  Men,  well  and  com- 
pleatly  appointed,  (fo  fays  Hollingfhed)  and  he  muftered  them  at  Brad-  ub"  Bud' 
nich  j  and  a  Battle  was  appointed  to  be  fought  on  the  Eve  of  St.  Simon  n'L  ' 
and  J  tide ;  but  there  fell  fuch  Rain  the  Night  before,  that  the  two  Ar- 
mies could  not  meet;  whereupon  the  Rebels  defired  the  Duke  of  Norfolk 
to  fue  to  the  King  for  a  Pardon,  which  the  Duke  prcmiicd,  and  rid  Poft  to 
Rir,  the 


a$o  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijtory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  V.    the  King  then  lying  at  jVindfor,  to  know  his  Pleafure,  who  confirmed 
K*f~V\~t   what  the  Duke  had  done,  fent  them  a  Pardon,  and  lb  appealed  them. 

1538.         In  the  Year  1538,  20  Henry  VIII.  in  the  Month  of  June,  the  Lord 
Whetbert.  £)arcy  and    the  Lord  Huffey  were   arraigned  at  JVejlminfter   before   the 
Marquefs  of  Exeter,  High-Steward,  where  they  were  found  guilty,  and 
had  Judgment  as  in  Cafes  of  High-Treafon.    The  fame  Year,  Henry  Cour- 
tenay,  Marquefs  of  Exeter  and  Earl  of  Devonfoire,  Henry  Toole  Lord 
Mont  acute,  and  Sir  Edward  Nevil,  Brother  to  the  Lord  Abergavenny,  were 
fent  to  the  Tower,  being  accufed  by  Sir  Geoffry  Toole,  Brother  to  the 
Hfflliaglhed.    Lord  Montacute,  of  High-Treafon :  They  were  indicled  for  deviling  to 
maintain,  promote  and  advance  one  Reginald  Toole,  late  Dean  of  Exeter 
Enemy  to  the  King  beyond  Sea,  and  to  deprive  the  King.     The  Marquefs 
and  the  Lord  Montacute  were  tried  by  their  Peers,  the  ad  and  3d  of  De- 
cember at  iVejlminfter,  before  the  Lord  Audlcy,  Lord  Chancellor,  and,  for 
that  Time,  Lord  High  Steward  of  England,  and  they  were  found  Guilty. 
The  £th  of  January  the  Lord  Marquefs  and  the  Lord  Montacute,  with 
Sir  Edward  Nevil,  loft  their  Heads  on  Tower-Hill   On  the  4th  of  Fe- 
bruary following,  Sir  Nicholas  Carew,  who  was  both  Mafter  of  the  Horfe 
and  Knight  of  the  Garter,  was  arraigned  for  being  an  Adherent  to  the 
Marquefs  of  Exeter,  and  having  fpoken  of  his  Attainder  as  unjuft  and 
cruel,  he   was  alio  attainted  and  executed  upon  the  3d  of  March.     Dr. 
Dr.  Burnet.      Burnet  fays,  The  fpecial  Matter  brought  againft  the  Lord  Montacute  and 
the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  was,  "  That  whereas  Cardinal  Toole  and  others 
"  had  call  off  their  Allegiance  to  the  King,  and  gone  and  fubmitted  them- 
u  felves  to  the  Pope,  the  King's  mortal  Enemy ;  the  Lord  Montacute  did, 
"  on  the  '-24th  of  July,  in  the  28th  Year   of  the  King's  Reign,  a  few 
"  Months  before  the  Rebellion  broke  out,  fay,  That  he  liked  well  the 
"  Proceedings  of  his  Brother  the  Cardinal,  but  did  not  like  the  Proceedings 
"  of  the  Realm;  and  faid,  I  truft  to  fee  a  Change  of  this  World;  I  truft 
"  to  have  a  fair  Day  upon  thefe  Knaves  that  rule  about  the  King;  and  I 
"  truft  to  fee  a  merry  World  one  Day.     Words  to  the  fame  Purpofe  were 
"  likewife  charged  on  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter.     The  Lord  Montacute  far- 
"  ther  faid,  I  would  I  were  over  the  Sea  with  my  Brother,  for  this  World 
.   "  will  one  Day  come  to  Stripes ;  it  muft  needs  fo  come  to  pafs,  and  I  fear 
"  we  fhall  lack  nothing  fo  much  as  honeft  Men  :  He  alfo  faid,  he  dreamed 
"  that  the  King  was  dead,  and  though  he  was  not  yet  dead,  he  would  die 
"  fuddenly  one  Day ;  his  Leg  would  kill  him,  and  then  we  mould  have 
"  jolly  Stirring ;  faying,  that  he  never  loved  him  from  his  Childhood,  and 
"  that  Cardinal  JVolfey  would  have  been  an  honeft  Man,  if  he  had  had  an 
"  honeft  Mafter.     And  the  King  having  faid  to  the  Lords,  he  would  leave 
"  them  one  Day,  having  fbme  Apprehenfions  he  might  Ihortly  die,  that 
"  Lord  faid,  If  he  will  ferve  us  fb,  we  fhall  be  happily  rid:  A  Time  will 
"  come,  I  fear  we  fhall  not  tarry  the  Time,  we  fhall  do  well  enough  :  He 
"  had  alfo  laid,  He   was  forry  the  Lord  Abergavenny  was  dead,  for  he 
"  could  have  made  Ten  Thoufand  Men  ;  and  for  his  Part  he  would  go  and 
"  live  in  the  Weft,  where  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter  was  ftrong :  And  had 
"  alfo  laid,  upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  Northern  Rebellion,  that  the 
"  Lord  Darcy  played  the  Fool,  for  he  went  to  pluck  away  the  Council, 
"  but  he  fhould  have  begun  with  the  Head  firft ;  but  I  will  befhrew  him 
"  for  leaving  off  fo  foon. " 

Thefe  are  the  Words  charged  on  thefe  Lords,  fays  Dr.  Burnet,  as  clear 
Discoveries  of  their  treafonable  Defigns,  and  that  they  knew  of  the  Re- 
bellion that  brake  out,  and  only  intended  to  have  kept  it  off  to  a  fitter 
Opportunity. 

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Heylin  faya,  *  Henry  Earl  of  Devonpire  and  Marquefi  of  Exeter,  do  Chap.  V. 
"  fcended  from  a  Daughter  of  King  Edward  IV.  and  Henry  Toole,  Lord  v_^v~w 
"  Mont  acute,  defcended  from  a  Daughter  of  George  Duke  of  Clarence,  the  IJ3&  '. 
"  fecond  Brother  of  that  Edward,  under  Colour  of  preventing  or  reveng-  jS^Sit- 
"  ing  the  Diffolutions  of  Abbeys  and  Religious  Houfes,  affociated  them-  fonnxion,  p. 
"  felves  with  Sir  Edward  Nevil  and  Sir  Nicholas  Carew,  in  a  dangerous  I0- 
"  Practice  againft  the  Perfon  of  the  King,  and  the  Peace  of  the  Kingdom, 
"  by  whofe  Indictment  it  appears,  that  it  was  their  Purpofe  and  Defign 
"  to  deftroy  the  King,  and  advance  Reginald  Toole,  one  of  the  younger 
"  Brothers  of  the  faidLord  Mont  acute,  to  the  Regal  Throne;  which,  how 
"  it  could  confift  with  the  .Pretentions  of  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  or  the 
"  Ambition  of  the  Lcrd  .Montacute,  the  elder  Brother  of  this  Reginald, 
"  is  hard  to  fay  :  But  having  the  Chronicle  of  John  Sped  to  juftify  me  in 
"  the  Truth  hereof  in  this  Particular,  I  mall  riot  take  upon  me  to  difpute 
"  the  Point "  So  faith  Dr.  Heylin.  And  indeed  Sfeed  fays,  "  That  the 
"  Marquefs  and  the  Lord  Montacute,  by  fecret  working,  fought  to  do 
*  prive  King  Henry,  and  to  raife  up  Reynold  Toole  unto  the  Regal  Dig- 
"  nity,  as  by  their  Indictments  appeareth.  "  But  how  can  that  be  ?  as 
Dr.  Heylin  obferves,  when  the  Marquefs*  was  defcended  from  the  elder 
Brother,  King  Edward  IV.  and  Reginald  Toole  from  the  younger,  the 
Duke  of  Clarence,  and  the  Lord  Montacute  was  the  Cardinal's  elder  Bro- 
ther :  Certainly  they  would  not  fet  up  the  Cardinal  to  be  King,  when  they 
both  had  a  better  Title  to  the  Crown  than  he  had:  But  "there  wasnofuch 
Thing  in  the  Indictment,  that  Sped  iky  s  there  was  ;  for  the  Indictment  againft 
the  Marquefs  was,  that  he  mould  traiterouily  fay,  I  like  well  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  Cardinal  Toole,  but  I  like  not  the  proceedings  of  this  Realm ; 
snd  I  truft  to  fee  a  Change  of  the  World  :  I  truft  once  to  have  a  fair  Day 
upon  thefe  Knaves  which  rule  about  the  King ;  I  truft  to  give  them  a 
Buffet  one  Day.  This  was  all  was  laid  in  the  Indictment  againft  the  Mar- 
quefs: And  the  Indictment  againft  Sir  Nicholas  Carew  was,  that  he  mould 
malicioufly  and  traiterouily  murmur,  and  was  wroth,  and  faid,  I  greatly 
marvel  that  the  Indictment  againft  the  Lord  Marquefs  was  fo  fecretly  hand- 
led, and  to  what  Purpofe,  for  the  like  was  never  feen. 

My  Lord  Herbert  fays,  "  The  particular  Offences  yet  of  thefe  great  Lord Khbut. 
"  Perlbns  are  not  fo  fully  made  known  to  me  that  I  can  fay,  much  ;  on- 
"  ly  I  find  among  our  Records,  that  Thomas  Wriothefley,  Secretary  then 
"  at  Brujfels,  writing  of  their  Apprehenfion  to  Sir  'Thomas  JViat,  Am- 
"  baffador  in  Spain,  faid,  That  the  Accufations  were  great  and  duly  pro- 
"  ved  :  And  in  another  Place  I  read,  that  they  fent  the  Cardinal  Money. " 

Another  Hiftorian  fays,  That  the  Marquefs  was  in  fo  great  Favour  with  sandford. 
King  Henry  VIII.  that  upon  his  going  into  France,  he  nominated  him  his 
Heir  Apparent,  but  after  his  Return  degraded  him,  and  took  away  his  Life 
upon  better  Policy,  "  left  he  fhould  create  fo  much  Trouble  to  the  Com- 
*  monwealth,  as  the  late  Richard  Duke  of  fork  had  done,  after  he  was 
u  honoured  with  the  like  Title  of  Heir  Apparent,  and  who  proved  the 
"  Ruin  of  his  Raifer,  Henry  VI."  He  fays  again,  "  Now  whether  the 
"  Marquefs  had  been  faulty  in  abetting  the  Treafon  wherewith  Cardinal 
"  Toole  was  charged,  or  whether  the  King  packed  him  into  the  Company, 
"  certain  it  is,  that  having  the  Marquefs  and  his  Partakers  at  an  Advantage, 
"  the  better  to  fecure  his  own  Eftate,  he  caufed  his  Head  to  be  cut  off  on 
"  Tower-Hill. " 

Hollingfied fays,  "  That  the  King  became  jealous  of  his  Greatnefs,  where-  Ho:ijngffced. 
*'  of  the  Marquefs  had  given  fome  Teftimony  in  his  Co  fudden  railing  divers 
'*  Thoufands  againft  the  Torkfbire  Rebels ;  and  he  fays  likewife,  That  the 

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Ghap.  V.    "  Marquefs  was  put  to  Death  to  the  great  Grief  of  moft  of  the  Subjects 
v^-v-^   "  of  this  Realm,  who  for  his  fundry  Virtues  did  bear  him  great  Favour 

ija8.  "  and  Goodwill. " 
Dr.  Bumet.  Dr.  Burnet  fays,  "  That  a  little  before  the  Marquefs  was  put  to  Death, 
"  there  were  very  fevere  Invectives  printed  at  Rome  againft  King  Henry 
"  VIII.  in  which  there  was  nothing  omitted,  that  could  make  him  appear 
"  to  Pofterity  the  blackeft  Tyrant  that  ever  wore  a  Crown ;  and  Cardinal 
"  Toole's  Stile  was  known  in  fome  of  them,  which  poffeffed  the  King 
"  with  the  deepeft  and  moft  implacable  Hatred  to  him  that  ever  he  bore 
"  to  any  Perlbn,  and  did  provoke  him  to  do  all  thofe  Severities  that  fol- 
"  lowed  on  his  Kindred  and  Family.  " 

There  is  a  Tradition  in  Tiverton  in  Devonjhire,  the  Place  that  the  Mar- 
quefs lived  in,  that  an  old  Man  of  that  Town  came  to  the  Marquefs  a 
little  Time  before  he  was  taken  up,  and  told  him,  That  by  fuch  a  Day, 
which  he  named,  if  he  did  not  fave  his  Life  by  flying,  he  would  be  fent 
for  up  to  London  by  the  King,  and  have  his  Head  cut  off.  The  Marquefs 
flighted  the  Saying  of  the  old  Man,  and  when  the  Day  was  come  that  he 
had  named,  the  Marquefs  fent  for  him,  and  told  him,  that  he  was  a  falfe 
Prophet,  and  threatened  to  havfc  him  punifhed.  Sir,  fays  the  old  Man, 
There  is  a  Tarty  of  Horfe  now  comhig  to  feize  you,  and  they  are  come 
within  half  a  Mile  of  the  Town ;  and  in  a  little  Time  after  the  Soldiers 
came  and  iiirrounded  the  Caftle,  feized  upon  the  Marquefs,  and  carried  him 
Prifbner  to  London,  where  he  loft  his  Head,  as  the  old  Man  had  foretold. 
*539>  In  the  next  Year,  1530,  there  was  a  Parliament  called,  in  which  the 
Attainders  of  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter  and  the  Lord  Montacute,  and 
feveral  others  were  confirmed,  and  new  ones  of  a  ftrange  and  unheard 
of  Nature,  fays  Dr.  Burnet,  were  enacted.  "  It  is  a  Blemifh  never  to  be 
Dr.  Burnet.  «  wafhe(j  0f,  fays  the  Docior,  and  which  cannot  be  enough  condemned, 
"  and  was  a  Breach  of  the  moft  facred  and  unalterable  Rules  of  Juftice, 
"  which  is  capable  of  no  Excufe :  It  was  the  Attainting  of  fome  Perfons 
"  whom  they  held  in  Cuftody  without  bringing  them  to  Tryal :  The  chief 
"  of  thefe  were  the  Marchionefs  of  Exeter  and  the  Countefs  of  Sarum.  " 
The  fpecial  Matter  charged  on  the  former  is  her  confederating  herfelf  with 
Sir  Nicholas  Carew  in  his  Treafons;  to  which  is  added,  that  fhe  had  com- 
mitted divers  other  abominable  Treafons :  The  latter  is  faid  to  have  con- 
federated herfelf  with  her  Son  the  Cardinal,  with  other  aggravating  Words. 
It  does  not  appear  by  the  Journal  that  any  Witneffes  were  examined. 
LwrfHerbeit.  About  two  Years  after  the  Countefs  of  Salisbury  was  put  to  Death: 
The  old  Lady  being  brought  to  the  Scaffold  fet  up  in  the  Tower,  was  com- 
manded to  lay  her  Head  upon  the  Block,  but  fhe  refufed,  faying,  So  Jhould 
Traytors  do,  and  I  am  none :  Neither  did  it  ferve  that  the  Executioner 
told  her  it  was  the  Fafhion ;  fb  turning  her  grey  Head  every  Way,  fhe  bid 
him,  if  he  would  have  her  Head,  to  get  it  as  he  could,  fb  that  he  was  con- 
fhained  to  fetch  it  off  flovenly  :  And  thus  ended,  as  our  Authors  fay,  the 
laft  of  the  right  Line  of  the  Tlantagenets.  And  as  for  the  Marchionefs  of 
Exeter,  fhe  was  not  executed,  becaufe  fhe  had  no  guilty  Blood-Royal  in 
her  Veins,  fays  Sandford,  but  died  a  natural  Death  fome  Years  after.  It  is 
faid,  that  when  Queen  Mary  came  to  the  Throne,  as  fhe  went  to  the  Tower, 
Lady  Elizabeth  her  Sifter  went  next  to  her,  and  after  her  the  Marchionefs 
of  Exeter. 
1  jjg.  This  Marchionefs  made  her  Will  September  25,  l55^->  4  and  5  of  Thilip 
and  Mary,  in  which  fhe  bequeathed  her  Body  ..o  be  buried  in  the  Chauncel 
or  Parifh-Church  where  fhe  mould  depart  this  Life,  appointing  a  Dirige  and 
a  Trental  of  Maffes  to  be  faid  or  fung  for  her :  To  her  Sifter  Catherine 

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Berkeley ftie  gave  a  Gown  of  black  Velvet  flower'd  with  Jennets:  To   Chap.  V. 
her  Brother,  Mr.  John  Blunt,  Twenty  Pounds;  and  to  her  Coufin  James   ^^P^ 
Blunt  a  Handing  gilt  Bowl  with  a  Cover.     She  was  buried  in  Wynbum-     l5S°> 
Minfter  in  Dorfetjhire,  where,  on  the  North  Side  of  the  Choir,  is  a  fair, 
but  plain  marble  Monument  erected  to  her  Memory  ,  all  round  the  upper 
Part  of  which  was  formerly  inlaid  a  Plate  of  Brafs,  whereon  was  an  In- 
fcription,  but  the  greateft  Part  of  it  is  now  wanting,  and  all  that  remains 
is  this  ;  . 

Conjux  quondam  Henrici  Courtenay,  Marchtonis  Exon, 

Mater  Edwardi  Courtenay,  nuf>er  Co 

But  the  whole  Epitaph  is  regiftercd  in  the  Parifh-Book  in  Englifb,  and  is ; 

"  In  this  lyes  entombed  Gertrude  Blunt,  Marchionefs  of  Exeter, 
"  Daughter  of  William  Blunt,  Lord  MontjoyK  and  Wife  of  Henry 
Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonfbire  and  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  beheaded 
by  King  Henry  8th ;  which  Henry  Courtenay  was  Son  of  William 
"  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonpire,  by  Catherine  the  Daughter  of  King 
"  Edward  the  4th. 

And  this  Lady  Marchionefs  here  entombed  was,  by  the  aforefaid  Henry 
her  Husband,  the  Mother  of  Edward  Courtenay,  the  laft  Earl  of  Devon- 
Jbire  of  that  Name. 

Henry  Marquefs  of  Exeter  was  by  King  Henry  VIII.  made  Steward  of 
all  the  Dutchy  of  Cornwall,  and  of  all  the  Stanneries  in  Devonfoire  and 
Cornwall;  and  therefore  it  was,  that  upon  the  Northern  Rebellion  he 
muftered  his  Men  in  Bradnich,  becaufe  it  belongs  to  that  Dutchy. 

Upon  the  Attainder  of  the  Marquefs,  King  Henry  did  annex  to  the 
Dutchy  of  Cornwall,  the  Manours  of  Weft- Anthony,  Torth-loo,  Torth-ftg- 
ham,  North-hill,  Landrene,  Trelowyn,  Treganor,  fregulan,  Crojhele,  Tre- 
vervyn-Courtenay,  Landulpb,  Leigh-durant  and  Tinten,  in  the  County  of 
Cornwall,  and  all  other  his  Lands  in  the  faid  Places,  which  came  to  the 
King  by  the  faid  Attainder. 

When  Edward  Seymour  was  created  Duke  of  Somerset,  1  Edward 'VI. 
he  had  a  Grant  of  Forty  Pounds  fer  Ann.  out  of  the  Manours  of  Crew- 
kerne,  Stoke-gurfy,  and  Wyke-FitzJ>ain,  late  come  the  Crown  by  the  At- 
tainder of  Henry  Marquefs  of  Exeter. 

Where  the  Marquefs  was  buried,  I  cannot  learn ;  but  Sir  Nicholas  Ca- 
rew  was  buried  in  the  Church  of  St.  Botolfh  Aldgatc  ;  for  on  the  South 
Side  of  the  Altar  in  that  Church  is  a  Monument,  with  a  Figure  lying  car- 
ved in  Marble,  and  the  following  Inlcription ; 

Here  lyeth  Thomas  Lord  Darcy  of  the  North ;  Sir  Nicholas  Carew 
Knight  of  the  Garter ;  Lady  Elizabeth  Carew,  Daughter  to  Sir  Fran- 
cis Brian ;  and  Sir  Arthur  Darcy,  younger  Son  to  the  faid  Lord  Darcy, 
and  Lady  Mary  his  dear  Wife,  Daughter  of  Sir  Nicholas  Carew, 
who  had  10  Sons  and  5  Daughters. 

By  this  Epitaph  it  appears,  that  the  Lord  Darcy's  Son  married  Sir 
Nicholas  Carew' &  Daughter,  and  that  they  were  both,  viz.  the  Lord 
Darcy  and  Sir  Nicholas  Carew,  laid  in  the  fame  Vault ;  from  which  it 
may  be  inferred,  that  they  were  dear  the  one  to  the  other;  and  the  Lord 
Darcy  was  at  the  Head  of  an  Infurre&ion  in  Lincoln/hire,  and  was  for  it 
Tryed  and  Executed;  and  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter  late  as  High-Steward 

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Chap.  V.   at  his  Trial  as  was  faid  before  ;  and  therefore  the  Marquefs  and  Sir  Nichc- 
\s~v~^    la s,  who  were  great  Friends  too,  might  be  fufpe&ed  to  know  before-hand 
of  the  Infurreclion;  as  fome  Hiftorians  do  write  ;  but  there  is  no  fuch 
Thing  laid  to  their  Charge  in  the  Indictment. 

Henry  Marquefs  of  Exeter  and  Earl  of  Devon/hire  had  two  Wives ; 
the  firft  was  Elizabeth  Grey,  Daughter  and  Heir  of  John  Vifcount  Lijle, 
by  whom  he  had  no  Iflue ;  and  the  fecond  was  Gertrude  Daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Blunts  Lord  Montjoy,  and  Elizabeth  Daughter  and  Co-heir  of  Sir 
William  Say,  Knight;  and  by  this  laft  Wife  he  had  two  Sons,  i.  Henry, 
who  died  young;  2.  Edward,  who  was  by  Queen  Mary  reftored  to  the 
Honours  and  Eltates  of  his  Father. 

The  Marquefs  did  bear,  gtyarterly,  ift.  France  and  England,  within,  a 
Border  of  the  fame',  2d  and  3d,  Or,  3  Torteaux;  4th,  Or,  a  Lyon  ram- 
pant Azure.  Thefe  Arms  within  the  Garter  are  carved  and  painted  in  the 
Roof  of  the  Chapel  of  St.  George  at  Windfor  ;  for,  as  is  faid  before,  he  was 
Knight  of  the  moft  Noble  Order  of  the  Garter.  There  are  likewife  this 
Marquefs's  Arms  in  a  Window  of  the  Council  Chamber  in  the  Guild-hall 
of  Exeter. 

The  Arms  of  Elizabeth  Grey,  his  firft  Wife,  were,  Barry  of  fix,  Argent 
and  Azure,  3  Torteaux  in  Chief,  and  a  Label  of  3  'Points  Ermine ;  and 
thofe  his  fecond  Wife,  Gertrude  Blunt,  Barry,  Nebule  of  fix,  Or  and 
Sable. 

^^  Chap.  VI. 

DWARD  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon- 
fhire  and  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  was  born  about  the  Year 
1  j  16.  ijp|  ^PIE  1526',  and  when  his  Father  was  beheaded,  he  being  then  but 
twelve  Years  old,  left  he  mould  raife  Commotions  by  re- 
venging his  Father's  Quarrel,  was  committed  to  the  Tower; 
and  there  he  continued  as  long  as  King  Henry  lived. 
•546.  King  Edward  VI.  came  to  the  Throne,  January  14,  1546;  and  on  the 

aoth  of  February  after,  he  was  crowned  at  Weflminfier;  and  the  fame 
Day  there  was  proclaimed  a  General  Pardon  of  all  Manner  of  Perfons,  ex- 
cepting Six,  viz.  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Edward  Lord  Courtenay,  Mr. 
Fortefcue,  Mr.  Throgmorton,  Cardinal  Toole,  and  Mr.  Totes ;  fo  that  this 
young  Lord  was  then  continued  a  Prifoner,  and  fo  remained  all  the  Days 
of  King  Edward  VI.  But  in  the  Year  1553,  Auguft  3,  Queen  Mary 
tTcs  came  from  Wanftead'm  Effex  to  London,  and  went  to  the  Tower,  where 
Thomas  Duke  of  Norfolk,  Dr.  Gardiner,  late  Bifhop  of  Winchefter,  Ed- 
ward Courtenay,  Son  and  Heir  to  Henry  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  the  Dutch- 
efs  of  Somerfet,  Prifoners  in  the  Tower,  kneeling  on  the  Hill  within  the 
lame  Tower,  faluted  her  Grace;  and  fhe  came  to  them  and  kiffed  them, 
and  faid,  Thefe  be  my  Trifoners.  The  next  Day  Edward  Courtenay  was 
made  Earl  of  Devon  and  Marquefs  of  Exeter ;  although  Hiftorians  when 
they  do  mention  him>  do  only  call  him  Earl  of  Devon. 

September  28,  (being  Thurfday)  the  Queen  made  Fifteen  Knights  of  the 
Bath,  the  Firft  was  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire;  and  the  Queen  not  only  ad- 
vanced the  Lord  Courtenay  to  thofe  Titles  of  Honour,  but  alfo  to  fo  much 

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of  his  Father's  Poffeffions  as  remained  then  in  her  Hands ;  whereby,  fays  Chap.  VI. 
Hollingfhed,  it  was  then  thought  by  many  that  fhe  did  bear  Affection  to  \^sy^> 
him  by  Way  of  Marriage:  But  it  came  not  to  pafs;  but  for  what  Reafon  Huliiiigfh«3. 
I  am  not  able  to  fay ;  but  furely  the  Subjects  of  England  were  molt  de- 
firous  thereof:  So  faith  Hollingjhed.  And  Dr.  Heylin  fays,  that  during,  the  Heylin. 
Sitting  of  the  Parliament,  in  the  Firft  Year  of  the  Queen's  Reign,  fhe  had 
been  defired  to  marry ;  and  three  Husbands  had  been  nominated  of  feveral 
Qualities,  that  fhe  might  pleafe  herfelf  in  the  Choice  of  one ;  that  is  to 
fay,  Edward  Lord  Courtenay,  whom  fhe  had  lately  reftored  to  the  Title 
of  Earl  of  Devon ;  Reginald  Toole,  a  Cardinal  of  the  Church  of  Rome, 
defcended  from  George  Duke  of  Clarence ;  and  Thilip  the  eldeft  Son  of 
Charles  the  Emperour.  It  is  affirmed,  that  fhe  had  carried  fbme  good  Af- 
fections towards  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire  ever  fince  fhe  firft  faw  him  in  the 
Tower,  as  being  of  a  lovely  Perfonage  and  Royal  Extraction,  the  Grand-fon 
of  a  Daughter  of  King  Edward  IV.  but  he  being  founded  a-far  off  had  declined 
the  Matter.  Concerning  which  there  goes  a  Story,  that  the  young  Earl 
petitioning  the  Queen  for  leave  to  travel,  fhe  advifed  him  to  marry  and 
flay  at  Home,  affuring  him,  that  no  Lady  in  the  Land,  how  high  foever, 
would  refufe  to  accept  of  him  for  a  Husband  ;  by  which  Words,  though 
fhe  pointed  out  herfelf,  unto  him,  as  plainly  as  might  either  ftand  with  the 
Modefty  or  Majefty  of  a  Maiden  Queen,  yet  the  young  Gentleman  not 
daring  to  look  fo  high  as  a  Crown,  or  being  better  affected  to  the  Perfer* 
of  the  Princefs  Elizabeth,  defired  the  Queen  to  give  him  leave  to  marry 
her  Sifter;  which  gave  the  Queen  fo  much  Difpleafure,  that  fhe  looked 
upon  them  with  an  evil  Eye  for  ever  after  ;  upon  the  Earl  for  not  accept- 
ing the  Love  fhe  feemed  to  offer,  and  on  her  Sifter  as  her  Rival  in  the 
Earl's  Affections :  So  fays  Dr.  Heylin.  Bifhop  Godwin  fays,  that  the  Gra-  Godwin. 
vity  and  Holinefs  of  Life,  conjoined  with  great  Sweetnefs  of  Difpofition 
and  Prudence,  did  recommend  Cardinal  Toole  ;  but  the  Flower  of  his  Age 
that  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire  was  in,  together  with  his  genteel  and  cour- 
teous Behaviour,  had  rendered  him  moft  dear  to  the  Queen  :  But,  fays  he, 
there  was,  I  know  not  how,  a  Sufpicion  raifed  of  him,  as  if  he  did  favour 
the  Proteftant  Religion  ;  and  Cardinal  Toole  was  now  grown  pretty  old, 
being  above  Fifty  Three  Years  old;  therefore  their  Counfels  prevailed, 
who  faid,  That  there  was  need  of  a  powerful  King  to  keep  the  Kingdom 
in  Teace ;  and  therefore  fhe  chofe  to  marry  Prince  Thilip  the  Empe- 
rour 's  Son. 

In  the  Parliament  that  met  October  10,  i  Queen  Mary,  Two  Private 
Bills  paired;  the  one  for  reftoring  the  Wife  of  the  late  Marquefs  of  Exe- 
ter, who  had  beep,  attainted  in  the  3  2d  Year  of  King  Henry's  Reign,  and 
the  other  for  her  Son  Edward  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon/hire ;  and  in 
that  Parliament  the  Queen's  Legitimation  was  declared  and  confirmed :  And 
from  this  Time,  fays  Dr.  Burnet,  the  Queen  handled  her  Sifter  Elizabeth 
more  feverely  than  fhe  did  before :  It  was  perhaps  occafioned  by  this  Act, 
fince  before  they  ftood  equally  illegitimated ;  but  now  that  Act  that  legi- 
timated the  Queen,  making  her  Sifter  moft  certainly  a  Baftard  in  Law,  the 
Queen  might  think  it  too  much  to  ufe  her  as  fhe  had  done  formerly. 
Others  fuggeft  a  more  fecret  reafon  of  this  Diftafte :  The  new  Earl  of  De- 
vonjbire was  much  in  her  Favour,  fo  that  it  was  thought  fhe  had  fome  In- 
clinations to  marry  him ;  but  he  either  not  prefuming  fo  high,  or  really 
having  an  Averfion  to  her,  and  an  Inclination  to  her  Sifter,  who  of  that 
moderate  Share  of  Beauty  that  was  between  them,  had  much  the  bet- 
ter of  her,  and  was  Nineteen  Years  younger,  made  his  AddrcfTes,  with 

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Chap.  VI.  more  than  ordinary  Concern,  to  the  Lady  Elizabeth ;  and  this  did  bring 

*-^"V~"v^  them  both  into  Trouble :  So  fays  Dr.  Burnet. 

In  the  Beginning  of  the  Month  of  January,  the  Emperour  fent  over 
Ambaffadors  into  England  to  conclude  a  Marriage  between  King  'Philip 
his  Son  and  Queen  Mary ;  which  Match  was  generally  difliked,  and  was 
the  Occafion  of  the  Rifing  of  the  Duke  of  Suffolk,  Sir  Thomas  Wiat,  and 
Sir  Peter  Carew :  But  as  Sir  'Peter  Carew  was  carrying  on  his  Defign  in 
the  Weft,  it  came  to  be  difcovered,  and  one  that  he  had  trufted  much  in  it 
was  taken :  Upon  that  Sir  Peter  fled  into  France :  jViat  was  in  Kent 
when  he  heard  of  this,  but  had  not  yet  laid  his  Bufinefs  as  he  intended; 
therefore  fearing  to  be  undone  by  the  Difcovery  that  was  made,  he  gathe- 
red fome  Men  about  him,  and  on  the  25th  of  January  went  to  Matdfione. 
There  he  made  Proclamation,  That  he  intended  nothing  but  to  preferve  the 
Liberty  of  the  Nation,  and  to  keep  it  from  coming  under  the  Toke  of 
Strangers. 

Heylin'j  m-        £)r#  Fleylin  fays,  that  the  Carews,  and  other  Gentlemen  in  Devon/hire, 

fifZmi£,pg.  werc  drawn  into  the  Plot  upon  Affurance  of  marrying  the  Lord  Court enay 
203.      '     '  to  the  Princefs  Elizabeth,  and  fetting  the  Crown  upon  their  Heads :  And 
if  fo,  then  no  Wonder  that  the  Princefs  and  the  Earl  were  fufpecled  of 
being  privy  to  the  Plot. 

On  the  27th  of  January,  the  Lord  Treafurer  came  to  the  Guild-hall 
from  the  Council  to  requeft  the  Citizens  to  prepare  Five  Hundred  Foot- 
men well-armed  to  go  againft  the  faid  Wiat,  which  was  granted,  and  the 
next  Day  were  fent  to  Gravefeud  by  Water.  January  20,  the  Duke  of 
Norfolk,  with  the  Captain  of  the  Guard  and  other  Soldiers,  and  the  Cap- 
tain and  the  Soldiers  that  were  fent  from  London,  had  a  Defign  to  attack 
Rochefier  Caftle,  where  Wiat  and  his  Company  lay;  but  the  Captains  of 
the  City  and  their  Soldiers  fled  over  Rochefier  Bridge  to  Wiat ;  fo  that 
the  Duke  was  fain  to  return  again  to  London,  being  in  great  Fear  of  his 
Life.  Wiat's  Army  being  ftrcngthened  with  the  Queen's  Ordnance  and 
Treafure,  January  30,  he  removed  to  Black-heath :  In  the  mean  Time, 
Henry  Duke  of  Suffolk,  Father  to  Lady  Jane  Grey,  flying  into  Leicefter- 
Jbire  and  Warwick/hire,  made  Proclamation  againft  the  Queen's  Marriage 
with  the  Prince  of  Spain  ;  but  the  People  did  not  incline  to  him ;  and  after 
he  had  endeavoured  to  raife  the  Country,  he  gave  it  over,  and  concealed 
himfelf  in  a  private  Houfe,  but  was  betrayed  by  him  to  whom  he  trufted 
himil-lf  into  the  Hands  of  the  Earl  of  Huntington,  and  lb  was  fent  to  the 
Tower.  The  ift  of  February  the  Commons  of  the  City  of  London  were 
alTembled  in  their  Liveries  at  Guild-hall,  and  thither  came  the  Queen  with 
her  Lords;  and  the  Queen  after  fhe  had  fpoken  very  much  againft  Wiat, 
declared,  That  fie  had  not  a  Defign  to  marry  otherwife  than  as  the  Coun- 
cil fiould  think  to  be  both  honourable  and  commodious  for  the  Realm,  and 
therefore  did  defire  them  to  aflift  her  in  oppreffing  fuch  as  contrary  to 
their  Duty  rebelled  againft  her :  And  fhe  appointed  Lord  William  How- 
ard Lieutenant  of  the  City,  and  the  Earl  of  Pembroke  General  of  the 
Field ;  and  the  young  Earl  of  Devonfiire  had  fbme  Command  likewife ; 
Thuanus.  as  Thuanus  fays.  Wiat  entered  Southwark  February  3,  wherefore  the 
Draw-bridge  was  broken  down,  and  Ordnance  planted  to  that  Part  of  the 
City.  A  general  Pardon  was  proclaimed  to  all  that  would  give  over  and 
forfake  the  Rebels.  After  Wiat  had  lain  three  Days  in  Soutlowark,  he 
turned  his  March  to  Kingfton  on  Shrove-Tuefday  in  the  Morning,  being 
the  6th  of  February,  where  he  paffed  over  the  Thames,  and  defigned  to 
have  come  to  London  in  the  Night;  but  the  Carriage  of  his  chief  Ord- 
nance breaking,  he  could  not  come  before  it  was  open  Day ;  and  he  was 

at 


Part  III.      Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  II.  257 

at  Hyde-Tark  by  Nine  of  the  Clock  next  Morning,  being  JJhwednefday.  Chap.  VI. 

The  Earl  of  Pembroke  had  gathered  a  good  Body  of  Men  to  have  fallen  on  '        ■ ' 

him,  for  his  Men  were  now  in  great  Diforder;  but  they  looked  on  to  let  I^4" 
him  caft  himfelf  into  their  Hands :  The  Earl  ofTembroke  was  in  St.  James's 
Fields,  and  his  Ordnance  was  fo  planted,  that  JViat  was  forced  to  leave  the 
common  Way,  and  with  a  fmall  Number  of  Men  came  under  St.  James's 
Wall,  to  keep  himfelf  from  the  Danger  of  the  Ordnance,  and  fo  went  by 
Charing-crojs;  there  the.  Lord  Clinton  fell  in  between  the  feveral  Bodies 
of  his  Men,  and  difperfed  them,  fb  that  he  had  not  Five  Hundred  left  a- 
bout  him :  But  with  thofe  that  remained  he  patted  through  the  Strand 
and  Fleet-fireet  to  Ludgate,  where  he  flopped,  in  Hopes  to  have  found 
the  Gates  opened  to  him :  That  Hope  failing,  he  returned  back,  and  be- 
ing now  out  of  all  Heart,  was  taken  at  Temple-Bar  by  an  Herald. 

Thuaws  fays,  That  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire  with  his  Men  defended  that  Thuanus,*^. 
Gate,  and  JViat  defired  that  the  Gate  might  be  opened  to  him  as  a  Friend ;  l-tW  W7- 
but  the  Eail  refufed ;  and  whilft  the  Earl  and  Wiat  were  difcourfing  about 
it,  the  Earl  of  Tembroke  rulhed  out  on  a  Sudden  upon  Jfiat's  Forces  that 
were  left  in  the  Fields,  and  they  being  without  their  Leader,  were  fbon 
put  to  flight ;  and  at  the  fame  Time  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire  made  a  Sally 
out  of  the  Gate  and  feized  JViat :  Neverthelefs  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire 
was  accufed  of  Treafon,  and  of  being  privy  to  jViat's  Defign,  becaufe  he 
fuffered  him  to  come  into  the  Suburbs,  and  nearer  to  the  City  than  he 
ought,  and  did  not  fliew  any  Enmity  to  JViat,  or  do  any  hoftile  Aft  a- 
gainft  him,  'till  the  Earl  of  Pembroke  had  routed  his  Army.  But  none  of 
our  Englijh  Hiftorians  do  mention  any  Thing  of  this  concerning  the  Earl 
of  Devonjbire,  neither  do  any  of  them  fay  that  any  fuch  Thing  was  laid 
to  his  Charge. 

If  fo  great  a  Man  as  Thuanus  could  miftake  fo  much  in  writing  of  the 
Affairs  of  England,  and  Monfieur  Varillas  could  blunder  fo  often  in  wri- 
ting the  Life  of  Jficklijf,  as  Dr.  'Burnet  has  fhewn  he  has  done ;  then  we 
may  conclude,  that  a  late  French  Author,  who  has  written  the  Hiftory 
of  England,  muft  from  Ignorance,  if  not  from  other  Caufes,  very  much 
mifreprefent  our  Englijh  Hiftory. 

The  Duke  of  Suffolk,  who  was  taken  on  the  noth  Day  of  February, 
and  lent  to  the  Tower,  was  on  the  17th  Day  of  the  fame  Month,  con-  '•■- 

veyed  to  jVeJlminJier  to  be  tried:  And  on  his  Tryal  he  denied  all  that 
was  laid  to  his  Charge,  excepting  that  one  fhould  fay  at  his  Table  once  at 
Supper,  That  he  would  undertake  with  an  Hundred  Men  to  Jet  the  Crown 
Upon  Courtenay'j  Head.  The  Duke  was  found  guilty,  and  condemned, 
and  on  the  24th  of  February  was  beheaded  on  Tower-Hill.  The  Earl  of 
Devonjhire  and  the  Lady  Elizabeth  were  fufpe&ed  of  the  Plot,  as  if  the 
Rifing  in  the  Weft  had  been  fet  on  by  the  Earl,  with  Defign,  if  it  had  fuc- 
ceeded,  to  have  married  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  and  put  her  in  the  Queen's 
Room  :  And  the  Queen,  who  was  much  alienated  from  her  Sifter  upon  old 
Scores,  was  not  unwilling  to  find  a  Pretence  for  ufing  her  ill ;  fo  fhe  was 
made  a  Prifoner:  And  the  Earl  of  Devonjhire  had  upon  the  Account  for- 
merly mention'd  offended  the  Queen,  who  thought  her  Kindnefs  ill-requi- 
ted, when  fhe  faw  he  neglecf  ed  her  and  preferred  her  Sifter  ;  fb  he  was  a- 
gain  put  into  Frifon.  He  was  carried  Prifoner  to  the  Tower  on  the  1  nth 
Day  of  February  by  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  and  Two  Hundred  Men  of 
the  Guard  ;  and  as  he  entered  into  the  Tower,  the  Lieutenant  of  the 
Tower  asked  him  the  Caufe  of  his  coming  thither,  and  he  anfwered,  He 
could  not  accuje  himjelj.  And  upon  ¥  aim-Sunday,  March  1 8,  the  Lady 
Elizabeth  was  committed  to  the  Tower.  The  next  Day  after  the  Rifing 
T  t  t  of 


1 58  Part  III.  .The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  VI.  of  Sir  Thomas  Wiat,  the  Queen  fent  three  of  her  Counfellors  with  a  Troop 

v_x"°Vnj  of  Two  Hundred  and  Fifty  Horfe  to  Afhbridge,  where  the  Lady  Eliza* 
1SS4-  beth  was  then  fick  in  Bed,  fo  that  the  next  Day  fhe  was  forced  to  be 
carried  in  a  Litter.  When  fhe  came  to  Court,  fhe  was  ftraitway  fhut  up, 
and  kept  a  clofe  Prifoner  for  a  Fortnight,  feeing  neither  the  Queen,  nor 
any  Lord,  or  Friend,  but  only  the  then  Lord  Chamberlain,  Sir  John  Gage, 
and  the  Vice-Chamberlain,  who  were  Attendants  at  the  Doors.  On  the 
Friday  before  f  "aim-Sunday,  Stephen  Gardiner,  Bifhop  of  Winchefier,  with 
Nineteen  others  of  the  Council,  came  unto  her  Grace  from  the  Queen,  and 
charged  her  with  Wiat's  Confpiracy ;  which  fhe  utterly  denied,  affirming, 
That  Jhe  was  altogether  guiltlefs  therein :  They  not  being  contented  with 
this,  charged  her  Grace  with  the  Infurre&ion  made  by  Sir  Peter  Carew, 
and  the  reft  of  the  Gentlemen  of  the  Weft  Country,  which  alfo  fhe  utter- 
ly denying,  cleared  her  Innocency  therein.  In  conclufion,  after  long  de- 
bating of  Matters,  they  declared  unto  her,  That  it  was  the  Queen's  Will 
and  Pleafure  that  fhe  fhould  go  to  the  Tower :  Whereat  fhe  being  very 
much  furprized,  faid*,  That  fte  tr  lifted  the  green's  Majefty  would  be  a 
more  gracious  Lady  unto  her,  and  defired  them  to  be  a  Means  to  the  Queen 
that  Jhe  being  a  true  Woman  in  Thought,  Word,  and  Deed,  towards  her 
Majejiy,  might  not  be  committed  to  fo  notorious  and  doleful  a  'Place :  On 
which  the  Lords  anfwered  again,  That  there  was  no  Remedy ;  for  that 
the  Queen's  Majefty  was  fully  determined  that  fhe  ihould  go  to  the  Tower. 
Upon  Saturday,  the  next  Day,  two  Lords  of  the  Council  came  and  certi- 
fied her  Grace,  that  forthwith  fhe  muft  go  to  the  Tower,  the  Barge  be- 
ing prepared  for  her,  and  the  Tide  now  ready :  With  a  heavy  Heart  her 
;Grace  requefted  the  Lords  fhe  might  ftay  another  Tide,  trufting  that  the 
next  might  be  better,  and  more  comfortable,  and  defired  fhe  might  be 
■  fuffcred  to  write  to  the  Queen ;  and,  after  a  great  deal  of  Difficulty,  fhe 
was  permitted  to  write  to  the  Queen :  Whereupon  fhe  wrote,  albeit  fhe 
could  not  in  any  Cafe  be  permitted  to  fpeak  with  the  Queen,  to  her  great 
Difcomfort.  And  thus  the  Time  and  Tide  paffed  away  for  that  Seafbn ; 
they  privily  appointing  all  Things  ready,  that  fhe  fhould  go  with  the  next 
Tide,  which  fell  about  Midnight ;  but  for  fear  fhe  fhould  be  taken  by  the 
Way,  they  did  not  theft  carry  her  :  So  they  ftaid  'till  the  next  Day,  being 
IS54'  Palm-Sunday,  when  about  Nine  a-Clock  the  two  Lords  returned  again, 
declaring,  That  it  was  Time  for  her  Grace  to  depart.  She  anfwered,  If 
there  be  no  Remedy,  I  muft  be  contented;  willing  the  Lords  to  go  before; 
and  when  fhe  came  out  of  the  Boat,  having  one  Foot  upon  the  Stair,  fhe 

Fo±  faid,  Here  laiideth  as  true  a  Subject,  being  Prifoner,  as  ever  landed  at 

thefe  Stairs :  Aid  before  thee,  0  GOD!  I  fpeak  it,  having  no  other 
Friends  but  thee  alone.  On  the  i  ith  of  April  Sir  Thomas  Wiat  was  be- 
headed on  'Tower-Bill:  He  had  behaved  himfelf  in  a  very  abjecl:  Manner 
at  his  Tryal ;  and  it  is  faid,  that  in  Hopes  of  faving  his  Life,  he  did,  be- 

HollingHied.  fore  the  Council,  accufe  the  Lady  Elizabeth  and  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire 
as  privy  to  his  Defign  :  And  as  he  was  going  down  the  Tower  to  his  Exe- 
cution, he  was  conveyed  by  the  Lord  Chamberlain  and  the  Lord  Shandois, 
Governour  of  the  Tower,  >  to  the  Tower  over  the  Water-Gate,  where  the 
Earl  of  Devon/hire  lay,  and  there  he  remained  in  Difcourfe  with  the  Earl 
above  half  an  Hour :  Upon  the  Scaffold  he  faid,  Whereas  it  is  noifed  A- 
broad,  that  1  fhould  accufe  the  Lady  Elizabeth  and  the  Lord  Courtenay  ; 
it  is  not  fo,  good  People;  for  I  will  ajfure  you,  that  neither  they,  nor  any 
other  now  yonder  in  Hold,  was  privy  to  my  Rijing  before  I  began,  as  I 
have  declared  no  lefs  to  the  £>?ieen  and  Council,  and  it  is  moft  true.  The 
bringing  of  him  into  the  Earl  of  Devonfoire's  Chamber  was  a  politick  Con- 
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trivance  of  Stephen  Gardiner,  Bifhop  of  Whichever,  fays  Hotting fied ;  for   Chap.  VI. 
this  Biftiop  being  always  an  Enemy  of  the  Princefs,  and  thinking  now  by    s-^v~— » 
Sir  Thomas  I  fiat  to  pick  out  fome  Matter  againft  the  Lord  Courtenay,  and     rjf  54. 
fo  in  the  End  to  entangle  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  contrived,  as  was  laid,  the  HdiingOKd. 
fame  Day  that  Sir  Thomas  died,  that  the  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower  Ihould 
bring  him  to  the  Prefence  of  the  Lord  Court  enay;  and  he,  inftead  ofperfwa- 
ding  him  to  make  Confeffion,  as  Gardiner  gave  out,  did  before  the  Liei*- 
tenant  of  the  Tower  and  the  Sheriffs,  kneeling  upon  his  Knees,  befeech  the 
Lord  Coitrtenay  to  forgive  him,  for  that  he  had  falfly  accufed  both  the  La- 
dy Elizabeth  and  him  ;  and  being  brought  from  thence  unto  the  Scaffold 
to  fuffer,  he  there  openly,  in  the  Hearing  of  all  the  People,  cleared  both 
of  them.     At  which  Confellion,  Dr.  Wejion,  a  Creature  of  the  Bifhop  of 
Winckefter,  ftanding  by,  cried  out  to  the  People,  and  faid,  Believe  tym 
not,  good  Teople,  for  he  confejfed  other-wife  before  the  Council. 

After  the  Execution  of  Sir  Thomas  JViat,  News  was  brought  to  the 
Lord  Mayor,  Sir  Thomas  White,  a  little  before  Dinner,  that  Wiat  had 
cleared  the  Lady  Elizabeth  and  the  Earl  of  Devonjhirc,  and  the  Words 
were  told  him  likewife  that  Dr.  Weft  on  fpoke  unto  the  People;  whereupon 
the  Lord  Mayor  faid,  Is  it  true  ?  Did  Wefton  fay  fo  ?  In  Truth  I  never 
took  him  but  for  a  Knave.  When  the  Lord  Mayor  was  fet  down  to  Din- 
ner, there  came  in  Sir  Martin  Bowes  and  the  Recorder,  juft  come  from  the 
Parliament-Houfe,  and  hearing  from  the  Lord  Mayor  and  Sheriffs  what  a 
Confeflion  Jfiat  had  made,  they  wondered  at  it,  declaring,  that  there  was 
another  Report  quite  contrary  to  this  in  the  Parliament-Houfe  that  Morn- 
ing, viz.  That  Sir  Thomas  Wiat  fhould  defire  the  Lord  Courtenay  to  con- 
fefs  the  Truth,  as  he  had  done  before. 

A  little  after  this  it  happened  that  a  certain  Apprentice,  dwelling  in  St. 
Lawrence  Lane,  whofe  Name  was  Cut,  as  he  was  drinking  with  one  Din- 
ham,  a  Plaifterer,  one  of  Queen  Mary's  Servants,  amongft  other  Talk,  faid, 
how  that  Sir  Thomas  Wiat  had  cleared  the  Lady  Elizabeth  and  the  Lord 
Courtenay,  as  no  way  confenting  to  his  Rifing  ;  which  Words  being  carried 
to  Doctor  Gardiner,  Bifhop  of  Jfinchefter,  Sir  Andrew  Jud  was  prefently 
fent  by  the  Bifhop  to  the  Lord  Mayor,  commanding  him  to  bring  the 
faid  Apprentice  to  the  Star-Chamber,  who  was  accufed  that  he  fhould  fay, 
That  Wiat  was  conftrained  by  the  Council  to  accufe  the  Lady  Elizabeth 
and  the  Lord  Courtenay :  And  as  foon  as  they  had  brought  him,  the  Bi- 
fhop putting  by  other  Bufinefs,  declared,  "  How  miraculoufly  GOD  Al- 
"  mighty  had  brought  the  Queen's  Majefty  to  the  Crown  :  And  whereas 
"  fhe  took  the  Lady  Elizabeth  into  her  Favour,  and  loved  her  fo  tender- 
"  ly,  and  alfo  the  Lord  Courtenay,  who  of  long  Time  had  been 'detained 
"  in  Prifon,  and  by  her  was  fet  at  Liberty,  and  had  received  great  Bene- 
"  fits  at  her  Hands;  yet  notwithstanding  all  this,  they  had  confpired  moil: 
"  unnaturally  and  traiteroufly  againft  her,  with  that  hainous  Traytor  Wiat, 
"  as  by  the  Confeflion  of  Wiat  (faid  he)  and  the  Letters  lent  to  and  from, 
"  may  plainly  appear :  And  yet  there  was  fome  in  the  City  of  London  ■ 
"  that  reported,  that  Wiat  was  forced  by  the  Council  to  accufe  the  Lady 
"  Elizabeth  and  the  Lord  Courtenay ;  and  yet  You,  my  Lord  Mayor, 
"  laid  he,  have  not  feen  them  punifhed.  "  The  L'a-'ty  is  here,  faid  the 
Lord  Mayor :  Take  him  with  yon,  faid  the  Bifhop,  andpmifo  him  according 
to  his  Deferts.  The  Lord  Shandois,  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower;  ftanding 
by,  and  hearing  what  the  Bifhop  faid ;  to  pleafe  the  Bifhop,  and  confirm 
what  he  had  faid,  faid,  My  Lords,  this  is  a  Truth  that  I  Jhall  tell  ye  : 
I  being  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower  when  Wiat  fufered,  he  dcfired'  me  to 
bring  him  to  the  Lord  Courtenay,  which  when  j  had  done,  he  fell  down 

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260  Part  III-    The  Genealogical  Hi flory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  VI.  upon  his  Knees,  and  defired  him  to  confers  the  Truth  of  him/elf,  as  he 
t^VX-*  had  done  before,  and  fubmit   himfelf  to  the  Queen's  Mercy.    And  thus 
Jv554-     "  much,  fays  Mr.  Fox,  (and  Hollingfhed  after  him)  I  thought  fit  to  de- 
"  clare,  to  the  Intent  that  the  Reader  knowing  the  Proceedings  of  the 
"*  Bifhop  in  this  Matter,  and  comparing  the  fame  with  the  Teftimony  of 
"  W'tat  himfelf,  and  the  Teftimony  of  the  Sheriffs  who  were  prefent  at 
"  the  fame  Time  when  Sir  'Thomas  Wiat  asked  the  Lord  Courtenay  Par* 
"  don,  may  the  better  judge  of  the  whole  Cafe,  for  which  the  Lady  Eli- 
"  zabeth  and  the  Lord  Courtenay  were  fo  long  in  Trouble.  " 
Fox.  During  the  Time  that  the  Lady  Elizabeth  and  the  Lord  Courtenay  were 

in  Prifon,  a  little  Boy,  the  Son  of  a  Man  that  lived  in  the  Tower,  did 
ufe  to  refort  unto  their  Chambers,  and  did  often  bring  her  Grace  Flowers, 
asfie  did  to  the  other  Prifbners  that  were  there;  whereupon  fbme  fufpi- 
cious  Heads,  thinking  to  make  fomething  of  it,  on  a  Time  called  the  Child 
unto  them,  promifing  him  Figs  and  Apples,  and  asked  him  when  he  had 
been  with  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  knowing  that  he  did  ufe  to  go  to 
him  :  The  Boy  anfwered,  That  he  would  go  by  and  by  thither.  Then  they 
demanded  of  him,  When  he  was  with  the  Lady  Elizabeth  ?  He  anfwered, 
Every  Day.  Then  they  asked  bim,  What  the  Lord  Devonjhire  knt  by 
him  to  her  Grace  ?  The  Child  faid,  I  will  go  and  know  what  he  will  give 
to  carry  to  her :  Such  was  the  Difcretion  of  the  Child,  (fays  Mr.  Fox)  being 
but  four  Years  of  Age.  This  fame  is  a  crafty  Boy,  faid  the  Lord  Chamber- 
lain: How  fay  you,  my  Lord  Shandois  ?  I  fray  you,  my  Lord,  fays  the  Bofr 
give  me  the  Figs  you  fromifed  me :  No,  quoth  the  Lord,  thou  ihait  he 
whipt,  if  thou  come  any  more  to  the  Lady  Elizabeth,  or  the  Lord  Cwr- 
tenay.  The  Boy  anfwered,  J  will  bring  my  Lady  and  Miftrefs  m&re 
Flowers ;  whereupon  the  Child's  Father  was  commanded  to  permit  the  Boy 
to  come  no  more  up  into  the  Chafdbers.  The  next  Day,  as  her  Grsee 
was  walking  in'the  Garden,  the  Child  peeping  in  at  a  Hole  in  the  Door, 
cried  unto  her,  Miftrefs,  I  can* bring  no  more  Flowers :  Whereat  me  fim- 
led,  but  faid  nothing,  underftanding  therebyV  what  \  they  had  done.  Soon 
after  the  Chamberlain  rebuked  highly  his  Father,  commanding  him  t©  put 
him  out  of  the  Houfe:  Alas  !  poor  Infant,  faid  the  Father:  It  is  a  crafty 
Knave,  quoth  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  let  me  fee  him  here  no»  npreA 

On  the  jth  Day  of  May,  the  Conftable  of  the  Tower  was  discharged 
of  his  Office,  and  one  Sir  Henry  Benifeld  placed  in  his  Room ;  a  Man  un- 
known to  her  Grace,  and  therefore  the  more  to  be  feared :  And  on  Tri- 
nity-Snnday,  being  the  i pth  of  May,  the  Princefs  Elizabeth  was  removed 
from. the  Tower,  and  was  by  Sir  Henry  Benifeld,  who  was  appointed  her 
Keeper,"  and  the  Lord  Tame,  who  was  joined  in  Commiffion  with  him, 
conveyed  to  Woodftock,  where  fhe  was  kept  Prifoner  for  a  confiderabte 
Time ;  and  how  fhe  was  ufed  on  her  Journey,  and  afterwards  when  fhe 
was  at  Woodftock,  and  what  Fears  fhe  was  under  of  being  fecretly  made  a- 
way,  Mr.  Fox  does  fhew  at  large. 

On  the  25th  Day  of  May,  1554,  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire  was  brought 
out  of  the  Tower,  at  Three  a-Clock  in  the  Morning,  by  Sir  Thomas  Tu- 
ftam,  Knight,  Mr.  Chamberlain  of  Suffolk,  with  certain  of  the  Guard 
"being  appointed  to  attend  him,  and  was  conveyed  to  Fodringham-OiMe  in 
Northamptonfhire,  where  he  was  affigned  to  remain,  under  the  Cuffody 
of  the  faid  Sir  Thomas  and  others. 

On  the  10th  of  July,  the  fame  Year,  the  Prince  of  Spain  arrived  at 
Southampton,  and  on  St.  James's  Day  the  Marriage  was  folemnized  between 
him  and  Queen  Mary. 

The. 


Part  III.       'Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  II.  261 

The  next  Year,  1555,  a  little  before  Eajier,  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  Chap.  VI. 
after  he  had  lain  almoft  a  Year  in  Prifon,  was  fet  at  Liberty,  and  came  to  '«-"~  v~Ya 
Court  j  and  about  ten  Days  after,  the  Lady  Elizabeth  came   likewife  to     l555' 
the  Queen  :  And  nothing,  fays  tieylin,  did  King  Thilip  more  Honour  a- 
mongft  the  Engli/h,  than  the  great  Pains  he  took  for  the  procuring  the 
Enlargement  of  the  Princefs  Elizabeth  and  the  Earl  of  Devonshire. 

The  Earl  being  thus  fet  at  Liberty,  rinding  he  was  to  lie  under  perpe- 
tual Diftruft,  and  that  he  might,  perhaps,  upon  the  firit  Diforder,  be  com- 
mitted to  the  Tower,  to  which  his  Stars  feemed  to  condemn  him,  refolved 
to  go  beyond  Sea,  and  having  obtained  Leave  of  the  Queen  to  travel 
which  before  he  petitioned  for  in  vain,  he  paffed  the  Seas,  crofted  France, 
and  came  into  Italy ;  and  being  at  Tadua,  he  ficker.ed,  and  within  Four- 
teen Days  after  his  Sicknefs  firft  took  him,  he  died,  October  4,  1556';  1556". 
fbme  fay,  not  without  Sufpicion  of  Poifon,  which  is  commonly  faid  of  Kings 
and  Great  Men :  But  if,  as  Bifhop  Godwin  and  Thuauus  do  fay,  he  was 
fufpe&ed  to  be  inclinable  to  the  Lutheran  Religion,  he  being  fo  near  re- 
lated to  the  Crown,  being  the  Grand- fon  of  Catherine  the  Daughter  of 
Edward  IV.  the  Papifts  might  make  him  away  to  prevent  him  from  ma- 
king any  Alteration  in  Religion.  This  Earl,  as  it  appeared,  was  born  to 
be  a  Prifoner  j  for  from  Twelve  Years  of  Age  to  almoft  Thirty,  at  which 
Age  he  died,  he  had  fcarce  two  Years  Liberty,  and  obtained  that  Quiet  at 
his  Death  which  in  his  Life  he  could  never  have.  He  was  the  Twelfth  and 
laft  Earl  of  Devonjhire  of  that  noble  Family,  Second  Marquefs  of  Exeter, 
and  Fifteenth  Baron  of  Okehampton  ;  which  laft  Title  the  Family  poffeffed 
ever  fince  it  came  into  England  to  that  Time :  And  although  Sir  William 
Courtenay  of  fowder ham-QMs  that  then  was,  was  the  next  Heir  Male, 
as  being  defcended  from  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  of  Towderham,  who  was 
Son  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and 
Margaret  Bohun  his  Wife,  Grand-daughter  of  King  Edward  I.  and  was 
next  Brother  to  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  from  whom  thefe  laft  Earls  were 
defcended;  yet,  however  it  came  to  pafs,  that  great  Eftate  was  divided 
amongft  the  four  lifters  of  Edward  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl 
of  Devonshire,  and  Aunts  to  this  laft  Earl,  and  the  Titles  afterwards  by 
King  James  I.  conferred  on  other  Families.  The  Honourable  Remains  of 
this  laft  Earl,  after  his  deplorable  Death,  were  repofited  in  St.  Anthony's 
Church  in  Tadua,  where  a  noble  Monument  was  erected  to  his  Memory, 
having  this  Infcription  j 

Anglia  quern  genuit,  fueratque  habitura  fatronum, 

Corteneum  celfa  hac  continet  Area  Ducem. 
Credita  caufa  necis  Regni  affectata  cupido, 

Regina  optatum  tunc  quoque  connubium. 
Cui  Regni  grocer es  non  confenfere,  Philippo 

Reginam  Regi  jungere  pojfe  rati. 
Europam  unde  fuit  Juveui  peragrare  neceffe, 

Ex  quo  Mors  mifero  contigit  ante  diem. 
Anglia  y?  plorat  defunct  0  principe  tanto 

Nil  mirum ;  Domino  deficit  ilia  pio. 
Sed  jam  Corteneus  Coclo,  fruiturque  Beatis  : 

Cum  doleant  Angli,  cum  fine  fine  gemant. 
Cortenei  pobitas,  igitur,  prajlantia,  Nomen 

Dum  Jiabit  hoc  Templum,  vivida  femper  erunt 
Anglia  him  etiam  ftabit,  Jiabuntque  Britanni, 

Conjugii  opt  at  i  Earn  a  perennis  erit 

TJ  u  u  Improba 


262  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  VI.  Imfroba  natura  leges  Libitina  refcindens 

c/^v~vJ  Ex  *$uo  Juvenes  fracipitatque  Senes. 

«  Under  this  ftately  Monument  doth  lye 
«  The  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  Edward  Court eny. 
"  He  was  born  in  England  $  and,  had  "he  liv'd  longer, 
«  Would  have  been  to  England  Patron  and  Defender. 
«  "Tis  thought  that  the  Catife  of  the  Lofs  of  his  Life 
"  Was  his  Defire  of  having  the  Queen  for  a  Wife : 
*  For  of  three  that  were  named,  the  Peers  did  agree, 
"  That  Thilty  of  Spain  the  Queen's  Husband  mould  ho, 
,'."■■'  *'  Which  made  the  noble  Youth  to  go  beyond  Sea, 

<l  Where  before  his  Time  Death  took  him  away  : 
**  If  England  laments  the  Death  of  this  Prince, 
"  No  Wonder :  for  her  good  Lord  is  gone  hence. 
"  But  now  the  great  Courfeny  is  m  Heav'n  with  the  Saints, 
"  Whilft  the  Englijh  for  their  Lofs  pour  out  their  Complaints. 
"  The  Name  of  Coiirteny,  and  his  excelling  Worth, 

'  "  As  long  as  this  Church  ftands  fhall  be  fet  forth  ; 

"  And  as  long  as  old  England  and  Britains  fhall  be, 

I  "  The  Story  of  the  Marriage  remember  will  we. 

"  Moft  cruel  Death,  breaking  through  Nature's  Laws, 
**  On  Young,  as  well  as  Old,  doth  lay  his  Paws. " 

This  Epitaph  is  not  very  elegant,  confidering  the  Age  and  Place  in 
which  it  was  made ;  neither  is  it  all  true ;  for  it  lays,  that  his  not  having  the 
Queen  for  a  Wife  was  the  Caufe  of  his  Travelling,  and  confequently  of  his 
Death :  But  our  Hiftorians  do  fay,  that  he  never  defired  to  marry  Queen 
Mary,  but  the  Princeft  Elizabeth. 

This  Edward  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  before  his  unfortunate  Journey  into 
Italy,  conveyed  the  Manour  of  Ailesbear,  and  the  Manour  of  Whimfley 
which  was  formerly  called  Whimple-Courtenay,  unto  Sir  Francis  Inglefold, 
then  Mafter  of  the  Rolls,  and  Sir  William  Cordal,  after  him  in  the  fame 
Office,  upon  Truft,  as  it  was  fuppofed-  but  they  retained  the  fame  to 
their  own  "Ufc ;  and  Ibrne  of  the  Eftates  belonging  to  the  Earldom  were 
fold  or  given  away  by  King  Henry  VIII.  upon  the  Attainder  of  Henry 
Marquefs  of  Exeter.  The  great  Park  of  Okehampton,  Tiverton  Park,  and 
all  the  Parks  belonging  to  the  Earldom,  were  deftroyed  by  King  Henry 
VIII.  by  Means  of  Sir  Richard  Tollard ;  for  he  perfwaded  the  King,  that 
if  the  Parks  were  difparked,  there  would  grow  thereby  great  Benefit  to 
the  Commonwealth,  both  in  Tillage  and  Pafture;  which  the  King  believ- 
ing, granted  a  Commiffion  to  him  for  difparking  all  the  Parks  belonging  to 
the  faid  Marquefs :  But  the  King  not  finding  that  Benefit  from  it  that  he 
expe&ed,  and  underftanding  that  the  Gentry  of  the  County  were  difcontented 
at  it,  who  were  thus  deprived  of  their  Sports  and  Recreations,  was  much  dif- 
pleafed,and  called  to  him  Sir  Richard  Tollard,  and  did  lb  feverely  chide  him, 
that  Sir  Richard  took  it  fo  heavily,  that  he  never  enjoyed  himfelf  afterwards. 
',  Mr.  Carew  faith,  that  King  Henry  VIII.  alTeding  the  Honour  of  Ew- 

elm,  and  refpe&ing  the  Commodities  that  jVallingford-CzMc  might  afford 
it,  took  the  Cattle  by  Aft  of  Parliament  from  the  Dutchy  of  Cornwall, 
and  in  lieu  thereof  annexed  certain  Manours  lying  in  Cornwall,  fallen  to 
the  Crown  by  the  Attainder  of  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  which  Queen 
Mary  afterwards  reftored  in  Tail  to  his  Son  the  Earl  of  Devon,  and  upon 
his  dying  without  IfTue  received  them  again.  The  Manour  of  Mnsbcrry, 
t .  which 


Part  III.    Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  II.  263 

■which  belonged  to  the  ancient  Barony  of  Okehamfton,  upon  the  Attainder  of  Chap.  VI. 
the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  was  given  by  King  Henry  VIII.  unto  Sir  Edward  \^-v*w 
North,  and  after,  by  Purchafe,  it  came  to  John  Drake  of  Ap  >  but  Ap  in 
Musberry,  the  Seat  of  Sir  William  Drake,  was  anciently  given  by  Jofoi  Lord 
Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehamfton,  to  Ht?//rr  <&  Zsjfo  or  de  A[h,  and  fo  de- 
fended to  the  Drakes.    The  Manours  of  Coliton  and  Whitford  did  belong 
to  the  Earls  of  Devonpire,  but  King  Henry  VIII.  after  the  Attainder, 
fold  the  Feefarmfhip  of  the  Tenants,  referving  the  Rents  and  Services ;  and 
thefe  were  reftored  by  Queen  Mary  to  the  laft  Earl,  and  he  dying,  they 
came  to  the  Heirs  General ;  and  a  Quarter  Part  came  to  Sir  William  Tale, 
by  Purchafe ;  Half  to'  the  Lord  Teters;  and  a  Quarter  to  Sir  John  Drake. 
Colecomb,  a  Seat  of  the  Earl  of  Devonshire,  which  Henry  Marquefs  of 
Exeter  was  about  to  rebuild,  if  untimely  Death  had  not  prevented  him, 
was  fold  by  the  Heirs  General  to  Sir  William  Tole.     Whitwell  Manour 
cfcheated  to  the  Ctown  by  the  Attainder  of  the  Marquefs,  and  was  fold  to 
John  Fry  of  Wicroft,  and  by  him  fold  to  John  Willoughby,  Efq.    Fareway 
likewife  by  the  Attainder  came  to  the  Crown,  and  was  bought  by  John 
Fry  of  Wicroft,  and  fold  by  him  to  John  Willoughby,  Efq.    Stutcomb  and 
Buckland-Trill  in  Axmouth  belonged  likewife  to  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire, 
'till  the  Attainder  of  the  Marquefs.    Colurnb-John  was  by  Edward  Courte- 
nay, firft  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devonpire,  granted  to  Richard  Bamp- 
field,  a  younger  Son  of  the  Houfe  of  Toltimore,  and  to  the  Heirs  Male  of 
his  Body ;  but  he  died  without  Iffue,  o  Henry  VI.  fo  as  that  it  reverted 
unto  Thomas  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon ;  and  after  the  Attainder  of  the 
Marquefs,  it  came  to  the  Bajfets,  and  fo  to  the  Acklands,  and  Sir  John 
Ackland,  Knight,  builded  upon  a  former  Foundation,  begun  by  the  Earl 
of  Devonpire,  a  very  fair  Houfe.     The  Manour  of  Ex-I/land  was  given 
by  King  Edward  VI.  after  the  Attainder  of  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  to 
the  City  of  Exeter,  for  valiantly  defending  the  City  againft  the  Cornijh 
Rebels:  But  Mr.  Fuller  in  his  Church  Hifiory  is  much  miftaken,  when  he  #r*.Fullery 
fays,'that  it  did  formerly  belong  to  the  City,  but  was  wrefted  from  it  by  the  ChwchH^otTt 
Earls  of  Devonpire ;  for  it  was  Part  of  the  Barony  of  Okehamfton  from  the        i97% 
Time  of  the  Conqueft,  before  ever  the  Earls  of  Devonpire  had  it ;  and  they 
had  it  by  being  Barons  of  Okehamfton.   Indeed  Ifaac  in  his  Memoirs  fays, 
there  was  a  Trial  at  the  Affizes  between  Hugh  Earl  of  Devonpire  and  the 
City  of  Exeter  concerning  Ex-IJland;  but  that  was  concerning  fome  Rights 
and  Privileges  that  the  Earl  claimed  as  belonging  to  the  Manour,  and  not 
concerning  the  Manour  itfelf ;  for  Ifaac  fays,  that  the  City  had  the  beft  of 
it  in  the  Tryal,  and  yet  the  Manour  remained  in  the  Family  afterwards. 
The  Moiety  of  Lammas-Fair  fell  to  the  Crown  upon  the  Attainder  of  the 
Marquefs,  and  afterward  came  to  thofe  that  bought  Tofpam.     The  Ma- 
nours of  Larkbear,  Huntsbear,  and  the  Borough  of  Newton-Tofleford  in 
the  Parifh  of  Ailesbear,  fell  to  the  Crown  upon  the  Attainder,  and  were 
purchafed  by  John  Haydon,  Efq;  of  Caday.    The  Manour  of  Samford- 
Courtenay,  as  Sir  William  Tole  faith,  was  upon  the  Attainder  given  by 
King  Henry  VIII.  to  Kings-College  in  Cambridge :  And  no  doubt  there 
were  fevcral  other  Branches  of  this  great  and  noble  Eftate  that  did  belong 
to  the  Earls  of  Devonpire,  that  were  fold,  or  given  away  by  King  Hen- 
ry VIII.    But  what  remained  in  the  Crown,  Queen  Mary,  as  was  faid, 
reftored  unto  Edward  the  laft  Earl  of  Devonjhire,  and  he  dying  without 
Iflue,  the  Bulk  of  that   great  Eftate  was  divided  amongft  the  Heirs  cf 
the  four  Sifters  of  Edward,  that  was  made  Earl  of  Devonpire  by  King 
Henry  VII.  viz.  Elizabeth,  Wife  of  John  fretherf;  Maud,  Wife  of  John 
Arundel  of  Talvern ;  Ifabel,  Wife  of  William  Mohan ;  and  Florence,  Wife 

of 


264  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the    Book  II. 

Chap.  VI.  of  John  Trclawiiy :  Thus  are  they  ranked  in  the  laft  Will  of  Earl  Edward 
^/YV  their  Brother.     John  Tretherf  had  by  his  Wife  Elizabeth  a  Son  named 

Thomas,  who  by  the  Daughter  of Trevifa  had  Iffue  Elizabeth,  the 

Wife  of  John  Vivian,  and  Margaret,  Wife  of  Edward  Court enay  of  Lar- 
rock:  So  that  the  Eftate  which  the  laft  Earl  of  Devonpire  had,  which 
was  very  confiderable,  notwithstanding  there  were  fo  many  Branches  lop- 
ped off  from  it,  was  divided  into  four  Parts,  and  one  of  the  four  Parts  fub- 
divided  into  two :  And  I  have  feen,  fays  Mr.  Carew  in  his  Survey  of  Corn- 
wall-, at  Hall,  a  Seat  of  Sir  Reginald  Mohun,  a  Faggot  whofe  Age  and 
Painting  do  prove  the  Tradition  to  be  true,  viz.  that  it  was  preferved  by 
the  Earls  of  Devonpire,  whofe  Seat  it  was;  but  whether  from  any  Fore- 
fight  of  what  did  happen  afterwards  I  cannot  tell,  fays  he :  This  Faggot 
being  all  one  Piece  of  Wood,  was,  as  it  grew,  wrapped  about  the  middle' 
Part  with  a  Band,  and  parted  at  the  End  into  four  Sticks,  one  of  which 
was  again  fubdivided  into  two ;  and  fo,  as  was  faid,  the  Eftate  was  divided 
between  the  Heirs  of  the  four  Daughters,  and  one  Part  of  them  again  fub- 
divided into  two :  And  thus  as  the  Titles  of  this  noble  Family  were  given 
to  others,  fo  this  ancient  and  great  Eftate,  Part  of  which  did  belong  to 
the  Barons  of  Okehamfton  from  the  Time  of  the  Conqueft,  and  Part  to 
the  Earls  of  Devonpire  from  a  little  Time  after,  and  were  both  united 
in  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  and  continued  in  that  Family  for  many  Ge- 
nerations, was,  upon  the  Death  of  this  Earl,  all  torn  to  Pieces  and  parcell'd 
out  to  Strangers 

In  the  Statute  of  3a  Hen.  VIII.  cap.  40.  of  General  Pardon,  Edward 
Courtenay,  Son  of  the  late  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  is  excepted  by  Name. 

As  in  Henry  Vllth's  Time  there  was  one  Lambert  Symnel  that  feigned 
himfelf  to  be  Edward  Earl  of  Warwick,  Son  of  the  Duke  of  Clarence, 
and  at  another  Time  one  Jerkin  Warbeck  that  feigned  himfelf  to  be  Ri- 
chard Duke  of  fork,  fecond  Son  to  Edward  IV.  fo  a  little  Time  after  the 
Death  of  the  Earl  of  Devonpire,  there  was  one  Cleybery,  or  Cleyberdy 
who  gave  out  that  he  was  the  Earl  of  Devonpire;  and  he,  with  fome 
others,  did  endeavour  to  raife  Commotions  in  the  County  of  Norfolk,  and 
they  made  Ufe  of  the  Lady  Elizabeth's  Name,  and  the  Queen  her  Sifter 
told  her  of  it;  whereupon  fhe  wrote  a  very  earneft  Letter  to  the  Queen, 
wherein  fhe  declared  her  great  Deteftation  both  of  them  and  their  Practi- 
ces :  This  Cleyberd  was  afterwards  taken  in  Suffolk,  and  executed  at  Bury. 

The  Arms  of  this  Edward  Earl  of  Devonpire  were  the  fame  with 
thofe  of  his  Father. 


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1337- 


IR  Philip  Courtenay  of  Powder  ham-Ca&le,  whofe  Pro- 
geny is  the  Subject  of  this  Book,  was  fifth  Son  of  Hugh 
Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  by 
Margaret  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  Humphry  Bohun,  Earl  of 
Hereford  and  Ejfex,  and  Lord  High  Conftable  of  England, 
and  Grand-daughter  of  King  Edward  I.  He  was  born 
about  the  Year  1337,  and  was  the  firft  of  that  Noble  Family  of  Courte- 
nay of  Powderham,  which  continueth  there  to  this  Day,  and  is  in  a  pro- 
fperous  Condition :  He  is  called  in  his  Mother's  Will,  Sir  'Philip  Courte- 
nay of  Canon-leigh,  and  in  fome  Writings  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Bick- 
ley.  Camden  in  his  Britannia  fays,  "  That  Towderham  is  the  Seat  of  Camden. 
f  a  very  noble  Family,  the  Courtenays,  Knights,  who  being  defcended 
"  from  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire,  and  related  to  the  beft  Families,  are  to 
*'  this  Day  flourifhing,  and  molt  worthy  of  fuch  Noble  Anceftors. ■•"  And 
we  may  fay  the  fame  Thing  of  it  ftill  j  for  it  is  not  lefs,  but  more  flou- 
rifhing than  it  was  then,  having  been  matched  to  very  honourable  Fami- 
lies fince,  and  having  a  great  Addition  made  to  their  Wealth  by  the  great 
Increafe  of  their  Eftate  in  Ireland.  This  Sir  Philip  Courtenay,  firft  of 
the  Powderham  Family,  as  Sir  William  Pole  lays,  was  an  expert  martial 
Knight,  and  ferved  King  Edward TIL  and  King  Richard 'II.  in  their  Wars ; 
and  fome  of  his  martial  Deeds  are  recorded  in  Hiftory ;  but  no  doubt  there 
were  many  more  which  are  not  tranfmitted  to  us. 

In  the  Year  \0fi6,  Don  Pedro,  King  of  Caftile,  being  outed  of  his     i$66. 
Kingdom  by  his  Baftard-Brother  Henry,  came  to  Bourdeaux,  where  Ed-  Froiflwr, 
ward  the  Black  Prince  kept  his  Court,  and  befeeched  the  Prince  to  help  f°l- I3f- 
him  to  recover  his  Kingdom.    The  Prince  fent  to  his  Father  King  Edward 
III.  to  know  his  Mind  in  it :  The  King  gave  his  Content,  that  he  Ihould 
raife  an  Army,  and  help  the  excluded  King:  And  in  this  Army,  as  was 
faid  before,  when  wc  fpoke  of  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay,  were  the  three  Bro- 
thers, Sir  High,  Sir  Philip,  and  Sir  Peter  Courtenay.    The  Black  Prince  met 
the$aitard  Henry  near  Navaret  in  Spain,  and  there  engaged  with  him,  and 
got  a  fignal  Viftory  over  him,  llcw  many  Thoufands  of  the  Enemy,  with 
little  Lofs  on  his  Side ;  which  great  Victory,  together  with  that  at  Crejy 
and  PoiWers,  made  the  Prince  renowned  over  all  the  World,  faith  Froif- 
fart.    The  Day  before  the  Battle,  the  Prince  Knighted,  together  with 

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Chap.  I.  Don  Pedro,  King  of  Caftile,  and  others,  the  three  Brothers,  Sir  Huvh 
W~W>  Courtenay,  Sir  ThiHf,  and  Sir  Peter  y  as  was  faid  before.  I  cannot,  fays 
Froijfart,  ipeak  of  all  of  them  that  did  right  nobly  in  that  Fight  j  but  about 
the  Prince  in  his  Battle  were  divers  good  Knights  j  and  amongft  thefe  he  rec- 
kons up  Sir  Hugh  and  Sir  Philip  Courtenay. 
1373.  In  the  Year  1373,  47  Edward  III.  the  Earl  of  Salisbury,  with  Sir 
%teJ Com-  Philip  Courtenay  and  Sir  Edward  Nevil,  were  fent  to  Sea  upon  a  Ru- 
walL  *  mour,  that  the  French  were  upon  the  Coaft  with  Six  Thoufand  Men,  de- 
fining to  land.  The  Earl  of  Salisbury  had  Forty  Sail  of  Ships,  befides 
Barges,  and  Two  Thoufand  Men  of  Arms,  befides  Archers  j  and  departing 
from  Cornwall,  he  failed  to  Bretaigne,  and  coming  to  St.  Malo's,  burnt 
feven  great  Spanifh  Ships  in  the  Haven ;  thence  they  failed  to  Brett,  and 
there  relieved  the  Garrifon  with  Men  and  Provifions,  where  Sir  Robert 
Kmles  was  befieged  by  the  Conftable,  Sir  Bertrand  de  Guifelin;  which 
having  done,  they  took  Shipping  with  Defign  to  keep  upon  the  Coaft  of 
Bretaigne  and  Normandy ;  about  which  Time  the  King  had  recruited  them 
with  One  Thoufand  Men  at  Arms  and  Two  Thoufand  Archers.  Here- 
upon the  Earl  went  again  to  Br  eft,  with  a  Refolution  to  fight  the  French 
that  lay  before  it :  But  before  he  got  thither,  the  Conftable  had  withdrawn 
moft  of  his  Men  to  other  Sieges,  upon  an  Agreement  made  with  the  Gar- 
rifon to  furrender  in  Cafe  they  were  not  relieved  in  Forty  Days,  for  the 
Performance  of  which  they  had  taken  Hoftages.  Upon  the  Earl's  Arri- 
val, he  fent  to  the  Conftable  either  to  fight  or  return  the  Hoftages,  but  he 
refufed  both  ;  fo  the  Earl  having  victualled  the  Caftle  went  to  Sea  again, 
and  kept  upon  the  Coaft  of  Bretaigne  and  Normandy  as  before. 
1378.  In  the  Beginning  of  King  Richard  the  lid's  Reign,  the  French,  who 
S>0jfEn  had  ^een  m?fcinS  Preparations  in  King  Edward's  Reign,  and  had  mann'd 
out  a  Fleet  juft  before  his  Death,  to  revenge  all  the  Loffes  they  had  fu- 
ftained  by  his  victorious  Sword,  entered  the  narrow  Seas  immediately  after 
his  Deceafe  j  and  whilft  the  Nation  was  bufy  in  fettling  their  new  King,- 
invaded  the  Coafts  of  England,  and  did  much  Mifchief,  which  they  conti- 
nued feveral  Months  to  do  without  Oppofition.  They  landed  in  the  Hie  of 
Wight  in  Augufi,  and  having  done  what  Mifchief  they  could,  and  having 
re-imbarked,  in  their  Return  burnt  Hajlings,  Portfmouth,  Dartmouth,  and 
'Plymouth :  And  whilft  the  Duke  of  Lancafler  was  preparing  a  Fleet  to  go 
againft  them,  fome  of  his  Men,  weary  of  his  flow  Proceedings  and  unne- 
ceiTary  Delays,  let  out  to  Sea  under  the  Command  of  the  Earls  of  Salis- 
bury and  Arundel,  and  failed  towards  the  Coaft  of  Bretaigne.  Sir T  hi  lip  and 
Sir  Peter  Courtenay,  two  Brothers,  who  had  the  Command  of  fome  Ships, 
efpying  fome  Veffels  belonging  to  the  Enemy,  inconfiderately  affaulted 
them,  being  the  whole  Spanifo  Fleet ;  and  though  they  bravely  fought, 
and  defended  themfelves,  yet  in  the  End  were  beaten  ;  moft  of  them,  who 
were  good  Gentlemen  of  Devon/hire  and  Somerfetfhire,  being  flain  :  Sir 
Peter  with  lbme  others  were  taken  Prifoners,  and  Sir  Philip  was  fore 
wounded,  but  efcaped  the  Hands  of  his  Enemies.  This  Misfortune  at  the 
firft  fetting  out  much  difheartened  them,  yet  they  perfifted  in  their  Defign, 
and  went  on  in  the  intended  Voyage,  which  proved  fome  Compenfation  for 
their  former  Lofs ;  for  being  arrived  upon  the  Coaft  of  France,  they  found 
the  King  of  Navarre  fallen  into  a  Difference  with  the  King  <&  France,  and 
very  defirous  of  an  Alliance  with  the  King  of  England;  whereupon,  for  a 
certain  Sum  of  Money  lent  to  the  faid  King,  a  Confederacy  was  eftablifhed 
between  the  Englifh  and  him,  and  the  Haven  of  Cherburgh  was  put  into  the 
Poffeflion  of  the  Englifh,  whereby  an  eafier  Entrance  was  made  for  them 
at  all  Times  into  Normandy,  and  prefent  Occafion  given  them  to  annoy 

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Part  III.    Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay,     Book  III.  267 

the  French.  But  this  advantageous  Alliance  was  not  thought  a  fufficient  Chap.  T. 
Compenfation  for  the  Lofs  of  the  Gentlemen  that  were  killed  and  taken  s^v\^ 
Captive  at  the  Beginning  of  this  Voyage. 

In  the  Year  1383,  7  Richard  II.  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  was  made  Lord  x^^ 
Lieutenant  of  Ireland  for  ten  Years.  Hooker  in  his  Chronicle  of  Ireland 
fays,  befides  Edmund  Mortimer,  Earl  of  March,  Campion  affirmeth,  that  in 
Richard  the  lid's  Days  were  Juftices  and  Lieutenants  of  Ireland  fpecially 
recorded ;  Roger  Mortimer,  Son  of  the  faid  Earl ;  Thilip  Courtenay,  the 
King's  Coufin  ;  James  Earl  of  Ormond;  and  Robert  Vere,  Earl  of  Oxford. 

In  1 1  Richard  II.  the  King  granted  to  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay,  his  Coufin,     1388. 
the  Park  of  Bovy-tracy,  and  others  in  the  County  of  Devon,  forfeited,  to 
him  as  long  as  they  remained  in  the  King's  Hands  upon  the  Account  of 
the  Forfeiture,  which  were  Parcels  of  the  Poffeffions  of  Robert  de  Vere^ 
Marquefs  of  Ireland. 

In  the  Year  1380,  i%  Richard  II.  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay,  Kt.  is  made     1380. 
Steward  of  all  the  King's  Manours  and  Stanneries  in  the  County  of  Cornwall. 
In  14  Richard  II.  the  King  granted  to  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  and  to  Anne     1301. 
his  Wife,  Dartmore-FoieR,  and  the  Manour  of  Bradnich.    In  1302,  16     13^2. 
Richard  II.  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  being  returned  for  one  of  the  Knights  of  &r  Rob.  Cof- 
the  Shire  for  Devon,  came  before  the  King  in  Parliament,  and  was  accufed  ^  ^"<fe«- 
of  fundry  heinous  Matters :  "  iji.  'Thomas  de  Tontingdon  complaineth  a- 
"  gainlt  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay,  for  wrongfully  expelling  him  out  of  the  Ma- 
"  nour  of  Bickleigh.     idly,  The  like  Complaint  was  made  by  Richard  So- 
"  mefire  againft  Sir  Thilip^  for  expelling  him  out  of  four  Marks  Land  in 
"  Thorverton,  in  the  County  of  Devon.     $dlyy  The  Abbot  of  Newnham 
"  in  Devon  complaineth  againft  the  faid  Sir  Thilip,  for  imprifbning  him 
"  and  two  of  his  Monks  with  great  Force;"     Sir  Thilip  being  demanded 
thereof  in  full  Parliament,  could  make  no  good  Juftification  ;  wherefore  it 
was  adjudged,  that  he  mould  not  have  to  do  with  the  Abbot,  his  Monks, 
nor  any  of  their  Things ;  but  he  fhould  be  bound  to  the  good  Behaviour, 
and  for  Contempt  was  committed  to  the  Tower.     Sir  'Philip  Courtenay,  a 
little  Time  after,  prayed  that  he  might  be  difcharged,  and  that  he  might 
purge  himfelf :  And  on  Monday,  November  25,  at  the  Requeft  of  the 
Lords  and  Commons,  he  was  reftored  to  his  Place  and  good  Name ;  for 
that  he  had  fubmitted  himfelf  to  reafonable  Arbitriment ;  and  Sir  Thilip 
Courtenay  and  Thomas  de  Tontingdon  promifed   in  Parliament  to  abide 
the  Order  of  certain  Perfbns  then  named  by  a  Day  to  be  made ;  and  Sir 
Thilip  and  Richard  Somefire  did  the  fame.    Upon  the  Hearing  of  the 
Matter  of  Thomas  Tontingdon,  it  was  adjudged,  That  Sir  Thilip  Courte- 
nay and  Anne  his  Wife,  in  an  Affize  brought,  mall  only  plead  in  Bar,  that 
Nicholas  Son  of  Thomas  Tontingdon  was  a  Baftard ;  wherein  if  it  were 
found  that  the  faid  Nicholas  was  a  Mulier,  that  the  faid  Nicholas  mould 
recover;  and  Sir  T  hi  lip  in  theTryal,  in  all  Probability,  had  the  better  of  it; 
for  the  Manour  of  Bickleigh  was  in  his  Family  for  many  Generations  after. 
In  22   Richard  II.  a  Commiffion  is  directed  to  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay, 
Knight,  and  to  Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  Knight,  to  overfee  and  look  after  all      ^.90' 
the  Harbours  in  the  County  of  Devon. 

In  1  Henry  IV.  1300,  a  Commiffion  is  granted  to  him  and  to  others, 
to  enquire  of  the  Money  concealed  that  is  due  to  the  King  upon  Account 
of  the  Alnage  in  the  County  of  Devon. 

This  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  married  Anne  Daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Wake,  Uugdale, 
of  Bifworth  in  the  County  of  Northampton,  who  was  the  Son  of  Hugh, 
younger  Son  to  Baldwin  Lord  Wake ;  and  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire  con- 
ferred upon  his  Son  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  feveral  Manours  and  great  Eftates. 

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268  Part  III  The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the   Book  III. 

Chap.  I.  And  ift,  he  gave  him  Towderbam-CaMe,  with  the  Manour  belonging  to 
t-z-V^J  it :  This  Caftle  ftands  near  the  Confluence  of  the  River  Ex  and  the  little 
River  Kentty  about  fix  Miles  from  the  City  of  Exeter,  on  the  Weft  Side 
of  the  Exy  and  hath  a  fair  Profpect  of  that  River,  and  is  made  now,  by 
the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenayy  of  an  old  Caftle,  a  moft  noble  and  de- 
lightfome  Seat.  Mr.  Rifdetiy  in  his  Defcription  of  Devonjhire,  has  thefe 
Verfes  upon  it ; 

Where  Ex  meets  curled  Kenn  with  kind  Embrace, 
In  chryfial  Arms  they  clip  fair  Powderham  Tlace. 

It  is  faid  by  Mr.  Camdeny  that  this  Caftle  was  built  by  lfabel  de  Fort't- 
bttSy  Countefs  of  Devon/hire  and  Albemarky  the  laft  of  the  Family  of 
Rivers  ox  de  Ripariis:  But  this  is  a  Miftake :  For  neither  fhe,  nor  any  of 
the  Earls  of  Devon/hire  of  the  Family  of  Rivers  were  poffeffed  of  it : 
lfabel  de  Fortibusy  and  her  Ancettors  before  her,  were  indeed  poffeffed  of 
the  Manour  of  Exminfier,  adjoining  to  Towderham,  where  they  had  a 
great  Houfe,  where  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire  did  often  refide,  and  where 
William  Courtenayy  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  was  born,  and  which  was 
a  Seat  of  the  Earls  of  Devonjhire  until  the  laft  Earl  died  in  Tadua.  She 
had  likewife  the  Manour  of  Topjbam,  on  the  other  Side  of  the  River ;  and 
ftie  built  a  Wear  upon  the  River,  between  Exminfier  and  Tofjbam,  called 
sir  Wm,  Pol-.  Countefs-Wear  to  this  Day :  But  Towderham-GzQXc  was,  in  all  Probabi- 
lity, built  by  William  de  Ou,  a  noble  Norman,  that  came  in  with  William 
the  Conqueror y  and  h&dTowderham  given  to  him  by  the  King;  or  it  might 
be  built  before  the  Conqueft,  to  keep  the  Danes  from  coming  up  the  Ri- 
ver to  Exeter.  This  William  de  On  is  faid  in  Domefday-Book  to  hold  Tow- 
derham  and  Whitftone  in  Devon,  and  a  great  many  Eftates  in  other  Counties ; 
and  he  is  in  that  Book  ftiled  Comes  de  Ou :  He,  together  with  Robert 
Mowbray,  Earl  of  Northumberland,  and  fome  other  Lords,  was  accufed  of 
a  Plot  to  deprive  King  William  Riifus  of  his  Crown,  and  to  let  up  Stephen 
de  Albemarle  his  Aunt's  Son ,  but  the  King  quafhed  their  Defign,  and  got 
moft  of  the  Confpirators  into  his  Power :  The  Earl  of  Northumberland  he 
committed  to  the  Caftle  of  Windfor.  William  de  Ou  at  a  Council  in  Salis- 
bury being  overcome  in  a  Duel,  the  Tryal  then  ufed  in  fuch  Cafes,  had  his 
Eyes  put  out,  and  his  Privy-Members  cut  off. 

After  that,  Towderham  had  Owners  of  its  own  Name ;  and  in  Edward 
the  Ift's  Time,  John  de  Towderham  held  that,  together  with  Whitfione, 
55"'' Cbr0'  of  the  Honour  of  Hereford.  And  it  is  ftoried,  that  one  John  de  Tow- 
derhamy  alias  TowdraSy  a  Tanner's  Son,  gave  out  that  he  himfelf  was  the 
true  Edwardy  eldeft  Son  of  the  late  King  Edward!,  and  by  a  falfe  Nurle 
was  changed  in  his  Cradle ;  and  that  the  then  King  Edward  II.  was  a  Car- 
ter's Son  laid  in  his  Place;  but  being  to  be  hanged  for  his  Treafon  and 
Forgery,  he  confeffed  he  was  forced  to  fay  what  he  did,  by  the  Inftigation 
of  a  familiar  Spirit,  which  he  had  kept  in  his  Houfe  in  the  Likenefs  of  a 
Cat,  which  three  Years  before  that  affured  him  that  he  ihould  be  King  of 
England. 

This  Towderham  being  held  of  the  Honour  of  Hereford,  did,  upon  the 
Death  of  John  Towderhamy  by  Efcheat  or  otherwife,  come  to  Humphry  de 
Bohutiy  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Ejfex,  who  gave  it  with  his  Daughter  Mar- 
garet in  Marriage,  to  Hugh  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  he  gave  it  to  his  Son 
Sir  Thilip  Courtenayy  and  to  it  continues  in  the  Family  to  this  Day. 

a.  Whitfione :  This  Manour  was,  together  with  Towderham,  given  by 
the  Conqueror,  to  WUliam  ds  Ou,  and  was  afterwards  held  by  John  de 

Towderham, 


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Part  III.    Noble  Family  of  Comttmy.     Book  III.  269 

Towderham,  and  fell  to  the  Earl  of  Hereford  in  like  Manner  as  Towder-  Chap.  I. 
hmn  did,  and  was  given  by  him  with  his  Daughter  to  the  Earl  of  De-  t»^*VVJ 
vonfhire,  and  he  fettled  this  likewife  upon  his  Son  Sir  Thilip. 

3.  Honiton  :  This  Manour  and  Borough  was  given  by  William  the  Con* 
qiteror  to  his  Half-Brother  Robert  Earl  of  Moreton,  who  was  Son  of  Har- 
lotta  the  Conqueror's  Mother :  He  was  made  Earl  of  Cornwall  likewife  by 
the  Conqueror  j  to  whom  fucceeded  William  his  Son,  who  fiding  with  Robert 
the  Norman  againft  King  Henry  I.  was  taken  Prifbner,  and  loft  both  his 
Liberty  and  Honours  :  This  Honiton  together  with  his  other  Lands  efchea- 
ted  to  the  Crown,  and  King  Henry  I.  gave  it  to  Richard  de  Redvers, 
whom  he  made  Earl  of  Devon/hire ',  and  Jfabel  de  Fortibusj  the  laft  of 
the  Family  of  Redvers,  gave  it,  or  fold  it,  to  King  Edward  I.  together 
with  the  IJle  of  Wight ;  the  King  gave  it  to  Sir  John  Knovil,  for  procu- 
ring for  him  the  J  fie  of  Wight:  But.  fome  Time  after,  when  Hugh  Cour- 
tenay, fecond  of  that  Name,  was  reftored  to  the  Earldom  of  Devon/hire, 
he  obtained  the  Manour  of  Honiton,  as  pertaining  to  his  Earldom,  or  ra- 
ther by  Purchafe.  Hugh  the  fecond,  Earl  of  Devonfiire ,  gave  this 
likewife  to  his  Son,  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay,  which  he  could  not  do,  if 
it  had  continued  Part  of  the  Earldom.  But  Sir  Gilbert  Knovil  kept  ftill 
the  Manour  of  Battifhorn,  in.  the  Parifh  of  Honiton ',  which  Manour,  af- 
ter it  had  feveral  Lords,  one  of  which  was  that  Humphry  Arundel  that 
headed  the  Cornifh  Rebels  in  the  Reign  of  Edward  VI.  was  bought  by 
Walter  Tonge,  Elq;  and  is  now  in  the  Pofleffion  of  Sir  William  Tonge, 
Knight  and  Baronet.  And  Northcott,  another  Manour  in  that  Parifh,  was 
given  by  Baldwin  de  Redvers,  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  to  the  Abbey  of  Bre- 
mer in  Hampfhire,  founded  by  him  ;  and  upon  the  DifTolution  of  the  Ab- 
beys it  came,  by  Purchafe,  unto  Minify,  and  fb  unto  Tearce,  and  from 
Tearce  to  Blagdon ;  and  Henry  Blagdon,  Efq;  doth  now  enjoy  it.  There 
are  ether  little  Manours  in  the  Parifh  of  Honiton,  but  Sir  William  Court  e- 
nay  is  Lord-Paramount,  and  has  the  great  Manour  from  which  the  reft 
were  parcelled ;  and  has  View  of  Frank-Pledge,  Aflize  of  Bread  and  Ale, 
and  Tumbrell  and  Pillory  belonging  to  it. 

4.  The  Manour  of  Affington  did  belong  to  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  of  Tow- 
derham, and  does  ftill  belong  to  that  Family.    In  the  5th  of  Richard 'II.     1 381. 
Sir  Hugh  Segrave,  Knight,  made  Exchange  with  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  of 

the  Manour  of  Affington  for  the  Manour  of  Hewnham-Courtenay  in  Ox- 
fordshire. The  Arms  of  Courtenay,  with  the  Dolphin  and  Boar  for  their 
Supporters,  are  to  be  feen  in  the  Church-Porch  of  Affington  cut  in  Stone. 

5.  Cadley :  This  Manour  was  formerly  the  Mohuns  of  Dunflar-CaRle, 
and  granted  by  John  Lord  Mohun  to  Hugh,  third  of  that  Name,  Earl  of 
Devonfbire,  and  he  fettled  it  upon  his  Son  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay.  It  is 
faid,  that  in  30  Edward  III.  John  de  Mohun,  Lord  de  Dunfterre,  grant- 
ed to  Hugh  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon,  and  Margaret  his  Wife,  and  their 
Heirs,  all  his  Knights-Fees  which  he  had  in  the  County  of  Devon,  and 
all  the  Services  of  his  Tenants,  who  do  hold  of  him  by  Knights  Service 
in  the  fame  County. 

6.  Bickleigh :  This  Manour  was  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay's  of  Towderham- 
Caftle ;  and,  as  was  faid  before,  there  was  a  Law-Suit  between  Sir  Thilip 
and  thorn  as  Tontington  concerning  it,  and  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  had  the 
better  of  it ;  for  it  was  in  the  Family  feveral  Generations  after.  There 
were  other  Manours  that  were  fettled  upon  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  by  his 
Father  the  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  and  many  more  defcended  to  his  Heir  up- 
on the  Death  of  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  his  Brother. 

Y  y  y  Sir 


2-jo  Part  III.    Tin  Genealogical  Hiflorj  of  the  Book  III. 

Chap.  I.        Sir  T  hi  lip  Court enay  had  by  his  Wife  Anne,  Daughter  of  <3,v  <t-l 
v^V^    Wake  ofBtfevorth,  three  Sons",   Richard  V^oTZlt^Tl 
and  Sir  William:  Of  the  Bifhop  of  Norwich  and  Sir  ?1  T  flf    1°*? 
m  the  followingChapters:  He  had  alfo  two  Daughters  Marvl^f    I 
the  Countefs  of ZW/^  gfc  an  Hund^^^S^^ 
her  Fortune:  She  was  marred  to  Sir  Robert  Car*  rf  r„,L-    ,    ra;,10n  ot 
Sir  John  Car,,  Knight,  Lord  Chief  Baron  of^g  °^h  Z    o\  l°h  °f 
there  goeth  this  Story  ■  In  the  Beginning  of  the  ReigrTof  E  HeZ^V 
a  certain  Knight  of  Arragon,  who  had  paffed  through  diver  f  CoZtZ' 
and  performed  many  Feats  of  Arms  to  his  high  Cc^ciSo^S 
here  in  £*?W,  where  he  challenged  any  Man  oY  his  Rank  and  OnX    ^ 
make  Tryal  of  his  Valour  and  Skill  in  Arms :  Sir  Robert  C^Va 
his  Challenge,  and  between  them  a  cruel  Encountcr^wLdSSk 
ful  Combat,  was  waged  in  Smithf.eld\  London;  but  at  lencth  %   pTZ 
Cary  vanquimed  this  noble  Knight  of  Arragon,  for  which  iL^fv 
reftored  to  Sir  Robert  Cary  a  good  Part  of  his  Fatherlands   lEl V 
taken  from  him  by  Henry  IV.  for  flicking  clofeTo  his  tv^V™ 
Richard  II.  and  authorized  him  to  bear  theg  Arms  of  the  KnThTogf \g 
gon   viz.  In  a  Field  Argent,  on  a  Bend  Sable  3  white  Rofel  whicfthc 
Poftenty  of  this  Gentleman  continue  to  bear  to  this  n™-  i™  j- 

to  the  Laws  of  Heraldry,  Whofoever  in  the  F  eld  conn  uJrs  &*%££* 
may  juftify  the  Bearing  of  his  Arms.  From  this  S^  Rolen  ^M*£L 
and  Margaret  Courtenay  his  Wife  were  defended,  li£lfTzt 
Devon/hire,  the  noble  Family  of  Cary  in  the  Eaftern  Sts  0f  F$  J 
of  which  there  were,  at  the  fame  Time,  two  Earls  MZuhZ *jg 
ver,  and  one  Vifcount  Faulkland.  Monmouth  and  Do- 

Sis  T  hi  lip  Courtenay,  in  all  Probability,  had  another  Daughter  nam^ 
Agnes-  for  in  Tiverton  Church  there  were  the  Arms  of  ChTbermuTh^ 
ving  the  Arms  of  Courtenay  of  Towderham  impaled  with  them  S  5f 
Countefs  of  Devon/hire,  Sir  <P/^  Courtenay'! Mother dk fTy'  her  aft 
ot  of L?Exe?uCtors.0  ^  <*****■  and  ™*  <*„  iw 
1405.  In  7  #W  IV.  there  was  an  Inquifition  taken  after  his  Death,  and  the 
Jurors  did  fay  That  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  at  his  Death  was  fed  in  Fee! 

'  ^fjtf  ^*  ^^IV^ndthat^r/^t^ 

Sir  y/,/7//;  Courtenay  of  Towderham's,  Arms  were,  ^  F/^  Or  * 
Z»jf««f,  «*J^  Label  Azure  of 3  <?W-  charged  with  o  ?W/&r 
£/fc»tf/«».    The  Arms  of  his  Wife  ^/,  ^fe  tvere,  ^^  !2 


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:  "V 


CHAP, 


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CHAP-     I1[-  Chap.  It, 

I  CHARD  Courtenay,  Lord  Bifhop  of  Norwich,  was  el- 
deft  Son  of  Sir  Tbilif  Courtenay  of  Towderham;  and  Mr. 
Trince  fays  he  was  born  there :  The  Counteis  of  Devon- 
fhire,  his  Grand-mother,  left  him  a  Legacy  by  her  Will: 
He  had  the  Education  of  his  Youth  under  his  Uncle  Wil- 
liam Lord  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  who  took  him  and 
educated  him  as  his  own  adopted  Son,  which  is  the  Title  his  Grace  be- 
llowed upon  him  in  that  Claufe  of  his  Will,  by  which  he  gave  him  a  Le- 
gacy of  One  Hundred  Marks:  The  Words  are  thefe;  Item  lego  Ricardo  A    lia g    v 
Courtenay,  Filio  ®  Alumno  meo  G  Marcas.    The  Arch-Bifhop  being  thus  w/.l.p.^s/ 
tender  of  him,  took  very  great  Care  about  his  Education,  and  had  him 
well  brought  up  in  Virtue  and  Learning,  and  was  fent  by  him  to  the  Uni- 
verfity  of  Oxford,  where  he  was  a  very  fuccefsful  Student,  became  excel- 
lently well  learned,  and  was  famous  for  his  Learning  and  Knowledge,  efpe- 
cially  for  his  Skill  in  both  Laws  Civil  and  Canon,  as  his  Uncle  the  Arch- 
Bifhop  was :  His  Uncle  had  devoted  him  from  his  Youth  to  the  Service 
of  the  Church,  and  defigned  him  for  the  Clergy  •  and  that  he  might  the 
more  encourage  him  to  undertake  the  Holy  Function,  he  not  only  be- 
llowed upon  him  large  Sums  of  Money  to  bring  him  up  in  Learning,  but 
fome  particular  Gifts  leading  and  inclining  him  thereto :  Thus  he  bequeath- 
ed unto  him  by  his  Will  many  Books,  in  cafe  he  mould  be  a  Clergyman, 
and  his  beft  Mitre,  if  it  happened  that  he  mould  be  a  Bifhop.     Nor  was  mfior.  &  Mi 
the  young  Gentleman  wanting  to  the  good  Wifhes  of  his  Uncle;  neither  thuit-0xom 
did  he  fail  his  Expectation ;  for  a  little  Time  after  his  Uncle's  Deceafe,  he 
was  admitted  into  Holy  Orders ;  and  not  long  after  that,   in  the  Year 
1402,  he  was  Dean  of  St.  Afafb;  and  on  the  ill  of  June,  1403,  he  was 
admitted  Canon  of  the  Church  of  fork.     In  the  Year  1 406,  he  was,  as 
Mr.  Wood  fays,  made  Doctor  of  Laws ;  and  the  fame  Year,  on  the  Feafl  * 
of  St.  John  Baftifi,  he  was  chofen  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity :  And  in 
that  Year,  it  is  faid,  there  were  Letters  Teftimonial  in  the  Behalf  of  Wick- 
lijf  given  by  the  Univerfity,  and  fealed  by  their  Common  Seal:  In  thefe 
it  is  faid  of  him,  that  his  Converfation,  even  from  his  Youth  unto  the 
Time  of  his  Death,   was  in  the  Univerfity  io  praife-worthy  and  honefl, 
that  never  at  any  Time  was  there  an  Offence  given  by  him,  neither  was 
he  afperfed  with  any  Note  of  Infamy,  or  finifter  Sulpicion.     This  Tefiimo- 
nium  is  printed  at  the  End  of  the  Works  of  John  Hufs ;  and  there  has 
been  a  great  Difpute  whether  it  were  genuine  or  not :  One  Dr.  Thomas 
Gafcoigne,  who  lived  a  little  Time  after>  laid  it  was  a  Forgery,  and  that 
one  Teter  Tain,  an  Herctick,  Hole  the  Common  Seal  of  the  Univerfity, 
and  affixed  it  to  this  Teftimonial.     And  Mr.  Collier,  in  his  Ecclefiafiical 
Hiftory,  fays  that  it  was  counterfeited ;  and  he  gives  fome  Realbns  to  ihew 
that  it  was  fo ;  and  he  finds  Fault  with  Mr.  Fox  for  making  no  Queftion 
about  its  Credit  when  he  mentions  it :  And  Mr.  Johnfon,  in  his  Collection 
of  Ecclefiafiical  Laws,  lays  the  Encomium  given  by  the  Univerfity  of 
Oxford  to  WicUif  at  the  End  of  the  Works  of  John  Hufs,  and  the  Affir- 
mation that  he  never  had  been  condemned  by  theBifhops,  muft  be  mifdated  -y    . 
1406  is  too  late  for  fuch  a  Reprefentation.     On  the  other  Hand,  Mr.  Fox 
makes  mention  of  it  as  a  true  Thing ;  and  Mr.  Lewis,  in  his  Life  of  Wick- 
liff,  does  fuppofe  it  to  be  true,  and  not  forged,  and  takes  a  great  deal  of 
Pains  to  prove  that  it  was  fo :  But  it  is  to  be  obferved,  that  Mr.  Wickliff 

had 


272   Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  III. 

Chap.  II.  had  been  dead  twenty  Years  before  this  Teftimonial  is  faid  to  be  given ;  and 
%-/"V"V-»  how  could  the  Univerfity  give  a  Teftimonial  of  the  Life  and  Conversation 
of  a  Man  that  had  been  dead  twenty  Years  before,  when  few  or  none  of 
them  could  have  any  perfbnal  Knowledge  of  him  ?  And  befides,  it  is  faid 
in  the  Teftimonial,  that  Wickliff  had  never  been  condemned  by  the  Bifhops, 
whereas  Arch-Bifhop  Courtenay  cenfured  both  him  and  his  Do&rine  long 
before  ;  and  therefore  Mr.  'Johnson  fays,  it  is  dated  too  late  to  be  true ;  and 
it  is  faid  by  thofe  that  do  affirm  it  is  forged,  that  it  never  was  put  into 
the  Univerfity  Regifter,  and  that  upon  Account,  that  the  Seal  of  the  Uni- 
verfity was  ftolen  away,  and  furreptitioufly  put  to  it,  there  was  a  Statute 
made  by  the  Univerfity,  which  orders,  That  nothing  hereafter  fhall  be 
fealed  with  the  Common  Seal  of  the  Univerfity,  but  in  a  full  Congregation 
of  Regents,  if  it  be  a  full  Term ;  or  in  a  Convocation  of  Regents  and 
Non-Regents  in  the  Time  of  Vacation  ;  nor  that  any  Thing  written  fhall 
be  fealed  with  the  Seal  aforefaid,  unlefs  the  Tenor  of  it .  be  maturely  de- 
bated a  whole  Day  in  a  full  Congregation  of  Regents,  if  it  be  full  Term  ; 
or  in  a  Convocation  of  Regents  and  Non-Regents  in  Vacation-Time :  And 
that  no  Deliberation  in  a  Congregation  of  Regents  fhall  be  fully  decided  the 
firft  Day.  It  is  faid  likewife  by  thofe  that  do  affirm  the  Teftimonial  was 
forged,  That  fome  Englifh  Men  did,  at  the  Council  of  Conjiance,  produce 
a  Copy  of  this  Teftimonial,  and  faid  that  it  was  fuppofitious,  and  made  it 
a  Part  of  their  Charge  againft  John  Hufs,  that  he  read  it  from  the  Pulpit 
to  recommend  Wicklif  to  the  People.  Mr.  Lewis,  in  Anfwer  to  this, 
fays,  That  this  Statute  of  the  Univerfity  that  is  mentioned  was  made 
twenty  Years  after  that  Teftimonial  is  faid  to  be  given ;  and  that  which 
was  done  twenty  Years  before,  it  is  not  likely  fhould  give  Occafion  to  a 
Statute  made  twenty  Years  after ;  but  the  Statute  might  be  made  upon  the 
Occafion  of  mentioning  the  forged  Teftimonial  in  the  Council  of  Confiance. 
But  that  Statute,  fays  Mr.  Lewis,  was  made  five  Years  after  the  Council  j 
and  he  fays  likewife,  that  had  it  been  a  Forgery,  how  could  the  Univerfity 
well  have  done  lefs  on  fuch  an  Occafion,  than  have  declared,  by  an  authen- 
^:ick  Writing,  that  their  Seal  was  put  to  that  Writing  without  their  Know- 
ledge or  Confcnt  ?  '  Mr.  Lewis  fays,  the  Chancellor  that  Year  was  Richard 
.  ,  Courtenay,  of  Exeter  -College,  who  was  afterwards  Dean  of  Wells  and  Bi- 
fhop  of  Norwich :  The  Commiffaries,  or  Vice-Chancellors,  are  faid  to  be  John 
Whyttehede  and  'John  Oram,  both  of  Univerjity-Collegc :  The  Pro&ors, 
Walter  Logardyn  of  Merton-Coilege,  and  Adam  Skelton  of  gtyeen's-Col- 
lege.  I  cannot  find,  fays  Mr.  Lewis,  that  any  of  thefe  were  any  Way  re- 
markable for  any  Oppofition  made  by  them  to  Wicklijf,  or  their  fhewing 
any  Hatred  of  his  Memory  ;  but  we  find  that  the  Chancellor,  whatever 
the  others  were,  was  a  great  Oppofer  of  "all  thofe  that  embraced  the  Doc- 

1 407.  trines  of  Wicklif.    In  the  Year  1 407,  Richard  Courtenay  was  chofen  Chan- 
cellor again,  and  at  his  Defire,  that  Year,  King  Henry  IV.  gave  to  the  Uni- 

1408.  verfity  a  large  filver  Crofs  gilt.    In  the  Year  1408,  he  was  made  Canon  of 
140^.     Wells.    In  the  next  Year,  1400,  Mr.  Fox  fays  he  was  Chancellor ;  and  in 

that  Year,  one  John  Badby,  a  Taylor,  was  brought  to  Smithfield  to  be 
burnt  for  Herefy ;  and  the  Prince,  the  King's  eldeft  Son,  afterwards  the  fa- 
mous King  Henry  V.  was  prefent,  and  endeavoured  all  that  he  could  to 
fave  the  Life  of  the  poor  Man,  and  advifed  him  to  recant  and  fave  him- 
felf,  and  fbmetimes  he  added  Threatnings  to  fee  to  force  him  from  his  Opi- 
nions, and  all  would  not  do ;  and  Mr.  Courtenay,  Chancellor  of  Oxford, 
preached  unto  him,  and  informed  him  of  the  Faith  of  the  Holy  Church ; 
and  Mr.  Fox  has  in  his  Book  a  Pi&ure  of  the  Execution  of  this  Man,  and 
in  it  there  is  the  Chancellor  of  Oxford  with  a  Mitre  on  his  Head,  and  the 

Prince 


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Prince  fitting  by  on  Horfeback;  but  why  Fox  fhould  pi&ure  the  Chan-    Chap.  II. 
cellor  with. a  Mitre  on  his  Head,  I  cannot  tell;  for  he  was  not  then  Bi-  *uT>T\j 
fhop.     In  that  Year,  1405),  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay  was  made  Canon  of 
Wells.    In  the  Year  1410,  Forty  Five  Articles  of  John  Wickliffs  that 
were  this  Year  condemned   at  London,   were   with  others  condemned  at 
Oxford,  in  the  Convocation-Houfe,  June  16,  by  the  Chancellor's  Order; 
Prefent,  not- only  the  Do&ors  and  R'egent-Mafters,  but  alfo  Mr.  Richard 
Courtenay  and  Mr.  Richard  Talbot,  Noblemen;  and  then  the  Books  of 
Wickliff,  in  which  fome  of  thefe  Articles  were  contained,  were  burnt  at 
Carfax.     In  the  Year  141 1,  there  were  feveral  Chancellors;  1.  Mr.  Ri- 
chard Courtenay,  1.  John  Banard;    3.  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay  again: 
For  this  Year  the  Do&rine  of  Wickliff  {pleading  more  and  more,  the  Arch- 
Biihop  of  Canterbury,  Thomas  Arundel,  was  refolved  to  vifit  the  Univer- 
sity, and  he  fent  his  Citation  to  the  Doctors,  Mailers,  and  Scholars,  that 
they  fhould  .prepare  themfelves  for  the  Vifitation  againft  his  Coming ;  but 
when  he  came  near  the  City,  being  accompanied  with  a  great  many  Men 
of  Note,  amongft  whom  was  Thomas'  Earl  of  Arundel  his  Nephew,  Ri- 
chard Courtenay,  whom  by  his  Sir-name  and  high  Spirit  I  mould  guefs 
to  be  defcended  from  the  Earls  of  Devon/hire,  faith   Mr.  Fuller  in  his 
Church  Hiflory,  accompanied  with  the  Proctors,  Benedict  Brent  and  John  CbmeMifton, 
Byrch,  and  a  great  Company  of  Scholars,  went  out  to  .meet  him  ;  and  the 
Chancellor  told  the  Arch-Bifhop,  that  if  he  came  as  a  Guefb,  his  Company 
was  very  acceptable  to  the  Univerfity  ;  but  if  he  diddefign  to  vifit  the  Uni- 
verfity, he  did  let  him  know,  that  the  Univerfity  has,  by  the  Pope's  Bull, 
been  a  long  Time  free  from  the  Vifitation  of  any  Bifhop,  or  Arch-Bifhop : 
At  which  the  Arch-Bifhop  being  angry,  and  having  ftaid  one  or  two  Days 
at  Oxford  departed,  and  acquainted  the  King  by  Letter  how  he  had  been 
ufed  by  the  Univerfity  :  And  the  King  commanded  fome  of  the  Chief  of 
the  Univerfity  to  appear  before  him  the  Day  ...after  the  Nativity  of  the 
Bleffed  Virgin,  and  to  bring  with  them  the  Bull  'of  the  Pope,  by  •  which 
they  did  defend  what  they  had  done.     What  was  done  upon  this,  faith  Mr. 
Wood,  I  cannot  tell;  but  it  appeareth,  that  the  Chancellor  and  Proctors, 
did  afterward,  whether  voluntarily  or  by  CompulfiOn,  lay  down  their  Of- 
fices.    And  the  King  wrote  to  the  Univerfity,  that  the  Cancellaritis  Natvs, 
or  the  Senior  Divine,  fhould  take  upon  him  the  Government  of  the  Uni- 
verfity, which  was  Edmund  Beckingham,  Warden  of  Merton,  and  that  he 
fhould  hold  it  'till  others  were  elected  in  the  Room  of  thole  that  were  re- 
moved: Upon  which  there  was  fuch  great  Concern  and  Sorrow  all  over 
the  Univerfity,  that  the  Scholars  leaving  off  their  Lectures,  and  difperfing 
themfelves,  diil  feem  to  put  an  End  to  the  Univerfity,  according  to  the 
Statute  in  that  Cafe  made,  faith  Mr.  Wood;  .by  which  it  was  ordained,  that 
they  fhould  fly  to  fuch  Sort  of  Remedy,  if  any  one  did  invade  their  Li- 
berties and  Privileges.     Which  when  the  King  knew,  he  fent  feveral  Let-  , 
ters  to  the  Univerfity;  in  the  firft  of  which  he  fharply  reproved  them  for 
what  they  had  done;  but  in  another  he  exhorted :them  with  kind  Words 
to  return  to  their  Lectures  again.     A  little  Time  after,  that  the  Univer- 
fity might  not  fuffcr  for  Want  of  Governours,  the  King  fent  Orders  that 
in  the  Place  of  thofe  removed  there  fhould  be  chofen  others,  who  fhould 
fupply  their  Place  for  the  Remainder  of  the  Year;  and  the  Year  was  run 
out  as  far  as  Otiober:  Then  the  Univerfity  chofe  Richard  Courtenay  for 
their  Chancellor,  and  B en ediff  Brent  and  John  Byrch  Proctors,  who  had 
been  before  removed,  which  the  King  being  acquainted  with,  by  Letters 
fent  by  the  Univerfity  to  excufe  the  Matter,  he  was  very  angry,  and  by 
Letter  did  reprimand  the  Univerfity ;  but  at  length,  after  divers  Conten- 
Z  z  z                                                 tions 


274  P;aIt  *H-    The  Genealogical  Hiflory  of  the  Book  II!. 

Cbap.  II.   tions  between  the  Univerfity  and  the  Arch-,Biihop,  they  agreed  to  ftand, 
v^/^Vw  to  the  King's  Determination,  and  the  King  about  the  Middle  of  December 
heard  the  Matter;  and  adjudged,  That  what  had  been  decreed  by  King 
Richard  II.  as, to  the  Rights  and  Privileges  of  tke  Univerfity .  ftiould  ftand 
ni'sCJmrcb  fr™'     Mr*  &&?■  '^^  Church  Hifiory  fays,  that  at  the  Hearing  before 
mjtojtt^l  the  King  the  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity  produced  a  great  many  Bulls 
granted  by  Popes ;  but  the  Arch-Biftiop  produced  one  Writ  or  Inftrument 
made  in  the.  Reign  of -King  Richard  II.  wherein  the  King  adjudged  all 
their  Papal  Privileges  void,  as  granted  to.  the  Damage  of  the  Crown,  and 
much  occafioning  the  Increafe  of  Lollards  :  Hereupon  the  King  pronoun- 
ced Sentence  for  the  Arch-Biihop,  as  by  the  Inftrument  will  appear.     And 
Mr.  Fuller  fays,  that  Sir  Edward  Coke,  in  the  4th  Book  of  his  Infiitutes 
of  the  JmifdiWon  cf 'Courts,  accounteth  this  Oxford  Act  of  King Henry  IV. 
a  noble  Ad  of  Kingly  Power  in  that  Age.     But  it  does  not  appear  that 
ever  King  Richard  did  declare,  that  the  Rights  and  Privileges  of  the  Uni- 
verfity were  actually  void;  but  he  did,  at  the  Advice  of  the  Arch-Biihop 
of  Canterbury,  .fend  three  Letters  to  them,  in  one  of  which  he  commands 
them,  "  That  if  they  did  find  any  within  their  Jurifdiction  to  be  fulpeft- 
"  ed  of  Herefy,  or  of  holding  any  of -the  Doctrines  or  Conclufions  con- 
"  demned  by  the  Arch-Biihop  of  Canterbury,  or  that  did  harbour  in  their 
"  Houfes  Jehu  Wicklijf,  Nicholas  Hereford,  or  any  other  Heretick,  that 
"  they  ftiould  banifti  them  from  the  Univerfity  :  And  he  commands  them 
"  likewife,  that  they  ftiould.  make  Search  throughout  the  .Univerfity  for 
"  all  Heretical  Books  written  by  John  Wicklijf,  Nicholas  Hereford,  or  any 
"  other ;  and  if  they  did  find  any,  to  fend  them  up  within  one  Month  to 
"the  Arch-Biihop  of  Canterbury :  And  this  the  King  enjoined  them  to  do, 
"  upon  the  Faith  and  Allegiance  that  they  owed  to  him,  and  upon  the 
"  Penalty  of  forfeiting  gj|  and  lingular  their  Liberties  and  Privileges,  and 
"  all  other  Things  .whicb^they  could  forfeit  to  him. " 

From  this  it  is  likely ,  Kirig  Henry  IV.  did  inferr,  that  notwithftanding 
the  Pope's  Bulls,  the  Liberties  and  Privileges  of  the  Univerfity  might  be 
forfeited  to  him,  and  upon  this  he  gave  Judgment  for  the  Arch-Biihop :' 
But  this, it  feems  the  Arch-Biihop  did  not  think  fufficient,  for  in  the  next 
Year  he  obtained  from  Pope  John  a  Bull  revoking  that  of  Pope  Boniface^ 
which  did  exempt  the  Univerfity  from  Archiepifcopal  Vifitation,  and  cau- 
fed  it  to 'be  publifhed  in  the  Univerfity;  which  Bull  of  Pope  John,  Six- 
tus  IV.  afterwards  made  void,  and  reftored  to  the  Univerfity  their  ancient 
Privileges.  The  King,  at  the  Requeft  of  the  Chancellor  and  fbme  of  the 
Mafters,  was  in  a  little  Time  reconciled  to  the  Univerfity.  The  Proctors 
had  been  ptit  into  the  Tower  for  what  they  had  done,  as  appears  by  •  Let- 
ters of  the  Univerfity,  dated  November  as,  to  the  Arch-Biftiop,  in  which 
they  petition ^for  Clemency  towards  the  Proctors ;  but  the  young  Scholars, 
who  were  ready  to  receive  the  Arch-Biihop  with  Swords  and  Bows,  were 
for  their  Infolence  ordered  to  be  whipped :  Neither  is  it  to  be  omitted, 
faith  Mr.  Wood,  that  the  Commiflary  and  Proctors  in  the  Interregnum,  as 
he  calls  it,  exhaufted  the  Treafury  of  the  Univerfity,  becaufe  a  great  ma- 
ny of  the  -Scholars  left  the  Uniuerfity,  for  that  they  thought  the  Privileges 
of  the  Univerfity  were  trodden  under  Foot,  the  Grants  of  the  Popes  be- 
ing, defpifed.  And  after  all,  Mr.  Richard  Court enay,  the  Chancellor,  pro- 
nounced Hugh  Holbach,  Howel  Kijfin,  John  Holand,  and  William  Cruflon, 
Docf  ors  of  Laws,  guilty  of  Perjury,  and  expelled  them  the  Univerfity,  be- 
4  caufe  that  they  being  Gqmmiflaries  to  the  Arch-Biihop  in  the  laid  defigned 

Vifitation,  did  lend  their  helping  Hand  to  the  deftroying  of  the  Privileges 
of  the  Univerfity,  which  they  were  bound  by  Oath  to  defend. 

Mr, 


Part  III.    Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  III.   275 

Mr.  Wood  ^ixthy  that  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay  occurs  Chancellor  again  in    Chap.  li- 
the Year  141 2, :  And  in  the  Year  141 3,  the  ift  of  King  Henry  V.  being    s»/vV> 
then  Chancellor  of  the  UnLverfity,  he  was  chofen  by  the  Chapter  of  Nor- 
wich -Bifhop  of  that  Place,  at  the  Inftance  of  King  Henry  V.  and  was  that 
Year  honourably  confecnited   at  Canterbury  by  Thomas  Arundel >  Arch- 
Bifhop,  the  King  and  divers  Nobles  being  prefent.    A  Monk  that  writ  of  JJgS'S 
the  Bilhops  of  Norwich  fays  of  hiitf,  That  he  was  noble  in  Blood,  tall  in  i.p.^6.' 
Stature,   of  a  comely  Countenance,  an  eloquent  Tongue,  and  every  Way  ^arPifield'P*, 
graceful-  Trefence.    And  Harpsfield  fays  of  him,  That  he  was  famous  for 
his  Defcent,  his  Morals  and  his  Learning.    And  Bifhop  Godwin  fays,  He 
was  a  Man  of  great  Mobility,  great  Learning,  and  great  Virtue ;  famous 
for  his  excellent  Knowledge  in  both  Laws,  very  perfouable,  much  favoured 
by  the  King,  and  no  lefs  beloved  by  the  common  ^People :  He  being  much 


hindered  by  the  Bufinefs  of  the  King  and  Kingdom  that  he  was  employed, 
about  (for  it  is  faid  that  he  was  employed  by  the  King  in  the  moft  diffi- 
cult Affairs  of  State)  was  never  inff  ailed. 

When  King  Henry '-IV.  married  his  Daughter  Thilippa  to  John  King  of 
Denmark  and  Norway,  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay  was  ordered  to  accompany 
her  in  her  Voyage  to  Denmark.  He  was  one  of  thofe  that  went  upon  that 
honourable  Embaffy  which  King  Henry  V.fent  to  the  FrenchKing,  by  which 
he  demanded  the  Kingdom  of  France  as  due  to  him  by  Right  of  De- 
fcent j  and.  he  declared  by  his  AmbalTadorsj  that  if  the  French  King  would 
not  deliver  it  up,  he  would  recover  his  Right  by  Arms:  .And  when  the 
Ambaffadors  could  not  obtain  what  the  King  "demanded  from  the  French 
King,  but  their  Demand  was  laughed  at  as  extravagant,  King  Henry  imme- 
diately proclaimed  War  againft  France,  in  which  War  he  conquered  almofl 
all  that  Country,  as  our  Hiftorians  do  fhew.  And  the  King  going  fpeedily 
after  into  Normandy  to  profecute  the  War,  the.  Bifhop  of  Norwich,  in 
the  fecond  Year  of  his  Confederation,  attended  him  in  that  Expedition;  and 
as  the  King  was  befieging  Harflew,  by  the  Eating  of  Fruit,  by  the  Cold- 
nefs  of  the  Night,  and  ,by  the  Stench  of  dead  Carcafes,  a  great  many  died 
of  the  Dyffentery,  or  the  Bloody  Flux,  amongft  whom  was  the  Bifhop 
of  Norwich,  who  died  the  18th  of  September,  14 15,  3  Henry  V.  in  the 
Prime  of  his  Age  :  His  Death  was  a  great  Lois  to  the  whole  Nation.  His 
Body  being  brought  into  England,  was  with  great  Solemnity  honourably 
interred  in  Weftminfter- Abbey,  in  the  Burying-Place  of  the  Kings  upon  the 
North  Side  of  Saint  Edward's  Shrine,  in  the  going  in  at  the  Door  behind 
the  great'  Altar. 

"-  As  the  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  his  Uncle,  as  Harpsfield  fays  of 
"  him,  was  a  flour  Defender  of  the  Rights  of  the  Church  and  of  his  Me- 
"  tropolftical  See  in  particular,  fo  this' Bifhop  was  a  flout  Defender  of  the 
"  Privileges  of  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford,  and  if  he  had  lived  longer,  no 
"  doubt  he  would  have  been  preferred  higher  in  the  Church.  "  As  for  his 
Benefadions,  he  had  not  Time  to  do  much,  yet  fbmething  of  that  Nature 
he  did  to  eternize  his  Memory  :  For  Thomas  Cobham,  JBifhop  of  Worce- 
fier,  having  laid  the  Foundation  of  a  publick  Library  in  the  IJniverfity  of 
Oxford,,  died  before  he  could  bring  it  to  Perfe&ion ;  and  although  there 
were  feveral  Benefactors  to  it  afterwards,  yet  the  Work  received  its  laft 
Hand  in  the  Time  and  by  the  Care  of  this  Honourable  Prelate,  which  was 
near  an  Hundred  Years  after  it  was  firft  begun.  It  was  afterward  furnifh- 
ed  by  Humphry  Duke  of  Gloucejler  with  One  Hundred  and  Twenty  Nine 
choice  Books,  all  of  them  Manufcripts,  which  he  procured  out  of  Italy. 
It  was  new-built,  or  elfe  repaired  and  beautified,  in  the  Reign  of  Edward 
IV.  and  is  that  ftately  Structure  that  containeth  the  Divinity-School  and 
the  Library  oyer.  In 


2j6  Part  III  The  Genealogical  Hi ftory  of  the    Book  III. 

Ghap.  II.  In  the  13th  of  Henry  IV.  upon  the  Death  of  Sir  Peter  Courtenay,  his 
V*VV"W  Uncle,  the  Bifhop  of  Norwich  had  a  great  Addition,  made  to  his  Eftate ; 
for  Sir  Peter  dying  without  Iflue,  all  the  Eftates  that  his  Father  the  Earl 
of  Devonjbire  fettled  upon  him  came  to  his  Nephew  the  Biihop  of  Nor- 
wich j  for  lb  the  Earl  ordered  in  the  Settlement,  viz.  That  in  cafe  Sir 
Peter  mould  die  without  Heirs,  the  Eftates  fhould  go  to  Sir  Philip  and 
his  Heirs.     And 

.1.  Moreton  came  to  the  Biihop  by  the  Death  of  his  Uncle  :  This  Ma- 
nour  was  fold  by  Henry  de  Tracy  to  Geojfry  Fitzpeter,  Earl  of  EJfex, 
and  Lord  Chief.  Juftice  of  England:  And  King  Edward  HI.  granted  in 
the  7th  Year  of  his  Reign  to  Hugh  Courtenay,  flrft  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  an 
Exemplification  of  a  Grant  made  by  Henry  de  Tracy  to  Geojfry  Fitzpeter, 
of  the  Manour  of  Moreton,  with  King  John's  Confirmation  in  the  ill  Year 
of  his  Reign :  It  was  bought  by  this  Hugh  Earl  of  DevonJI^ire,  and  given 
by  him  to  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  his  Brother,  who  was  called  Sir  Philip 
Courtenay  of  Moreton,  who  was  killed  in  the  Battle  of  Sterling,  as  was 
laid  before ;  and  after  that  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire  gave  it  to  his  Son  Ro- 
bert, and  he  dying. without  Iflue,  it  came  to  Hugh  Courtenay,  fecond  Earl 
of  Devonjbire  of  that  Name,  Robert's  elder  Brother,  and  he  fettled  it  up- 
on Sir  Peter  Courtenay  ;  and;  for  Want  of  Heirs,  upon  Sir  Philip  and  his 
Heirs,  as  was  faid  before;  and  fo  it  came  to  the  Bifhop,  as  Heir  to  his 
Father  Sir  Philif,  and  it  continues  in  the  Family  to  this  Day. 

■  1.  All  the  Lands  of  Sir  John  Chiverjlon  came  to  the  Biihop  of  Norwich  : 
This  Sir  John  Chiverjlon  married  Joan  the  Daughter  of  Hugh  Courtenay, 
fecond  of  that-  Name,  Earl  of  Devonjbire;  and  in  cafe  of  failure  of  Iflue, 
he  fettled  his  Eftate  upon  his  Father-in-law  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  and 
he  dying  without  Iflue,  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire  had  his  Lands,  and  confer- 
red them,  all  upon  his  Son  Sir  'Peter,  in  the  fame  Manner  as  he  did  More- 
ton.  And  7/ta»-Caftle  being  the  chief  Seat  of  Sir  John  Chiverjlon,  he  was 
lliled  Sir  John  Chiverjlon  of  Hton-Caftle,  and  Sir  'Peter  Courtenay  after- him 
was  call'd  Sir  Peter  Courtenay  of  ife0#-Caftle.  This  Caftle  was  demolifiVd 
about  Forty  Years  fince.  It  did  ftand  upon  the  River  that  cometh  from 
Dodbrook  and  falleth  into  Salcomb,  and  was  in  the  Parifh  of  Marleborough, 
which  Parifh,  together  with  the  Caftle,  did  come  to  the  Biihop  of  Nor- 
wich ;  as  alfo  the  Manour  of  fhurlejlon  near  by ;  alfo  Chiverjlon,  and  other 
Eftates  which  had  been  the  Lands  of  Chiverjlon  :  And  all  thefe,  together 
with  the  Lands  given  by  the  Earl  of  Devonjbire  to  his  Son  Sir  Philip 
Courtenay,  excepting  Cadely,  are  ftill  in  the  Pofleflion  of  the  Honourable 
Family  of  Powderham. 

There  was  an  Inquiflon  taken  after  the  Bilhop's  Death,  and  the  Jurors 
did  fay,  That  Richard  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Norwich,  died  leized  of  the 
Manours  of  Powder  ham,  Plympton,  Moreton,  Honiton,  Aljington,  and  many 
other  Manours ;  and  that  he  died  on  Sunday  after  the  Exaltation  of  the 
Holy  Crojs;  and  that  Philip  Courtenay,  Son  and  Heir  of  John  Courtenay, 
Knight,  Brother  of  the  faid  Richard  Courtenay,  is  his  next  Heir,  and  is 
Eleven  Years  old. 

The  Arms  of  Richard  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Norwich,  were  the  fame 
with  thofe  of  his  Father,  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  the  Bilhoprick  of 
Norwich. 


CHAP. 


Part  III.     Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  HI.  277 


Chap     III. 


Ghap.  III. 


I R  John  Courtenay  was  fecond  Son  of  Sir  T  hi  lip  Courtenay 
and  Brother  to  Richard  Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  JMorwich :  He 
married  Joan  Daughter  of  Alexander  Champemoon  of '■Beer- 
Ferrers,  and  Widow  of  Sir  James  Chudleigh,  Knight.  In 
the  4th  of  Henry  IV.  Thomas  Tomeroy,  Knight,  and  Joan 
his  Wife  complain  in  Parliament,  That  John  the  Son  of  Sir 
Thilip  Courtenay,  and  Joan  the  late  Wife  of  Sir  James  Chudleigh,  Knight, 
deccafed,  had  forcibly,  'by  the  Maintenance  of  the  faid  Sir  Thilip  Courted 
nay,  entered  into  the  Manours  of  Clifton,  Ajhton,  Shaple-HMion,  Kakes- 
bread,  Affelton,  and  into  certain  Lands  in  Exeter  in  the  County  of  Devon 
and  into  the  Manour  of  Wefi-Ridmouth  in  the  County  of  Cornwall,  being 
the  Inheritance  of  the  faid  Thomas  Tomeroy,  and  praying  Remedy  •  upon 
the  Examination  whereof  it  was  adjudged  by  the  King  and  Lords,  That 
the  faid  Thomas  fhould  enter,  if  his  Entry  were  lawful,  or  elfe  to  have  his 
Affize  without  all  Delays,  to  be  tried  with  more  Favour  at  the  Election 
of  the  faid  Sir  Thomas. 

Sir  James  Chudleigh  of  Ajhton  had  by  his  firft  Wife  Joan  Tomer oy 
Daughter  of  Sir  Henry  Tomeroy,  one  only  Daughter  named  Joan,  who 
was  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Tomer oy  of  Stoke-Gabriel;  and  this  Sir  Thomas 
and  his  Wife  Joan  are  they  that  complain  to  Parliament  againft  Sir  Thilip 
Courtenay,  Sir  John  Courtenay  and  his  Lady.  Sir  James  Chudleigh  had 
by  his  fecond  Wife,  Joan  Daughter  of  Sir  Alexander  Chamfer  noon,  a  Son 
named  James,  who  inherited  his  Father's  Eftate,  which  his  Half-Sifter  laid 
Claim  to,  but  without  any  Reafbn ;  for  if  it  had  been  her  Right  it  would 
not  have  defcended  to  the  Chudleighs ;  and  therefore  Sir  John  Courtenay 
and  his  Lady  were  in  the  Right  to  ftand  up  in  Vindication  of  Sir  James 
Chudleigh's  Son  againft  his  Sifter,  and  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  did  well  in  af- 
fifting  of  them  to  defend  the  Right  of  the  lawful  Heir. 

Sir  John  Courtenay  had  a  younger  Brother  named  William,  as  was  faid 
before :  The  Bifhop  of  Norwich  gave  to  ham  and  his  Heirs  the  Manour 
of  Columpe-Sackville :  He  was  Knighted  and  out-lived  both  his  Brothers 
and  died  y  Henry  V.  141 0:  But  neither  of  them  did  live  long,  for  they  all  ,4I0 
Three  died  young,  or  elfe  we  fhould  have  heard  more  of  their  Actions.  Sir 
John  Courtenay  died  before  his  elder  Brother  the  Bifhop,  if  not  before  his 
Father,  and  fo  never  enjoyed  the  Eftate :  He  had  by  his  Lady  two  Sons 
Sir  Thilip  and  Sir  Humphry ;  of  Sir  Thilip  I  fhall  fpeafc  in  the  Chapter 
following. 

The  Arms  of  Sir  John  Courtenay  were  the  fame  with  his  Father's  im- 
paled with  thofe  of  his  Wife,  viz.  Gules,  a  Saltire  verry  between  twelve 
Billets,Or.- 


Aaaa—  CHAP. 


278  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Book  IIF. 
chap. iv.  Chap.  IV. 

IR  Philip  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  of  Powder  ham-r 
Caftle,  was  born  in  the  Year  1404 :  He  was  very  young  when 
his  Father  diedj  and  was  not  full  Eleven  Years  old  when  his 
Uncle  the  Bifhop  of  Norwich  died.     He  married  Elizabeth 
B.7,mage!S      fi^BSi&  Daughter  of  Walter  Lord  Hunger  ford,  and  had  with  her  the 
Manour  of  Molland-Botreaux  in  DevonjJftre :  It  is  called 
Molland-Botreaux,  to  diftinguifh  it  from  another  Manour  called  Molland- 
Sarazen  in  the  fame  Parilh ;  and  it  is  called  Molland-Botreaux  from  the 
Family  of  Botreaux  that  were  Lords  of  it,  and  did  fometime  live  there, 
and  fometime  at  Botreaux-CaMe  in  Cornwall ;  and  Molland  continued  in 
the  Family  of  JBotreaux  until  the  Reign  of  Henry  VI.  when  it  came  to 
the  Family  of  Hunger  ford  by  Margaret  Daughter  of  William  Lord  Bo- 
treaux, who  was  married  to  Robert  Lord  Hunget;ford :  And  Sir  Philip 
Court enay  marrying  the  Daughter  of  Walter  Lord  Hungerford  had  it  with 
his  Lady  in  Marriage.     This  Walter  Lord  Hunger ford  was  Lord  High- 
Treafurer  of  England  in  the  Reign  of  Henry  VI.  and  he  did  by  his  Tene- 
ment, bearing  Date  July  1,  1445),  o.y 'Henry  VI.  give  to  Elizabeth  his 
Daughter,  Wife  of  Sir  Philip  Courtenay,  Knight,  a  Cup  of  Gold. 

Sir  Philip  Courtenay  is  reckoned  by  Sir  William  Tote  amongft  the  fa- 
mous Men  that  were  in  Devon/hire  in  the  Time  of  Henry  VI.  and  Ed- 
ward IV.  And  it  is  highly  probable,  that  in  that  fatal  Quarrel  between 
the  Houfe  of  Tork  and  Lancajler  he,  fided  with  the  Houfe  of  Tork ;  for 
he  had  two  Sons  that  a&ed  for  that  Houfe,  and  he  had  another  that  was 
made  Biihop  by  Edward  IV.  He  had  by  his  Lady  feveral  Sons  and  two 
Daughters :  The  ift  was  .Sir  William,  of  whom  I  ihall  fpeak  in  the  next 
Chapter :  a.  Sir  Philip,  who  had  Molland  given  him  for  his  Portion,  and 
was  called  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Molland:  He  married  a  Daughter  of 
Robert  Hingejlon  of  Wonewell,  and  had  Iflue  by  her  two  Sons  and  two 
Daughters :  His  firft  Son  was  Job*,  who  fucceeded  his  Father  in  his  Eltate, 
and  married  Joan  Daughter  of  Robert  Brett  of  Pi  lion  d  in  Tilt  on  Parifh, 
and  died  in  the  Year  ijio,  1  Henry  VIII.  and  was  buried  in  Molland 
Church  with  this  Infcription  upon  his  Grave; 

Hie  jacet  Johannes  Courtenay,  Armiger, 

qui  ob'ut  o.y°  die  Martii,  A°.  D.  14 10. 

Cujus  Anima  propitietur  Dens. 

This  John  Courtenay  had  a  Son  named  Philip,  who  was  Sixteen  Years  old 
when  his  Father  died,  and  it  was  he  that  continued  the  Family. 

Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Molland 's  fecond  Son  was  called  William  :  He 
was  feated  at  Loughter  in  the  Parifh  of  Tlimpton-Mary,  and  he  had  a  Son 
named  T  hi  lip,  whom  Sir  William  Pole  calls  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Loug/j- 
ter,  who,  by  Jane  Daughter  of  Richard  Fowel  of  Fowels-comb,  had  one 
only  Daughter  named  Elizabeth,  who  was  married  to  William  Strode  of 
Newenham ;  and  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Loughter's  Widow  was  married 
to  Humphry  Trideaux  of  Theoborow,  from  whom  the  Family  of  the  Pri- 
deaux's  that  now  are  have  their  Delcent. 

Sir  "Philip  Courtenay of Moll 'and 's  ift  Daughter,  Elizabeth,  was  married 
to  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  made  Earl  of  Devon/hire  by  King  Henry  VII, 
2.  Margaret  married  to  Sit  John  Champ  ernoon  of  Modbury.    Sir  'Philip 

Courtenay 


PartllL    Nolle  Family >  of  'Courtenay.      Book  III.   279 

Courtenay  of Molland was  Sheriff  of  Devonjbire  10  Edward  IV.  ?.nd  his  Chap.  IV. 
Family  continued  for  many  Generations  in  a  flourifhing  Condition  down  to   vV"V"V 
the  Year  1732,  when  John  Courtenay  of  Molland,  the  laft  Male  of  the 
Family,  died  without  Iffue,  and  his  Brother  George,  a  little  before,  in  that 
Year,  died  without  Iffue  likevrife,  and  they  left  only  two  Sifters. 

Sir  Philip  Courtenay  of  Powderbam's  3d  Son  was  "Pet er  Biihop  of  Wh> 
cbejhr,  of  whom  I  lhall  treat  in  a  Chapter  following  that  of  his  Brother. 
The  4th  Son  was  Sir  Edmund  of  Deviock,  who  had  Iffue  Richard  Cour- 
tenay of  Lejitythiel  in  Cornwall,  who   had  Iffue  Laurence  Courtenay  of 
Enthy,  *vho  had  Iffue  Francis  Courtenay  of  Enthy,  and  from  him  are  de-        j/ 
fcended_all  the  Cqm'Un^sJ^Cqrww_aiL_  The  5th  Son  was  Sir  Walter : 
He  married  y#/'f7T)aughtcr  and  Co-heir  of  Walter  de  Kilrington,  alias  Cole- 
brook,  in  the  Parifhof  Bradnidge:  She  was  afterwards  married  unto  Sir  John 
Vere.    This  Sir  Walter  [  or  elfe  Sir  Walter  Brother  to  Sir  Edward  Courte- 
nay, who  married  a  Daughter  of  Sir  John  Arundel  of  Talvern)  was  with 
Sir  Edward  Courtenay  and  'Peter  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Exeter,  when  they 
made  an  Infurrecfion  againft  King  Richard  III.  and  fled  with  them  into 
Brittany  to  the  Earl  of  Richmond,  afterwards  King  Henry  VII.     The  6th 
Son  of  Sir  'Philip  Courtenay  of  Powderham  was  Sir  John :  He  was  in  the 
Battle  of  Tewksbury,  and  fought  on  the  Side  of  King  Edward  IV.  in  which 
Battle  King  Edward  got  the  Victory  ;  and  presently  after  the  Fight,  as 
Stow  fays,  he  made  Bannerets  Sir  John  Courtenay  and  Sir  Thomas  Grey. 
This  Sir  John  Courtenay  that  Stow  mentions  mull  be  the  Son  of  Sir  Philip  IwXfpi 
Courtenay  of  Powder  ham ;  for  John  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  the  laft  of  that 
Branch,  and  Sir  Hugh  Courtenay  of  Boconock,  fought  on  the  other  Side 
and  were  killed,  but  Sir  Philip  Courtenay  and  his  Sons  were  for  the  Houfe 
of  Tork,  as  was  obferyed  before.     The  7th  Son  of  Sir  Philip  Courtenay 
was  Humphry,  and  he  had  Bickleigh  given  him  by  his  Father  for  his  Por- 
tion :  He  died  young,  and  left  an  only  Daughter  named  Elizabeth,  who 
was  committed  to  the  Care  of  Sir  William  Carew's  Lady,  Daughter  to  Sir 
William  Courtenay,  Humphry's  elder  Brother.     Mr.  Thomas  Carew,  Sir  Prince';  //« 
William   Carew's  younger  Brother,  living  in  the  fame  Houfe  with  this  '*'"■ 
young  Lady,  fecretly  by  Night  carried  her  away ;  at  which  the  Relations 
both  of  him  and  the  young  Lady  were  highly  difpleafed,  and  he  to  pacify 
them  thought  fit  to  abfent  himfelf  from  them  for  a  Time. 

At  that  Time,  in  the  Year  151 3,  5  Henry  VIII.  the  'Scots  taking  the 
Advantage  of  the  King's  being  in  France,  invaded  the  North  Part  of  Eng- 
land, and  the  Earl  of  Surrey  marched  againft  them ;  and  his  Son  the  Lord  < 
Howard,  Lord  Admiral  of  England,  brought  to  him  by  Sea  a  great  Sup- 
ply of  good  Soldiers,  amongft  whom  was  this  Mr.  Thomas  Carew. 

The  Eavl  of  Surrey  marched  his  Army  from  Newcaftle,  and  pitched  his 
Camp  befide  a  little  Town  under  Floddeu-Hill,  on  the  Top  of  which  King 
James  IV.  of  Scotland  with  his  Forces,  near  One  Hundred  Thoufand*,  was 
fo  ftrongly  encamped,  that  it  was  impoffible  to  come  near  them  without 
great  Difadvantage.  Before  the  Battle  began,  a  valiant  Scotti/b  Knight 
made  a  Challenge  to  fight  with  any  EngliJb  Man  for  the  Honour  of  his 
Country:  Mr.  Carew  begged  the  Favour  of  the  Admiral  that  he  might  be 
admitted  to  the  Honour  of  anfwering  the  Challenge  •  it  was  granted  to 
him,  and  they  both  met  in  the  Place  appointed ;  and  Mr.  Carew,  to  his 
high  Commendation,  got  the  Victory,  which  was,  it  feems,  only  an  Earneft 
of  that  which  happened  foon  after ;  for  prefently  after  that  followed  the 
famous  Battle,  called  the  Battle  of  FloddenfeJd,  in  which  the  Scots  were 
routed,  the  King  himfelf  with  a  Multitude  of  Noblemen  and  Gentlemen 
were  flain.  Thirteen  Thoufand  of  the  common  Soldier?  were  alio  flain,  and  as 

many 


280  Part  IIL  TheGejiealogicalHifioryoftbe    Book  III. 

Chap.  IV.  many  taken  Prifoners,  with  the  Lofs  only  of  about  One  Thoufand  En- 

W~v~V/  glijh  Men. 

Buchanan  relates  a  Story  of  this  King  James  IV.  and  it  is  this :  The 
King  intending  to  make  this  War  with  England,  a  certain  old  Man  of  ve- 
nerable Afpeft,  clad  in  a  long  blue  Garment,  came  unto  him,  and  leaning 
familiarly  upon  the  Chair  wherein  the  King  fat,  faid  this  to  him  j  J  am 
come  to  thee,  0  King  !  to  give  thee  warning  that  thou  proceed  not  in  the 
War  that  thou  art  about,  for  if  thou  dofi  it  will  be  thy  Ruin.  Having  fo 
faid,  he  prefled  through  the  Company  and  vanifhed  out  of  Sight,  fo  that 
by  no  Enquiry  it  could  be  known  what  was  became  of  him ;  but  the  King 
would  not  be  affrighted  from  his  defigned  Invafion.  I  mention  this  Story, 
becaufe  it  is  much  like  that-  related  before  concerning  Henry  Court enay 
Marquefi  of  Exeter. 

But  to  return  to  Mr.  Carew,  who  was  had  in  great  Efteem  and  Favour 
by  the  Admiral,  who  as  he  rode  forth  upon  Service  one  Day,  he  took 
Mr.  Carew  with  him ;  and  they  had  not  gone  far  before  they  efpied  a 
Party  of  Scots  coming  towards  them :  The  Admiral  at  a  very  ftrait  narrow 
PafTage  of  a  Bridge  was  in  Danger  of  being  entrapp'd  and  taken;  to  pre- 
vent which  Mr.  Carew  defired  him  to  exchange  his  Armour  and  Martial 
Attire  with  him,  that  he  might  by  that  Means  make  his  Efcape,  which 
the  Admiral  foon  confented  to:  The  Enemy  coming  on  to  this  narrow 
PafTage,  Mr.  Carew  in  his  rich  Habit,  well-mounted,  croffed  the  Bridge 
with  his  Horfe,  and  for  a  Time  fo  valiantly  defended  the  fame  that  no 
Man  might  pafs,  fo  by  that  Way  he  gained  Time  for  the  Admiral  to  efcape : 
However,  Mr,  Carew  himfelf  was  at  laft  taken  Prifbner,  to  the  no  little 
Joy  of  the  Enemy,  who  thought  they  had  taken  the  General  himfelf,  but 
finding  themfelves  deceived,  they  courteoufly  carried  Mr.  Carew  to  the 
Caftle  of  Dunbar,  where  he  was  very  kindly  entertained  by  the  Lady  of 
the  Governour  thereof,  who  having  a  Brother  a  Prifbner  then  in  England, 
hoped  to  have  him  exchanged  for  Mr.  Carew.  But  the  Keeper  of  the  Pri- 
fbn  was  very  cruel  towards  Mr.  Carew,  and  put  him  into  a  Dungeon,  and 
ufed  him  fo  barbaroufly  that  he  fell  dangeroufly  fick  of  a  DyfTentery,  or 
Bloody  Flux,  which  never  quite  left  him  to  the  Time  of  his  Death  j  how- 
ever he  was  at  length  redeemed,  and  fo  returned  to  his  Manour  of  Bick- 
leigh  which  he  had  with  his  Lady,  After  vyhich,  the  Lord  Admiral  not 
forgetting  the  great  Services  of  Mr.  Carew,  made  him  his  Vice-Admiral, 
and  aiTifted  him  in  all  his  Affairs,  Mr.  Carew  lived  afterwards  feveral  Years 
,  in  his  Country,  and  out-lived  his  Lady.  He  had  by  her  a  Son  and  a 
Daughter ;  John  the  Son  married  Gilbert  Saint  Clere's  Daughter,  but  died 
without  IfTue  in  the  Year  1588,  Mr.  Carew  after  the  Deceafe  of  his  firft 
Wife  married  the  Daughter  of  one  Smart,  by  whom  he  had  IfTue  Hum- 
phry Carew,  unto  whom  John,  his  Half-Brother,  before  his  Death,  con- 
veyed his  Eftate ;  and  fo  Bickleigh,  after  it  had  been  for  feveral  Generations 
in  the  Family  of  Courtenay  of  Towderham,  came  to  a  younger  Branch 
of  the  Carews  of  Mohuns-Autrey.  Humphry  Carew  had  IfTue  Teter,  who 
by  the  Daughter  of  George  Cary  of  Clovelly,  Efq;  had  IfTue  Sir  Henry 
Carew  of  Bickleigh,  Knight,  who,  by  a  Daughter  of  Sir  Reginald  Mohun 
of  Cornwall,  had  IfTue  two  Daughters  and  Heirs,  the  eldeft  of  whom  was 
married  unto  Sir  Thomas  Carew  of  Haccomb,  in  whofe  Family  Bickleigh 
continues  to  this  Day. 

Sir  T  hi  lip  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  of  Towderham-Czfile,  be- 
fides  thefe  Sons  afore-mentioned,  had  two  Daughters,  1.  Tbilippa,  married 
to  Sir  Thomas  Fullford,  who  had  IfTue  by  her  Sir  Humphry,  William,  and  ' 
Thilip  Fullford.     a.  Anne,  who  was  firft  married  to  Sir  William  Walton 

of 


Part  III.     Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Bopklll.  281 

of  Umber leigh,  who  had  by  her  Elizabeth,  firft  married  to  Martin  For-  Chap.  IV. 
tejcue,  Son  of  Sir  John  Fortefcue,  Lord  Chief  Juftice  of  England,  and  fe-  v^""V"^-» 
condly  unto  Sir  William  Tomeroy.    Anne  the  Daughter  of  Sir  'Philip  Cour- 
tenay had  to  her  fecond  Husband  Richard  Trewin,  alias  Wear,  Efquire,  of 
Whitechurch  near  Javiftock. 

This  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  of  Towderham-CzMe, 
died  16  December,  3  Edward  TV.  1465,  as-the  Jurors  in  the  Inquifition 
taken  after  his  Death  did  find :  They  did  find  likewife,  That  Sir  'Philip 
Courtenay,  Knight,  and  Elizabeth  his  Wife  did  jointly  hold  to  them  and 
their  Heirs  Male  the.Manours-of Towderham,  Moreton,  and  Alfington,and 
eighteen  other  Manours :  And  they  did  find,  That  certain  Feoffees,  to  the 
Uie  of  Hugh  Courtenay  Earl  of  Devonpire,  gave  thefe  Manours  to  Hugh 
Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon,  and  Margaret  his  Wife,  for  their  Lives,  and 
from  thence  to  remain  to  Sir  'Peter  Courtenay,  Knight,  and  to  the  Heirs  • 
Males  of  his  Body  begotten ;  and  from  thence  to  remain  to  Sir  Thilip 
Courtenay  late  of  Eickleigh,  Knight,  and  to  the  Heirs  Males  of  his  Body- 
begotten.  And  the  Jurors  do  fay,  That  Hugh  and  Margaret  died,  and  Sir 
Teter  died  without  IfTue  Male,  by  reafon  of  which,  Sir  ¥ yhi Up Court yen 'ay, 
late  of  Bic Heigh,  entred  and  died  feifed  :  After  whole  Death,  Thilip  Cour- 
tenay, named  in  this  Brief  as  Kinfman  and  Heir  of  the  laid  Sir  Thilip 
Courtenay,  late  of  Bickleigh,  entred  and  died  feifed,  in  his  own  Right,  as 
of  Fee-tail :  And  they  fay,  That  Thilip  Coplefione  was  feifed  of  the  Mar 
nour  of  Towderham,  and  that  he  infeoff'd  the  faid  Thilip  and  Elizabeth 
his  Wife,  and  the  Heirs  Males  of  their  Bodies  begotten,  and  fo  the  faid 
Thilip  Courtenay  died,  and  Elizabeth  out-lived  him  :  And  they  fay,  That 
the  laid  Thilip  named  in  this  Brief  died  the  16th  of  December  laft  paft; 
and  that  William, Courtenay,  Efq;  is  his  next  Heir,  and  is  35  Years  old. 

The  Arms  of  this  Sir  'Philip  Courtenay  were  the  fame  with  thofe  of 
his  Father,  viz.  Or  Ihree  Torteaux,  with  a  Label  Azure  of  three  Toints, 
charged  with  nine  'Plates,  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  Hungerford,  viz.  Sa- 
ble two  Bar.s  Argent,  with  three  'Plates  in  chief;  which  Arms  are  in  Ho- 
niton  Church.  * 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^.^^ 

L^pr^/uty     C  H  A  I*   V,    $  >%c^er&a*n-  Chap,  v# 

WmSM  ir  William  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  of  Towderhanf- 
l  P^pl  Caftle,  was  eldeft  Son  of  Sir  Thilip  Courtenay  and  Elizabeth 

S  j|p  Daughter  of  Walter  Lord  Hungerford,  as  was  faid'  before :  '  ? 
S§|1'  He  married  Margaret  Daughter  of  William  Lord  Bonvile, 
flfa  whom  King  Henry  VI.  by  the  Name  of  William  de  Bonvile 
and  Chut  on,  fummoned  to  Parliament  amongft  the  Barons,  made  Knight  of 
the  Garter,  and  enriched  his  Son  with  the  Marriage  of  Baron  Harrington's 
only  Daughter  :  But  he  fiding  with-  the  Houfe  of  Fork  (as  has  been  faid) 
had  the  Unhappinefs  to  be  an  Eye-Witnefs  of  the  untimely  Death  of  his 
Son  and  Grand-ion,  the  Lord  Harrington,  both  flain  in  the  Battle  of  Wake- 
field, and,  in  a  little  Time  after,  he  himfelf  was  taken  in  the  fecond  Battle 
'of  St.  Albans  and  beheaded,  leaving  behind  him  Cecil  his  Grand-child^  and 
Heirefs,  then  very  young,  who  being  afterwards  married  to  Thomas  Grey, 
Marquefs  of  Dorfet,  brought  him  the  Titles  of  Lord  Bonvile  arid  Harring- 
ton, with  a  brave  Eftate  in  the  Weftern  Parts ;  and  upon  the  Attainder  of 
.  Bbbb  Henry 


282  Part  III    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  'the  Book  III. 

Chap.  V.    Henry  Marquefs  ofDorfet  and  Duke  of  Suffolk,  a  great  Part  of  that  Eftate 


1/Y\j 


Holling'fhed. 


'485. 


came  to  the  Lord  Teters,  either  by  Gift  or  Purchafe.     William  Lord  Bon- 
vile  with  his  Lady  lies  interred  in  the  Chancel  of  Chuton  Church  in  So- 
merfetjhire.    Another  Daughter  of  the  Lord  Bonvile's  was  married  to  Sir  ' 
Nicholas  Baron  Carew.    Wifcomb  Park  in  Devon/hire  was  a  Seat  of  the 
Lord  Bonvile. 

In  the  Year  1470,  10  Edward  IV.  in  the  Time  of  the  Wars  between 
the  Houfes  of  Tork  and  Lancafier,  the  Earl  of  Warwick  and  the  Duke  of 
Clarence,  who  then  was  againft  his  Brother  King  Edward  IV.  having  had 
a  great  Part  of  their  Army  under  the  Command  of  Sir  Robert  Wells  de- 
feated, rniftrufted  their  own  Strength,  and  prepared  to  pals  over  the  Sea 
to  Calais,  and  firft  of  all  fent.away  theDutchefs  of  Clarence.,  Daughter  to 
the  Earl  of  Warwick,  who  was  then  great  with  Child ;  and  fhe  being  ac- 
companied with  the  Lord  Fitzwarren,  the  Lord  Dinham,  and  the  Baron 
Carew,  and  One  Thoufand  fighting  Men,  came  to  Exeter,  March  8,  and 
was  lodged  in.  the  Bifhop's  Palace :  Sir  William  Courtenay  of  Towderhamy 
who  favoured  the  Party  of  King  Edward  IV.  aflembled  an  Army  of  all 
the  Friends  he  couJd  get,  and  encompaffing  the  City  round  befieged  the 
lame:  He  pulled  down  all  the  Bridges,  ramper'd  up  all  the  Ways,  and 
flopped  up  all  the  Paflages,  fo  that  no  Victuals  at  all  could  be  brought  into 
the  City  for  twelve  Days  together,  lb  that  on  a  fudden  and  unlooked  for, ' 
Victuals  fell  very  fcarce  in  the  City,-  and  there  being  a  great  Number  of 
People  in  the  City  at  that  Time,  they  began  to  murmur  for  Want  of 
Food.  The  Dutchefs  and  the  Lords  that  accompanied  her,  fearing  what 
might  be  the  Confequence,  lent  to  the  Mayor,  and  required  the  Keys  of 
the  City  to  be  delivered  into  their  Hands,  and  promifed  that  they  would 
undertake  the  fafe  keeping  of  the  City ;  and,  on  the  other  Hand,  Sir  Wil- 
liam Courtenay  fent  a  Meflenger  to  the  Mayor,  and  demanded  the  Gates 
to  be  opened  unto  him,:  or  elfe,  be  threatened  to  deftroy  the  City  with 
Fire  and  Sword.  The  Mayor  arid  his  Brethren  did  fo  order  the  Matter, 
as  that  by  fair  Speeches  and  courteous  Ufage  both  Patties  were  perfwaded 
to  flop,  until  by  the  Mediation  of  certain  good  and  prudent  Men  a  Treaty 
was  made,  the  Siege  railed,  and  every  Man  fet  at  Liberty.  1  King  Edward 
was  willing  to  let  the  Earl  of  Warwick  go  off  quietly,  and  that  might  be 
the  Reafon  why  a  Treaty  was  made.  This  Siege  of  Exeter  is  through  a 
Miftake  laid  by  Mr.  Camden  to  be  made  by  Hugh  Earl  of  L*evonJbire,  but 
there  was  no  fuch  Earl  at  that  Tjfne. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay 'was  High  Sheriff  of  Devon/hire  the  laft 
Year  of  Edward  IV,  being  the  Year,  1483,  all  the  Time  of  the  fhort  Reign 
of  King  Edward  V.  and  in  the  ift  Year  of  Richard  III.  and  he  died,  as 
Sir  William  Tole  faith,  in  the  ift  Year  of  Henry  VII.  1485 :  He  had  by 
his  Lady  one  Son  named  William,  who  fucceeded  him  in  -his  Eftate,  and 
two  Daughters;  1.  Joan  married  to  Sir  William  Carew  of  Mohuns-Autrey, 
who  had  Ilfue  by  her,  1.  Sir  George  Carew,  who  in  37  Henry  VIII.  1545, 
the  King  being  then  at  Tortfmouth,  was  drowned :  A  great  Ship,  called 
the  Mary-Rofe,  of  which  he  was  Captain,  funk  in  the  Harbour,  and  in  it 
were  drowned  a  great  many  Gentlemen  with  him.  2.  Sir  Thilip  Carew, 
,  Knight  of  Malta :  3.  Sir  Teter,  an  eminent  Soldier  in  the  Irijh  Wars,  who 
all  died  without  IlTue,  and  one  Daughter  named  Cecil,  who  was,  married  to 
Thomas  Kirkam,  and' by  her  he  had  Mohuns-Autrey,  which  from  Kirkam 
came  to  Southcot,yand  from  Southcot  to  Tonge,  and  is  now  in  the  PofTeffion 
of  Sir  William  Tonge.  The  2d  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  was 
Catherine,  who  was  firft  married  to  Thomas  Rogers,  Serjeant  at  Law,  from 
whom  was iffued Rogers cfiCannington  in  Somerfctfiire,who&  Family  is  now 

extincl : 


Part  III.    Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  III.   283 

extinct :  Her  fecond  Husband  was  Sir  William  Huddesfield,  Attorn  ey-Ge-    Chap.  V, 
neral  to  King  Edward  IV.  of  the  Privy  Council  to  Henry  VII.  and  Juftice    ^~v^-' 
of  Oyer  and  Terminer ;  and  he  had  by  her  a  Daughtei  named  Elizabeth, 
Wife   of  Sir  Anthony  Tointz  of  Atton  in  Gloucefter/bire.    Sir  Wtlliam    ' 
Htiddesfield  with  his  Lady   Catherine  was  buried  in  the  little  Church  of 
ShilUpgford,  which  Manour  he  purchafed,  and  unto  their  Memory  there  is 
a  fair  Monument  erected,  having  the  following  Infcriptions ; 

«  Here  lieth  Sir  William  Huddesfield,  Attorney-General  to'  King 
"  Edward  IV.  and  of  Council  to  King  Henry  VII.  and  Juftice  of 
«  Oyer  and  Terminer,  which  died  the  aoth  Day  of  March,  A  D. 
"  MCCCCXCIX.     On  whofe  Soul  Jefus  have  Mercy.     Amen. " 
Honor  Deo  &  Gloria. 

Above  is  this  Motto ; 

Conditor  et  Redemftor  Corporis  et  Animt 
Sit  mihi  medicus  et  cuflos  utriufq; 

In  the  Window  over  his  Picture  is  this ; 

Hi  tres  flint  rnea  Jfes  Jhefus  Maria  Johannes, 

Over  his  Lady's  Picture  is  this ; 

gy*  pperit  fiorem  det  nobis  fior  is  odor  em. 

Under  both  their  Pictures  are  thefe  Words  • 

Orate  p-o  bono  flatu  Willielmi  Huddesfield  Militis  et  Catherine  uxoris  ejus. 

On  another  Part  of  the  Tomb  is  this  • 

"  Dame  Catherine  the  Wife  of  Sir  William  Huddesfield,  Knight, 
<?  Daughter  to  Sir  William  Courtenay,  Knight." 

The  Arms  of  Sir  William  Court enayyfaft.  of  that  Name,  of  Powder- 
ham-CzMe,  were  the  fame  with  thofe  of  his  Father ;  and  the  Arms  of 
Bonvile  were,  Sable,  fix  Mullets  perced  Argent,  3,  2,  1. 


C  H  A  P.    VI.  Chap  VI 

"£^&ETER  Courtenay,  firft  Bifhop  of  Exeter  and  afterwards  Bi- 
'  )  mop  of  Winchefier,  was  third  Son  of  Sir  "Philip  Courtenay  of 


m  Powder  ham,  and  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Walter  Lord  Hun- 
m  gerford:  He  was  in  his  younger  Years  bred  in  Oxford  in 
vv    Exeter- College-  E  Collegium  fallor  Exonienfi,  faith  Mr.  Wood''/" 
Wood-,  and  there  he  took  his  Degree  of  Batchelor  of  Laws,  TMa'' 
and  after  that  he  travelled  into  Foreign  Parts,  and  took  his  Doftor's  De- 
gree in  the  Univerfity  of  "Padua  in  Italy;  and  in  the  Year  1477,  he  was      i477 


admitted 


Fulled 
ChtDcbHiftory. 


•r.  71 


giia  Sttcr.ii, 


284  Part  III.  The  Genealogical Hiftory  of  the    Book  III, 

Chap.  VI.  admitted  to  the  fame  Degree  in  Oxford  with  great  Solemnity,  and  at  the 

\~f~^T\j  fame  Time  he  made  a  fplendid  Entertainment  for  the  Univerfity. 

As  foon  as  he  entered  into  Holy  Orders,  he  had .  not  only  Parfbnages 
with  Cure  of  Souls,  but  was  made  firft  Arch-Deacon  of  Exeter ;  and  whilft 
he  was  Arch-Deacon,  in  the  Year  1462.,  Thomas  Bourchier,  Arch-Bifhop 
of  Canterbury,  kept  a  Synod  of  his  Clergy  in  London,  when  Geoffry  Long- 
brooke,  a  Member  thereof,  as  Proftor  for  'peter  Courtenay,  Arch-Deacon 
of  Exeter,  was,  at  the  Suit  of  Simon  Nottingham,  arretted  by  the  Bailiffs 
of  the  Lord-Mayor:  Complaint  being  made  hereof  to  the  Convocation,  they 
fcnt  the  Prior  of  Canterbury  to  the  Mayor  and  Sheriffs,  to  reftore  the  a- 
forefaid  Geoffry  to  his  Liberty,  threatening  them  elfe  with  Excommunica- 
tion ;  to  prevent  which  the  Party  was  releafed.     In  a  little  Time  after  he 

Kaac'j  Me-  was  made  Dean  of  the  lame  Church  ;  and  whilft  he  was  Dean  a  Controver- 
fy  happened  between  the  Mayor  and  Chamber  of  Exeter  on  one  Side,  and 
the  Company  of  Taylors  on  the  other ;  and  after  both  Sides  had  been  at 
great  Charges,  it  came  to  be  determined  by  King  Edward  IV.  whofe  final 
Order  therein  was  fent  to  Dr.  'Refer  Courtenay,  the  .Dean  of  the  Church 
to  be  delivered  to  both  Parties.  He  did  likeWife  when  he  was  Dean  make 
up  a  Difference  between  Sir  William  Courtenay  his  Brother  and  the  Rector 
of  Towderham  about  Tythes ;  and  his  Award  is  in  the  Hands  of  the  pre- 
fent  Sir  William  Courtenay:  He  was  alfo  Matter  of  the  Hofpital  of  St, 
Anthony  in  London,  at  the  Time  that  it  was  annexed  to  the  Royal  Chapel 

WharfonV.^.  of  Windfor,  for  the  refigning  of  which  (which  was  in  the  Year  1474)  he 
had  a  Penfion  of  One  Hundred  Marks  per  Annum  given  him  by  the  Dean 
and  Chapter  of  Windsor,  which  was  paid  to  him  until  he  had  fome  Prefer- 
ment given  him  by  the  King  in  lieu  thereof.  After  that  he  was  made 
Dean  of  Windsor,  and  was  inftalled  into  it,  OEtober  it.  1476;  and  in  the 
.Year  1477,  he  was  by  the  King  made  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  and  coniecrated 
in  November  in  St.  Stephen's  Chapel  in  Wefiminjier- Abbey. 

In  the  Year  1483,  King  Richard  III.  having  made  himfelf  odious  to 
the  People  by  his  murdering  King  Edward  V.  and  Richard  Duke  of  Tork 
his  Nephews,  there  were  Infurrections  made  againft  him  in  feveral  Parts  of 
the  Kingdom.  The  Duke  of  Buckingham  raifed  an  Army  in  Wales  (as 
was  faid  before  when  we  fpoke  of  Sir  Edward  Courtenay)  and  with  it  he 
marched  through  the  Foreft  of  Dean,  intending  to  have  palled  over  the 
River  Severn  at  Gloucefter,  and  there  to  have  joined  his  Army  with  the 
Courtetwys  and  other  Weftern  Men,  which  if  they  had  done,  no  Doubt 
King  Richard  had  been  in  great  Danger :  But  before  the  Duke  could  come 
to  the  Sewrn-Side,  by  Reafon  of  a  great  Rain  that  fell,  that  River  rofe 
fo  high  that  it  overflowed  the  Country  adjoining,  which  great  Flood  lafted 
for  ten  Days,  fo  that  the  Duke  could  not  gtt  over  to  his  Friends,  neither 
could  they  go  to  him  •  during  which  Time,  the  Welchmen  living  idly,  and 
having  neither  Victuals  nor  Pay,  went  away  and  were  difperfed :  The  Duke 
being  left  thus  almoft  alone  was  forced  to  fly,  and  was  afterwards  taken  and 
put  to  Death :  All  his  Friends  upon  this  were  difperfeu ;  fome  fled  to 
Sanctuary,  others  took  Shipping  and  failed  to  Brit  any  to  the  Earl  of  Rich- 
mond ;  amongft  thefe  were  Teter  Courtenay  Bifhop  of  Exeter  and  Sir  Ed- 
ward Courtenay  his  Brother,  afterward  Earl  of  Devonjhire ;  and  they  all 
fwore  Allegiance  to  the  Earl  of  Richmond;  and  He  took  his  corporal  Oath 
on  the  fame  Day,  {viz:  the  2.5th  of  December)  That  he  would  mafry  the 
Trincefs  Elizabeth  wjoen  he  had  fupprefed  the  Ufurper  Richard,  and  was 
pojfejfed  of  the  Crown.  .  < 

A  little  Time  after  the  Death  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  and  the  dii- 
perfing  of  his  Accomplices,  King  Richard  made  a  Progrefs  into  Devon- 

fhire, 


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fbire  :  When  he  came  to  Exeter,  -  the  Mayor,  Aldermen,  and  Citizens  pre-  Chap  1 
lented  him  with  a  Purfe  of  Gold  to  obtain  his  Favour  ;  he  received  it  gra-  \^T  V" 
ciouily,  lay  in  the  City  on?  Night,  and  the  next  Day  went  to  take  a  View 
of  it.  In  his  Weftern  Journey  he  found  that  the  Gentlemen  of  thofe  Parts 
were  almoft  all  concerned  in  the  Confpiracy  to  depofe  him,  and  to  raife  up 
the  Earl  of  Richmond  to  the  Throne  ;  and  upon  his  Return  to  London  he 
fent  down  John  Lord  Scroop  with  a  fpecial  Commiffion,  who  fat  at  Tor- 
rington ;  and  then  and  there  were  indicted  of  High  Treafon,  Thomas  Mar- 
quefs  of  Dor  ft,  Teter  JBiihop  of  Exeter,  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  Walter 
Courtenay,  and  others,  to  the  Number  of  Five  Hundred ;  all  that  made 
their  Efcape  were  out-lawed,  and  thofe  that  fell  into  King  Richard's.  Hands 
were  put  to  Death. 

In  1485,  Henry  Earl  of  Richmond,  Jajper  Earl  of  Tembroke,  his  Un- 
cle, the  Earl  of  Oxford,  Teter  Court enay  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  and  Sir  Ed<- 
ward  Courtenay,  with  many  other  Knights  and  Efquires,  with  a  fmall 
Number  of  French,  landed  at  Milford-Haven,  Auguji  6 ;  and  as  foon  as 
the  Earl  of  Richmond's  landing  was  known,  feyeral  Noblemen  and  others 
with  their  Retinue  gathered  to  him  in  great  Numbers;  and  then  the  Earl 
marching  againft  King  Richard  met  with  him  at  a  Village  called  Bofworth 
near  Leicejier  on  the  a  2d  of  Auguft,  where  there  was  fought  a  very  fharp 
Battle  between  them,  in  the  Conclufion  whereof  King  Richard  was  ilain, 
his  Army  routed,  and  many  of  his  Men  killed,  with  little  Lofs  on  the  Earl 
of  Richmond's  Side;  and  the  Lord  Stanley  taking  King  Richard's  Crown, 
which  was  found  amongft  the  Spoil,  put  it  on  the  Earl  of  Richmond's 
Head,  who  from  that  Time  aflumed  the  Title  and  Power  of  King. 

A  little  after  (as  was  faid  before)  King  Henry  made  Sir  Edward  Cour- 
tenay Earl  of  Devonfhire ;  and  in  the  next  Year,  viz.  1486,  he  made  the 
Bifhop  of  Exeter  Biihop  of  Winchefler,  upon  the  Death  of  William  V/ain- 
fleet,  Founder  of  Magdalen-CoMege  in  Oxford.  Mr.  Weftcot  in  his  View 
of  Devonjhire  faith,  That  Teter  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Exeter,  was  in  great 
Favour  with  the  Earl  of  Richmond,  both  Abroad  when  he  was  in  Brittany 
and  France,  and  afterwards  at  Home  when  he  became  King  of  England ; 
and  good  Reafon  for  it,  for  he  ventured  his  Life  for  him,  and  lived  in 
Exile  for  fome  Time  upon  the  Earl's  Account,  and  was  with'  him  at  the 
Battle  of  Bofworth,  where  no  doubt  he  behaved  himfelf  couragiouily ;  for 


VI 


one  Author  ftiles  him,  Venerabilis  Tater  Petrus  Efifcops  Exon,  Flos  mi-  {Jjjj'- ' ffi3 
liti£  T  atria  fua.  ""        ■' 

In  the  next  Year,  1487,  Teter  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Winchefler,  was 
very  near  being  chofen  Chancellor  of  the  Univerfity  of  Oxford:  Dr.  John 
Rujfe'l,  Biihop  of  Lincoln,  being  Chancellor  in  the  Month  of  May  this 
Year,  he  refigned  his  Office,  in  order  to  be  chofen  again  for  the  enfuing 
Year;  but  a  great  many  Scholars  confidering  Bifhop  Courtenay  s  Worth, 
and  confidering  what  William  Courtenay,  Arch-Bifhop  of  Canterbury,  and 
Richard  Courtenay,  Biihop  of  Norwich,  did  for  the  Univerfity  when  they 
were  Chancellors,  voted  for  the  Bifhop  of  Wiuchejfer,  and  not  without  a 
great  deal  of  Difficulty  the  Bifhop  of  Lincoln,  although  he  was  a  grave  and  J^'q^f 
3  wife  Man,  and  had  been  Lord  Chancellor  of  England,  got  to  be  re-cholcn. 

This  Bifhop  Courtenay,  after  he  had  governed  the  Diocefe  of  Winche- 
fter  for  the  Space  of  Five  Years,  died  December  10,  1401  :  And  Bifhop 
Godwin  fays,  he  was  buried  in  his  own  Church,  but  whereabout,  fays  he 
I  know  not :  But  I  rather  think  that  he  was  buried  in  Towderbam-Chmch ; 
for  in  the  Middle  of  the  Chancel  of  that  Church  there  is  a  broad  Stone,  on 
which  is  the  Effigies  of  a  Bifhop  with  his  Mitre  in  Brafs  inlaid,  which 
.could  not  be  for  the  Arch-Bifhop,  for  he  was  not  of  the  Towderham-¥z~ 
C  c  c  c  rnily ; 


a86  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijiory  of  the  Book  III. 

Chap.  VI.   mily ;  neither  for  the  Bifhop  of  Norwich,  for  he  was  buried  in  Wejlmin- 
s^y  v~V>   fler- Abbey :  It  muft  be  therefore  for  this  Bifhop  j  and  Bifhop  Godwin's 
laying  he  did  not  know  whereabout  in  Winchester  Church  he  was  buried, 
makes  it  more  likely  that  he  was  buried  in  <Powderham. 

The  Hiftorians  feveral  of  them  do  fay,  that  "Peter  Courtenay,  Bifhop  of 
Winchejler,  was  Brother  to  Sir  Edward  Cqurtenay  that  was  reftored  to  the 
Earldom  of  Devonpire,  but  it  is  a  Miftake :  But  Bifhop  Godwin,  who 
writ  the  Lives  of  the  Bifhops,  and  John  Hooker,  Sir  William  "Pole,  and 
others  who  have  writ  of  the  Families  of  Devon/hire,  do  all  fay,  that  he 
was  the  Son  of  Sir  "Philip  Courtenay  of  "Powder  ham-CoMc  and  Elizabeth 
Daughter  of  Walter  Lord  Himgerjord;  and  his  Aims  in  Ufcot  Church  do 
fhew  the  fame,  which  are,  Or,  three  Torteaux,  a  File  in  chief  with  three 
Labels  Azure,  charged  with  nine  "Plates  within  the  Royal  Garter ;  which 
was  added  to  his  Father's  Arms,  becaufe,  as  Bifhop  of  Winchejler,  he  was 
Prelate  of  the  Garter. 

This  Bifhop  built  the  North  Tower  of  the  Cathedral  Church  of  Exeter, 
and  placed  in  it  a  great  Bell  weighing  Twelve  Thoufand  Five  Hundred 
Pounds,  which  after  his  Name  is  called  "Peter's  Bell ;  unto  this  Bell  was  the 
Bifhop  pleafed  to  add  a  Clock,  and  to  the  Clock  a  Dial  of  very  curious  In- 
vention, efpecially  for  that  Age ;  for  it  fhews  the  Changes  of  the  Moon, 
the  Day  of  the  Month,  together  with  the  Hour  of  the  Day.  He  likewife 
was  a  great  Benefactor  to  the  Church  of  Honiton ;  for  he  built  the  Tower, 
as  his  Father's  Arms  impaled  with  thofe  of  his  Mother's  in  the  Tower- 
Window  do  fhew  :  He  likewife  built  good  Part  of  the  Church,  which  in 
his  Days  was  made  from  a  little  Chapel,  dedicated  to  St.  Michael,  into  a 
a  handfome  Parifh-Church  ;  and  the  Arms  of  the  Family  are  in  the  Pillars 
of  the  Church  :  He  likewife,  in  all  Probability,  made  a  curious  Skreen  of 
fine  Workmanfhip  that  is  between  the  Body  of  the  Church  and  the  Chancel, 

His  Motto  was,  £>yod  verum  tutum;  and  his  Arms  were  thofe  of  his 
Father,  impaled  firft  with  the  Arms  of  the  Bifhoprick  of  Exeter,  and  af- 
terwards with  thofe  of  Winchejler,  encompaffed  with  the  Royal  Garter. 

ru   VTT  Chap.  VII. 

Chap.VII. 

^a&f&1R  William  Court  enay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  of  "Powder- 
ham-Caft\e,  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  and  Margaret 
Daughter  of  William  Lord  JBonvile :  He  married  Cicely 
Daughter  of  Sir  John  Cheyney  of  "Pincourt  in  cPmhay  Parifh. 
It  was  the  Seat  of  Stretch,  one  of  whofe  Co-heirs  brought 
it  to  Cheyney,  alias  de  Cafineto,  or  de  Caneto,  whofe  Race 
lived  there  in  good  Efteem  for  four  Defcents,  and  the  Patrimony  was  divi- 
ded amongft  four  Daughters  of  Sir  John  Cheyney,  and  Sir  William  Courte- 
nay married  one  of  them.     Sir  John  Cheyney  was  High  Sheriff  in  the  ad  of 
Edward  IV.  and  again  in  1 3  Edward  IV. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  the  fecond,  was,  as  Sir  Willtam  Trie  faith, 
accounted  a  good  Man  of  War  in  the  Time  of  Henry  VII. 
1 4517.  *n  tne  Year  1407,  13th  of  Henry  VII.  when  "Perkin  Warbeck  befieged 
Exeter,  Sir  William  Courtenay  of  "Powderham,  together  with  Edward 
Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devonjbire,  and  his  Son  Lord  William  Courtenay,  and 
many  other  Devonjbire  Gentlemen,  came  to  the  City  of  Exeter  and  helped 

the 


Part  III.    Nolle  Family  0/ Courtenay.      Book  III.   287 

the  Citizens,  and  forced  Perkin  jVarbeck  to  raife  the  Siege,  and  to  march  to  Ohap.VII. 
Taunton,  as  was  faid  before  when  we  fpake  of  Edward  Earl  of  Devonshire.  <*~\~\^ 
In  the  Year  before,  viz.  the  i  ath  of  Henry  VII.  Sir  John  Halwell,  alias 
Halgewell,  went  to  Law  with  Sir  William  Courtenay  for  the  Lands  of  Chi- 
verjion.  It  was  faid  before,  that  Sir  John  Chiverfion,  who  married  Joan 
the'  Daughter  of  Hugh,  fecond  Earl  of  Devon Jhire,  did,  in  cafe  he  died 
without  Iflue,  fettle  his  Lands  upon  the  Earl  or  Devonjfoire,  his  Father-in- 
law  ;  and  Sir  John  dying  without  Iflue,  the  Earl  had  his  Lands,  viz.  Chi- 
verfion, from  which  the  Family  had  its  Name,  J/ftw-Caftle,  Tlwrlefton,  and 
other  Lands:  The  Earl  of  Devon/hire  gave  thcfe  Lands  to  his  Son  Sir 
'Peter  Courtenay,  who  was  called  Sir  'Peter  Courtenay  of  I/tou-CiMe,  and 
he  dying  without  Iffue,  thefe  Lands,  according  to  his  Father's  Settlement, 
came  to  Richard  Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  Norwich,  Son  to  Sir  Philip  Cour- 
tenay of  <Powderham-Caftle,  and  fo  they  defcended  to  this  Sir  William 
Courtenay.  Sir  John  Halwell  being  next  Heir  to  Sir  John  Chiverjion,  as 
defcended  from  a  Sifter  of  his,  claimed  thefe  Lands  as  his  own,  and  after 
a  long  and  chargeable  Suit  at  Law,  it  was  by  Arbitriment  concluded,  that 
Sir  William  Courtenay  fhould  pay  unto  Sir  Johu  Halwell  One  Thoufand 
Pounds  in  the  Tower  of  London,  which  accordingly  was  done,  and  all  the 
Money,  as  it  is  faid,  was  paid  in  fmall  Pence.  It  is  delivered  by  Tradition, 
that  Sir  William  Courtenay  ufed  great  Frugality  whilft  the  Law-Suit  was 
depending,  riding  always  to  London  but  with  one  Man ;  whereas  his  Ad- 
verfary  was  commonly  attended  with  Twenty. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  had  by  his  Lady  three  Sons ;  i.  Sir  William, 
who  fucceeded  him  in  his  Eftate,  of  whom  we  ihall  fpeak  in  the  next  Chap- 
ter.    1.  James  of  Ufcot,  who  was  fo  called  from  the  Manour  of  Upcot, 
which  was  given,  in  all  Probability,  by  his  Uncle  the  Biihop  of  Winche-    &ttr&f, 
fier,  for  the  Biihop's  Arms  are  in  a  Window  in  the  Church ;  and  it  is  very     fl/s,  ^ 
likely  that  he  purchafed  it.     This  Sir  James  Courtenay  married  a  Daugh-         ' 
ter  of  Sir  John  Baffet,  and  had  with  her  the  Manour  of  Ajbford:  He  had 
by  her  two  Sons,  James  and  John ;  the  Iflue  of  James,  after  four  De- 
fcents,  failed  fo,  as  that  his  Land  came  unto  James  Courtenay,  defcended 
from  John  fecond  Son  of  the  firft  James,  who  left  an  only  Daughter, 
married  to  John  Moor,  Efq;  of  Moor  near  Tavifiock ;  and  the  laft  of  that 
Family  fold  it  not  long  fince  to  John  Upcot  of  Tiverton,  Merchant.     The 
laft  James  Courtenay  ofUpcot  was  High  Sheriff  of  Devoujbjre'm  the  Year 
1534,  the  ad  of  Queen  Mary,  in  the  Time  of  Wiat's  Rebellion. 

Sir  William  Courtenay  hadlikewife  feveral  Daughters;  i.  Anne,  married 
to  Thomas  Gibbe,  Efq;  of  Fenton  in  Dartington  Parifh.  a.  Joan,  married 
to  Sir  William  Beaumont  of  Shir  well :  A  little  Time  after  they  were  mar-* 
ried,  there  happened  out  a  Difference  between  them,  upon  which  Sir  Wil~  vwiflure! 
Ham  abfented  himfelf  from  his  Wife,  and  went  to  London,  where  he  lived 
two  Years  and  died,  and  whilft  he  was  abfent  fhe  had  a  Son  born,  who  was 
bred  up  very  privately ;  and  after  Sir  William  Beaumont's  Death,  his  Bro- 
ther 'Philif  fucceeded  him  in  his  Lands  as  next  Heir,  and  died  quietly  pol- 
feffed  thereof,  having  firft,  for  Want  of  Iflue,  fettled  them  upon  his  Bro- 
ther, by  a  fecond  Wife,  Thomas :  He  alfb  dying  without  Iffue,  the  Eftate 
came  to  Hugh  his  younger  Brother,  whofe  Daughter  and  Heir  was  married 
to  John  Chichejier,  Efq.  Hugh  the  laft  Heir  Male  being  dead,  John  the 
Son  of  Joan,  Wife  to  Sir  William  Beaumont,  being  come  of  Age,  entred 
upon  the  Eftate  of  Beaumont,  and  claimed  it  as  his  Right,  being  Heir  to 
Sir  William  Beaumont  his  Father,  it  being  proved  that  he  was  born  in 
Wedlock ;  and  John  Bajfet,  Son  of  Joan  Sifter  to  Sir  William  Beaumont, 
claimed  it  as  his  Right ;  and  Margaret  the  Wife  of  John  Chichejier,  Daugh- 


Weftcot'x 
Suivey  of  D&' 


a88  Part  III.  The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  III. 

Chap.  VII.  ter  of  Hugh  Beaumont,  made  alfo  Title  to  the  fame  •  whereupon  divers 
^^v^w  Law-fuits  were  commenced  at  Common  Law  and  Chancery,  and  by  the 
Favour  and  Intereft  of  the  Lord  Daubeny,  Bajfet  got  a  Decree  in  Chancery 
for  the  faid  Lands;  whereupon  there  was  an  Appeal  made  to  Parliament, 
and  it  was  declared  in  Parliament,  That  feeing  John  the  Sen  tf/Joan,  Wife 
of  Sir  William  Beaumont,  was  bom  in  Wedlock,  he  could  not  be  barr'd  of 
the  Lands.  Bnt  at  laft  it  was  agreed  amongft  the  Parties,  That  Chichejler 
ihould  have  Toljlon,  Shirwell,  and  other  Lands,  to  the  Value  of  Two  Hun- 
dred Marks  of  old  Rent ;  and  John  the  Son  of  Joan,  Wife  of  Sir  William 
Beaumont,  mould  have  Gittifbam,  and  lb  much  of  other  Lands  as  amount- 
ed to  the  Value  of  Two  Hundred  Marks  of  Yearly  Rent ;  the  Refidue 
Bajfet  had ;  a  great  Part  of  which  he  gave  to  the  Lord  Daubeny,  and  the 
Heirs  Male  of  his  Body,  for  ftanding  by  him  in  the  Law-fuit,  which  re- 
turned to  the  Heirs  of  Bajfet  after  the  Death  of  the  Earl  of  Bridgwater, 
the  Lord  Daubeny' s  Son.  This  Giles  Lord  Daubeny  was  a  great  Man: 
He  came  into  England  from  Brittany  with  Henry  VII.  and  was  by  him 
made  Lord  Chamberlain  and  Knight  of  the  Garter  j  and  therefore  no  won- 
der that  by  his  Intereft  Bajfet  got  the  better  of  it  *at  Law :  But  it  is  to  be 
wondered  at,  that  fuch  a  great  Man  ihould  bargain  to  have  fuch  a  great 
Share  of  the  Eftate  for  his  Favour  and  Intereft,  and  Diligence  in  promo- 
ting the  Caufe  of  Bajfet.  His  Son  Henry  was  by  King  Henry  VIII.  made 
Earl  of  Bridgwater,  but  he  dying  without  Iffue  Male,  after  his  Death 
the  Eftate,  as  was  faid,  returned  to  the  Heirs  of  Bajfet.  Joan  the  Widow 
of  Sir  William  Beaumont  took  to  her  feeond  Husband  Joint  Bodrugan, 
and  her  Son  John  was  by  fome  called  John  Bodrugan,  after  the  Name  of 
her  feeond  Husband ;  but  he  took  to  him  the  Name  of  Beaumont,  and 
feated  himfelf  at  Gittifiam,  and  there  his  Family  continued  for  three  Ge- 
Vv.mtu  Wor.  nerations,  until  the  Year  1504,  '-36  Elizabeth,  when  Henry  Beaumont,  the 
thus.  laft  of  the  Family  died,  who  in  his  Life-time  gave  Lands  to  the  Value  of 

Twenty  Pounds  jfw  Annum  to  the  Poor  ofHoniton ;  and  by  his  Will,  dated 
March  17,  1500,  gave  Eight  Hundred  Pounds  to  buy  Land,  the  Profits 
of  which  were  to  be  diftributed  amongft  the  Poor  of  Houiton,  Gittifiam, 
Autrey  St.  Mary  and  Sidbury ,  and  as  for  his  Lands  in  Gittifbam,  having 
no  Iffue  of  his  own,  he  fettled  them  upon  Sir  Thomas  Beaumont  of  Cole- 
Orton  in  Leicejierfiire,  whofe^Son  Sir  Henry  fold  that  Eftate  to  Mr.  Ni- 
cholas Tutt,  and  was  lately  the  Seat  of  Sir  Thomas  Tutt,  Baronet,  and  now 
of  Raimundo  Tutt,  Efquire. 

The  3d  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Court  en  ay  was  married  to  John  Co- 

flefwne,  Efq;  and  another  was  married  to Dangers,  Eiq;  from 

whom  was  defeended  Sir  Charles  Danvers,  who  being  concerned  in  the 
Rebellion  and  Infurre&ion  made  by  the  Earl  of  Ejfex  againft  Queen  Eli- 
zabeth in  the  Year  io'oi,  and  being  fentenced  to  Death  for  the  fame,  re- 
quefted  that  he  might  die  the  Death  of  Noblemen,  that  is,  be  beheaded  : 
Camden'*  Hi-  And  indeed,  as  Mr.  Camden  fays,  he  was  nobly  defcended ;  for  his  Mother 
ftory  ofgutin  was  Daughter  and  one  of  the  Heireffes  of  Nevil  Lord  Latimer,  by  the 
*-'-:abetb.  Daughter  of  Henry  Earl  of  Worcefter :  His  Grand-mother  was  the  Lord 
Mordant's  Daughter,  and  his  Great  Grand-mother  of  the  Family  of  the 
Coiirtenays ;  fo  faith  Mr.  Camden. 

jjii.  This  Sir  William  Courtenay,  feeond  of  that  Name,  of  Towderham- 
Caftle,  died  in  the  Year  151 2,  4  Henry  VIII.  His  Arms  were  the  fame 
with  thofe  of  his  Father,  impaled  with  thofe  of  Cheyney,  which  were, 
Gules 7  four  Fujils  in  Fefs  Argent  four  Efcalof>s  Sable- 

CHAP, 


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Chap.  VIII.  ch.  viii, 

I R  Willi  am  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  of  'Powder  ham- 
Caftle,  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  and  Cecil  Cheyney 
his  Wife:  He  was,  as  Sir  William  Pole  faith,  commonly  ShWm. Pole, 
called  Sir  William  Courtenay  the  Great.''  He  married  Mar- 
garet  Daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Edgecomb  of  Cuttele,  Knight. 
This  Sir  Richard  Edgecomb  was  concerned  in  the  Infurrec- 
tion  that  was  made  by  the  Biihop  of  Exeter,  Six  Edward  Courtenay,  and  Prince'*  br- 
other Gentlemen  of  the  Weft  againft  King  Richard  III.  and  when  the  ttkt, 
Duke  of  Buckingham's  Army,  whom  they  had  a  Defign  to  join  was  dii- 
perfed,  and  he  taken  and  put  to  Death,  the  Weftern  Gentlemen  were  for- 
ced to  difperfe  to  fave  their  Lives,  and  Sir  Richard  Edgecomb  went  to  his 
own  Houfe  and  hid  himfelf,  and  King  Richard  lent  a  Party  of  Men  to 
feize  him;  Sir  Richard  hearing  of  their  coming  fled  to  a  Wood  that  he 
had  near  his  Houfe,  which  was  near  to  the  River  Tamar,  and  being  clofely 
purfued,  he  took  his  Cap  and  put  a  Stone  in  it,  and  tumbled  it  into  the 
River ;  his  Purfuers  hearing  the  Noife  of  the  Stone  falling  into  the  Water, 
and  feeing  the  Cap  upon  the  Water,  they  thought  that  Sir  Richard  had 
thrown  himfelf  into  the  River  and  drowned  himfelf;  fo  thej  left  off  pur- 
fuing  of  him,  and  Sir  Richard  got  over  into  Brittany  to  the  Earl  of 
Richmond,  and  afterwards  came  over  into  England  with  him,  and  was  at 
the  Battle  of  Bofworth,  and  was  in  great  Favour  with  him  when  he  be- 
came King  of  England ;  and  the  King,  as  loon  as  he  came  to  the  Throne, 
gave  him  the  Cattle  and  Honour  of  Totnes,  which  came  to  the  Crown  by 
the  Attainder  of  John  Lord  Zouch :  The  King  alio  made  Sir  Richard 
Edgecomb  Comptroller  of  his  Houlhold,  and  of  the  Privy  Council,  and  em- 
ployed him  in  divers  Ambaffies :  He  was  lent  Ambaffadour  to  the  King  of 
Scots,  and  into  Brittany,  where  he  died.  Sir  Richard  in  Remembrance 
of  the  great  Deliverance  he  had  in  the  Wood,  built  a  Chapel  in  the  Place 
where  he  hid  himfelf.  But  to  return  to  Sir  William  Courtenay,  his  Soi> 
in-law : 

In  the  Year  1523,  13  Henry  VIII.  the  King  having  got  an  Army  of  1513, 
Men  in  Readinefs,  caufed  them  to  be  tranfported  to  Calais,  and  appointed 
Charles  Brandon,  Duke  of  Suffolk,  to  command  them:  The  Duke  went 
to  Calais,  Augnft  24,  and  there  were  appointed  to  attend  him  a  great  many 
Lords,  Knights,  and  Gentlemen,  amongft  whom,  Holliugfied  faith,  was  Sir 
William  Courtenay.  The  Duke  marched  his  Army  into  the  Enemy's  Coun- 
try, taking  all  Places  that  refilled  him  ;  and  after  fome  Time  the  Empe- 
ror's Army  joined  them,  and  they  made  in  all  Twenty  Thoufand  Men  : 
The  Duke  with  his  Army  came  within  Eleven  Leagues  of  'Paris,  but  the 
Year  being  far  fpent,  it  being  about  the  End  of  September,  and  the  Wea- 
ther being  very  cold,  the  Duke  was  forced  to  return.  The  King  hearing 
that  the  Armies  were  feparated,  and  the  Duke  returned  to  Calais,  was  ve- 
ry angry,  his  Intention  being  to  fortify  the  Places  the  Duke  had  taken  ; 
and  for  that  Purpofe  he  had  commanded  the  Lord  Montjoy  with  Six  Thou- 
fand Men  to  reinforce  the  Troops ;  bur  before  the  King's  Pleafnre  could 
be  known,  the  Duke  with  his  Forces  was  come  to  Calais,  where  he  ftaid 
for  fome  Time,  that  the  King's  Anger  might  be  appeafed  before  he  went 
to  England;  and  the  King  being  at  laft  fatislied  with  the  Reafons  that 
were  given  for  their  Return,  received  the  Duke  of  Suffolk  into  his  former 
Grace  and  Favour. 

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Ch.  VIII.  Sir  William  Courtenay  was  High  Sheriff  of  Devonjhire  in  the  Year  1525, 
v/Y\/  17  Henry  VIII.  In  the  Year  1532,  25  Hwrj'  VIII.  a  Penfion  of  Five 
S?  Me~  Marks  /«*  Auburn  was  granted  under  the  Seal  of  the  City  of  Exeter  to 
Sir  William  Courtenay,  Knight,  for  his  Life,  that  he  might  be  the  Patron 
and  Defender  of  the  faid  City  ;  as  there  was  likewife  the  fame  Sum  granted 
a  little  before  to  the  Lord  Cromwell  for  the  fame  Purpofe ;  and  to  Sir 
William  Cecil,  Secretary  of  State,  fome  Time  after. 

About  that  Time  Commiffioners  were  appointed  in  all  Counties,  the 
Bifhop  of  the  Diocefe  being  always  one  of  them,  to  examine  into  the 
yearly  Value  of  EcclefiafticaT  Preferments,  fo  that  their  Tenths  and  Firft- 
Fruits  might  be  proportioned  accordingly  :  Thefe  Commiffioners  were  the 
chiefeft  Perfons  in  all  Counties  under  the  Degree  of  Barons :  Men  of  un-' 
queftionable  Extraction,  none  as  yet  ftanding  upon  the  Ruin  of  Abbeys  to 
heighten  their  mean  Birth  with  the  Repute  of  Gentility,  faith  Mr.  Fuller ; 
and  thofe  for  Devonshire  were  Sir  William  Courtenay  and  Sir  Thomas  Den- 
nis ;  they  were  fbme  Years  in  doing  of  it,  and  the  Commiffioners  of  De-> 
153S'  von/hire  finifhed  their  Commiffion  in  the  Year  1535,  27.  Henry  VIII.  in 
which  Year  Sir  William  Courtenay  died. 

He  had  by  his  firft  Wife  Margaret  Edgecomb,  1.  George,  of  whom  I 
fhallfpeak  in  the  next  Chapter.  2.  Sir  'Peter  or  Tiers  Courtenay,  Knight, 
of  Uglrook :  He  was  Sheriff  in  the  ad  of  Edward  VI.  in  which  Year  was 
the  Cornijh  Infurreclion,  and  Sir  Tiers  Courtenay  appeared  very  loyal  and 
a&ive  for  the  fuppreffing  of  it. 

Againft  the  North  Wall  in  the  Chancel  of  Chudleigh  Church,  in  which 
Parifh  Ugbrook  is,  there  is  an  Altar  Monument  of  Free-ftone,  in  the  Front 
of  which,  at  one  End,  are  the  Courtenays  Arms  j  at  the  other  End  are 
thofe  of  Shilflon,  and  in  the  Middle  the  Date  of  the  Year  when  the  Mo- 
nument was  ere&ed,  viz.  1607.  it  is  covered  with  a  marble  Table,  on 
which  is  the  following  Infcription  j 

"t  Here  lyeth  the  Body  of  Sir  Tierce  Courtenay,  Son  to  Sir  William  Cour- 
"  fenay  of  Towderham,  Knight,  who  died  Ao.  D.  1552,  May  20; 
"  and  alfo  the  Body  of  Dame  Elizabeth  his  Wife,  fole  Daughter 
"  and  Heire  to  Robert  Shilflon  of  Bridejiowe,  Efquire,  who  died  the 
"  8  th  of  November  1605. 

Over  this  Monument,  againft  the  Wall,  is  another  put*  up  by  the  firft 
Lord  Clifford,  who  was  Lord  High  Treafurer  in  the  Reign  of  King 
Charles  II.  where  we  have  infcribed, 

2w//cW  THf  ft{  n^JPfni  MpM/jHIS?  J^KiKW 

There  is  alio  infcribed  on  it  this  which  followethj 

"  Sir  Teirce  Courtenay  married  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Sir  Robert  Shil- 
"  fton,  who  had  Iffue  vii  Children ;  Carew,  Edward,  and  James, 
"  Sons :  Alfo  Daughters,  Katherine  ma' :  to  Kempthom ;  Dorothy 
"  ma»:to  Cowlinge;  Anne  mar.  to  Clifford',  and  Joan  married  to 
"  Tremayne.  " 

Edward,  Sir  Teter  Court enay' s  Son,  out-lived  his  Father,  and  inherited 
his  Eftate  :  He  married  a  Daughter  of  Thomas  Moor  of  Taunton ,  fhe  was 
afterwards  fecond  Wife  of  Humphry  Walrond  of  Bradfield,  Efquire,  whofe 

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firft  Wife  was  Mary  Daughter  of  Thomas  Willoughby,  Knight,  Lord  Chief  Ch.  VIII. 
Juftice  of  the  Common-Pleas. 

Sir  William  Tole  faith,  that  this  Mr.  Edward  Courtenay  had  by  his 
Wife  two  Daughters  Heireffes  ;  the  firft  Anne,  married  to  Anthony  Clifford, 
of  Borfcomb  in  WHtjhire  and  Kings-Teignton  in  Devonjhire,  by  whom  he 
had  two  Sons,  William  Cliford,  Efq;  who  poffeffed  Borfcomb  and  Kings- 
Teignton  j  and  Thomas,  upon  whom  his  Father  fettled  Ugbrook,  from  whom 
is  defcended  the  prefent  Lord  Clifford.  The  fecond  Daughter  of  Edward 
Courtenay,  Efq;  was  Catherine,  who  was  married  to  Jo/ias  Calmady,  who 
was  Father  to  Sir  Shilfton  Calmady,  Knight. 

This  Edward  Courtenay,  Son  of  Sir  Teter  Courtenay,  died  in  the  Houfe 
of  one  Edward  Tailor  in  King-ftreet,  Weftminfter,  in  the  Year  1566 ;  and 
in  St.  Margaret's  Church  in  Weftminfter,  on  the  North  Side  of  the  Altar, 
is  a  brafs  Monument  with  this  Infcription  ; 

"  Give  Thanks  to  God  for  Edward  Courtenay,  Efqr.  Son  and  Heir  of 
"  Sir  Teter  Courtenay  of  Devonjhire,  Knight,  who  living  a  Life 
"  agreeable  to  his  Eftate  and  Stock,  ended  the  fame  like  a  faithful 
"  Chriftian,  the  27  of  November,  1556,  and  is  buried  before  this 
«  Stone. 

The  Beginning  of  this  Epitaph  is  very  remarkable  ;  for  whereas  before 
the  Reformation  Epitaphs  did  commonly  begin  with  thefe  Words,  Tray 
for  the  Soul,  this  begins  with  Give  Thanks  to  God;  juft  as  in  the  Form  of 
bidding  Prayer  before  the  Reformation,  the  Words  were,  Tou  /ball  fray 
for  all  them  that  be  departed  out  of  this  World  in  the  Faith  of  Chrift ;  af- 
ter the  Reformation  the  Words  were,  Tou  pall  give  Thanks  to  God  for  all 
them  that  be  departed  out  of  this  World  in  the  Fear  of  God. 

The  3d  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  of  Towderham  was  Henry ;  4th, 
Nicholas ;  5th,  Anthony.  Sir  William  Courtenay's  fecond  Wife  was  Mary 
Daughter  of  Sir  John  Gainsford  of  Surrey,  by  whom  he  had  Iffue,  1.  Thi~ 
lip ;  a.  John,  of  Autrey  St.  Mary,  who  had  Iffue  Roger,  who  had  Iffue 
William. 

This  John  Courtenay  was  in  the  City  of  Exeter  when  it  was  befieged 
by  the  Rebels  in  the  Reign  of  Edward  VI.  for  Hollingjbed  faith,  that 
in  the  Year  1545),  3  Edward  VI.  a  great  many  of  the  Commons  in  De- 
von/hire and  Cornwall  did  rife  up  in  Rebellion,  and  required  that  not  only 
the  Inclofures  might  be  thrown  down,  but  alio  that  they  might  have  their 
Old  Religion ;  and  they  came  and  befieged  the  City  of  Exeter ;  and  whilft 
the  City  was  befieged,  there  were  two  Gentlemen  in  the  City ;  the  One 
was  of  an  honourable  Houfe  and  Parentage,  named  John  Courtenay,  Son 
of  Sir  William  Courtenay  of  Towder ham,  Knight;  a  Man  of  very. good 
Knowledge  and  Experience  in  Matters  of  War :  The  other  alio  was  a  Man 
of  very  good  Knowledge  and  Experience ;  his  Name  was  Bernard  Duffeld, 
Servant  to  the  Lord  Ruffel,  and  Keeper  of  his  Houfe  in  Exeter.  John 
Courtenay  affirmed,  that  Sallies  out  upon  the  Enemy  were  not  to  be  made 
in  any  Fort  or  City  that  flood  upon  its  Guard,  without  a  very  fpecial  Or- 
der from  the  Commanding  Officer,  or  upon  fome  urgent  Neceffity,  efpe- 
cially  not  to  be  done  in  the  Diftrefs  the  City  was  then  in :  But  Bernard 
Duff  eld  having  defigned  a  Sally,  and  being  loth  to  defift  from  the  Enter- 
prize  that  he  with  others  had  defigned,  plainly  declared,  that  there  fhould 
be  a  Sally  made :  Whereupon  Mr.  Courtenay  went  to  the  Mayor,  who 
immediately  affembled  his  Brethren,  and  having  the  Matter  fully  debated, 
concluded,  That  it  was  dangerous  for  the  City  to  make  a  Sally  at  that 
Time,  and  fo  it  was  put  off  The 


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Ch.  VIII.       The  3d  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  by  his  fecond  Wife  was  James, 
x^/v-w    »pon  whom  his  Father  fettled  Butterleigh,  and  after  four  Defcents  it  re- 
verted to  the  Family  of  Tbwderham.     His  4th  Son  by  his  iecond  Wife 
was  'Thomas,  who  in  Queen  Elizabeth's  Time  was  Captain  of  a  Man  of 
War,  and  did  a  notable  Exploit  againft  the  Rebels  in  Ireland,  in  the  Year 
lS79-     l.579i  —d  of  Queen  Elizabeth:  In  Munfter,  a  Province  in  Ireland,  James 
Ifatwf&iutn  frti&rtofris  raifed  a  new  Rebellion;  the  fame  Fitz-morris  that  a-while 
Jdijabet'h. '     before  falling  upon  his  Knees  before  Terrot  Prefident  of  Munfter  had  with 
humble  Intreaties  and  lamentable  Howlings  begged  his  Pardon,  arid  molt 
iblemnly  vowed  his  Fidelity  and  Obedience  to  the  Queen :  This  Man  had 
withdrawn  himfelf  into  France,  and  promifed  the  French  King,  that  if  he 
would  aflift  him,  he  would  unite  all  Ireland  to  the  Scepter  of  France,  and 
reftore  the  Romifh  Religion  in  that  Ifland;  but  being  wearied  out  with 
Delays,  and  in  the  End  laughed  at,  he  went  from  France  into  Spain,  and 
made  the  fame  Promifes  to  the  Catholick  King;  the  King  fent  him  over 
to  the  Bifhop  of  Rome,  from  whom  having,  at  the  earneft  Sollicitations. 
of  Sanders  an  Englift  Prieft,  and  Allen  an  Irijb  one,  both  of  them  Do&ors 
in  Divinity,  gotten  a  little  Money,  the  Authority  of  a  Legate  granted  to 
Sanders,  a  confecrated  Banner,  and  Letters  of  Recommendation  to  the  Spa- 
niard, he  returned  into  Spain,  and  from  thence  arrived,  about  the  firft 
Day  of  July,  with  thofe  two  Divines,  three  Ships,  and  a  fmall  Body  of 
Men,  at  St.  Mary  Wick  (which  the  lrijh  contracfedly  call  Smerfaick)  in 
Kerry,  a  Peninfuk  of  Ireland,  where  in  a  Place .  fblemnly  confecrated  by 
the  Priefts,  he  erected  a  Fort,  and  drew  up  his  Ships  clofe  under  it.     The 
two  Doftors  hallowed  the  Place  after  the  Popifh  Manner,  and  promifed  the 
Men  ^Safety,  and  that  no  Enemy  fhould  dare  to  come  upon  them.    There 
was  at  that  Time  a  Devon/hire  Gentleman,  faith  Hollingfied,  named  Tho- 
mas Court  enay,  and  he  hearing  of  their  Landing,  having  a  good  Wind,  came 
into  the  Bay  of  St.  Mary  Wick,  and  finding  the  Ships  of  James  Fitz-mof- 
ris  at  Anchor,  took  them  all ;  whereby,  faith  Hollin^jhed,  Fitz-morris  and 
his  Company  loft  a  Piece  of  the  Pope's  Bleffing ;  lor  by  that  they  were 
rendered  unable  to  put  to  Sea  again  whatever  fhould  happen.     The  Earl 
of  Defmond  joined  with  Fitz-morris,  and  carried  on  a  Rebellion  for  fbme 
Time,  but  was  at  laft  flain,  and  his  great  Eftate  forfeited  :  And  this  A&ion 
of  Sir  Thomas  Courtenay,  in  all  Probability,  gave  Occafion  to  Sir  William 
Courtenay  that  then  was,  with  others,  by  the  Queen's  Confent,  to  make 
new  Plantations,  and  to  plant  Seigniouries  in  the  Earl  of  Defmond's  Coun- 
try, by   which   the  Family  of  Towderham  is  to  this  Day   poffeffed  of  a 
great  Eftate  in  that  Country. 
Frinct',-  Wov       This  Sir  William  Courtenay  had  a  Daughter  named  Mary,  (Mr.  'Prince 
tiks,  :ftyS  Gertrude)  who  was  married  to  Sir  John  Chiehefier  of  Raleigh:  they 

were  wonderfully  bleffed  with  a  noble  Iffue,  having  five  Sons,  four  where- 
of were  Knights,  tw3  of  which  alfo  were  Lords,  a  Baron,  and  a  Vifcount, 
and  eight  Daughters,  all  married  to  the  chiefeft  Families  in  the  Weftern 
Parts.  Sir  William  Courtenay  had  another  Daughter  named  Cicely,  who 
was  married  to  Nicholas  Francis  of  Francis-Court,  Efq;  now  called  Kill- 
rington,  or  Killerton,  in  Broad-Clift,thc  Seat  of  Sir  Hugh  Ackland:  He  had 
Iffue  by  her  Sir  William  Francis,  Knight,  who  was  flain  by  the  Rebels 
on  C////-Bridge  in  Edward  the  Vlth's  Time ;  the  Manner  thus : 

The  Lord  Ruffe  I  marched  with  a  fmall  Force  to  relieve  Exeter  befieged 
ly  the  Rebels,  and  he  ftaid  a-while  for  fome  Supplies  that  Sir  William 
Herbert  was  to  bring  from  Brijiol;  but  being  afraid  that  the  Rebels  fhould 
in  clofe  him,  he  marched  back  to  Honiton,  where  he  had  lain  before;  and 
finding  that  the  Enemy  had  taken  a  Bridge  behind  him,  called  Feniton- 

Bridge, 


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Bridge,  he  beat  them  from  it,  killing  Six  Hundred  of  them  without  any  Ch.  VIII. 
Lofs  on  his  Side :  By  this  he  underftood  their  Strength,  and  law  they  could  v^/'V'v-* 
not  ftand  a  brisk  Charge,  nor  rally  when  once  in  Dilbrder ;  lb  that  the 
Lord  Gray  and  Spnola  commanding,  Ibme  Germans  joining  him,  he  re- 
turned to  raife  the  Siege  of  Exeter, '  which  was  much  ftraitened  for  Want 
of  Victuals.  The  Rebels  had  now  fhut  up  the  City  twelve  Days;  they 
within  had  eaten  their  Horfes  and  endured  extream  Famine  ;  the  Rebels 
had  blocked  up  the  Ways,  and  left  Two  Thoufand  Men  to  keep  the  Bridge 
at  Bijhops-Clift,  and  planted  Ordnance  upon  it ;  and  Sir  William  Francis 
attempting  to  force  the  Bridge  was  {lain  :  At  length  by  the  Conduct  of  one 
Mr.  Tard  that  lived  thereabout,  they  found  a  Place  where  the  River 
was  fordable,  which  Mr.  Tard  with  many  others  palling  over,  they  came 
upon  the  Back  of  the  Rebels,  who  little  cxpe&ing  it,  retreated  to  the 
lower  End  of  C7//?-Heath,  where  they  entrenched  themfelves  as  well  as 
they  could,  to  which  Place  they  brought  their  Crucifix  in  a  Cart;  but 
here  they  were  utterly  vanquished  and  put  to  the  Rout,  and  the  Siege  cf 
the  City  thereupon  railed. 

Sir  William  Court  en  ay's  fecond  Wife  out-lived  him,  and  had  for.  her  fe- 
cond  Husband  Sir  Anthony  Kingfiony  who  lived  at  Cadley,  which  was  his 
Wife's  Jointure,  as  was  Honiton  alio.  This  Sir  Anthony  Kingfton' was  Pro- 
voft-Marlhal  of  the  King's  Army  that  defeated  the  -Rebels  in  Devon/hire 
in  the  Reign  of  King  Edward  VI.  and  he  was  efteemed  by  many  cruel 
and  barbarous  in  his  Executions.  One  Boyer,  Mayor  of  Bodmyn  in  Cot  n-  rjakei'.i  Zha- 
wall,  was  oblerved  to  be  among  the  Seditious,  but  was  forced  to  it,  as  »wfe 
were  many  others  :  The  Marlhal  wrote  him  a  Letter  that  he  would  dine 
with  him  at  his  Houfe  upon  a  Day  which  he  appointed  ;  the  Mayor  feem- 
ed  glad,  and  made  for  him  the  belt  Provifion  that  he  could :  Upon  the 
Day  he  came,  and  a  great  Company  with  him,  and  was  received  with  great 
Ceremony. '  A  little  before  Dinner,  he  took  the  Mayor  alide,  and  whifper-* 
ed  him  in  the  Ear,  that  Execution  mull  that  Day  be  done  in  the  Town, 
and  therefore  required  him  that  a  Pair  of  Gallows  Ihould  be  made,  and 
erected  againft  the  Time  that  Dinner  Ihould  end.  The  Mayor  was  diligent 
to  fullfil  his  Command,  and  no  fooner  was  Dinner  ended,  but  he  demanded 
of  the  Mayor,  Whether  the  Work  was  finiihed  ?  The  Mayor  anfwered,  that 
all  was  ready ;  I  pray  you,  fays  the  Provoft,  bring  me  to  the  Place  ;  and 
therewith  he  took  him  friendly  by  the  Hand,  and  beholding  the  Gallows, 
he  asked  the  Mayor,  Whether  he  thought  them  to  be  ftrong  enough? 
Yes,  faid  the  Mayor,  doubtlels  they  are  :  Well,  faid  the  Provoft,  get  you 
up  fpeedily,  for  they  are  prepared  for  you.  I  hope,  anfwered  the  Mayor, 
you  mean  not  as  you  fpeak.  In  Faith,  faith  the  Provoft,  there  is  no  Re- 
medy, for  you  have  been  a  bufy  Rebel ;  and  fo  he  prefently  hung  him  up. 
Near  the  faid  Place  dwelt  a  Miller,  who  had  been  a  bufy  Actor  in  that 
Rebellion,  and  fearing  the  Coming  of  the  Provoft-Marlhal,  told  his  Ser- 
vant, that  he  had  Occalion  to  go  from  Home ;  and  therefore  told  him,  if 
any  Ihould  enquire  after  the  Miller,  that  he  mould  fay  that  he  was  the 
Miller,  and  fo  he  had  been  for  three  Years  before :  So  when  the  Proyoft 
came  and  called  for  the  Miller,  his  Servant  came  forth,  and  laid  that  he  was 
the  Man :  The  Provoft  demanded  how  long  he  had  kept  the  Mill  ?  Thefc 
three  Years,  3nfwered  the  Servant :  Then  the  Provoft  commanded  his  Men 
to  feize  him,  and  to  hang  him  on  the  next  Tree :  Then  the  Fellow  cried 
out,  that  he  was  not  the  Miller,  but  the  Miller's  Man.  Nay,  Sir,  fays  the 
Provoft,  I  will  take  thee  to  thy  Word  ;  if  thou  art  the  Miller,  thou  art  a 
bufy  Knave  y  if  thou  art  not,  thou  art  a  falfe  lying  Knave  j  whatfoever 
thou  art  thou  lhalt  be  hanged.  When  others  alio  told  him,  that  the  Fel- 
E  e  e  e  low 


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Ch.  VIII. 


JJ55- 

Burnet  's  Hift. 
of  the  Refor- 
mation, Vol.  z. 
MP  3M- 


low  was  but  the  Miller's  Man  ;  What  then,  laid  he,  Could  he  ever  have 
done  his  Mafter  any  better  Service  than  to  hang  for  him  ?  and  fo  without 
more  ado  he  was  difpatched. 

In  1555,  the  3d  of  Queen  Mary,  there  was  a  Parliament  called,  and 
this  Sir  Anthony  King  ft  on  was,  faith  'Dr.  Burnet,  a  great  Stickler  in  itj 
and  it  mult  be  for  the  Proteftant  Religion  againft  the  Court,  feeing  that  he 
hanged  up  fo  many  in  King  Edward's  Time  for  their  riling  in  Rebellion 
for  their  Old  Religion  ;  and  being  a  bold  daring  Man,  he  one  Day,  during 
the  Time  of  the  Sitting  of  the  Parliament,  took  away  the  Keys  of  the 
Houle  from  the  Serjeant,  which,  it  feems,  was  not  difpleafing  to  the  ma- 
jor Part  of  the  Houle,  fince  they  did  nothing  upon  it,  faith  Dr.  Burnet  j 
but  the  Day  before  the  Parliament  was  diflblved  he  was  fent  to  the  Tower, 
on  the  oth  of  December,  and  lay  there  'till  the  23d  of  that  Month,  and 
then  he  fubmitted  and  asked  Pardon,  and  was  difcharged.  But  he  was  the 
next  Year  accufed  to  have  engaged  in  a  Defign  with  fome  others  to  have 
robbed  the  Exchequer  of  50000/.  whereupon  fix  of  the  Confederates  were 
executed  for  Felony,  and  Sir  Anthony  Kingfton  died  in  his  Way  to  Lon- 
don from  Devon/hire  as  they  were  bringing  him  up ;  and  if  he  had  not,  he 
would,  in  all  Probability,  have  been  ferved  in  the  fame  Manner  that  he 
ferved  the  Mayor  of  Bodmyn,  the  Miller,  and  many  others. 

Sir  William  Courtenay,  third  of  that  Name,  died,  as  the  Inquifition 
taken  after  his  Death  faith,  th  24th  of  November,  ay  Henry  VIII. .  It 
fays  likewife,  that  WnUam  Courtenay,  Son  and  Heir  of  George  Courtenay, 
Son  and  Heir  of  the  aforefaid  Sir  William  Courtenay,  is  his  Kicfman  and 
next  Heir,  and  is  of  the  Age  of  fix  Years  and  fomething  more. 

The  Arms  of  this  Sir  William  Courtenay  were  the  fame  with  thole  of 
his  Father,  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  Eagecomb,  viz.  Gules,  on  a  Bend 
Sable  cotizd  Or,  three  Boars  Heads  couped  Or. 


Chap.  IX. 


Chap    IX, 


EORGE  Courtenay  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  third 
of  that  Name :  He  married  Catherine  Daughter  of  Sir  George 
Saint-Leger  of  Annery,  who  was  Knighted  at  Tournay  in 
the  Reign  of  King  Henry  VIII.  and  was  High  Sheriff  of  De- 
vonshire zz  Henry  VIII.  He  was  Son  of  Sir  Thomas  Saint- 
Leger,  who  married  Anne  Sifter  of  King  Edward  IV.  and  Widow  of  Hen-* 
ry  Holland,  Duke  of  Exeter.  This  Sir  Thomas  Saint-Leger  was  put  to 
Death  for  confpiring  againft  B-ichard  III.  at  the  fame  Time  when  Teter 
Courtenay,  Bifhop  of  Exeter,  Sir  Edward  Courtenay,  and  a  great  many 
other  Weftern  Gentlemen,  had  agreed  to  join  the  Duke  of  Buckingham 
then  in  Arms. 

This  Gentleman,  George  Courtenay,  died  young,  before  his  Father,  and 
therefore  I  can  find  but  little  concerning  him  j  only  Sir  Teter  Ball  fays  that 
he  Was  Knighted. 

His  Arms  were  impaled  with  thofe  of  Saint-Leger,  viz.  Azure,  Fretty 
Argent,  a  Chief  Or.    ' 


CHAP. 


Part  III.    Nohle  Family  of  Courtenay.      Book  III.   29? 
Chap.  X.  Chap  x 

I R  William  Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  of  Powder- 
Atf^-Caitle,  was  Son  of  Sir  George  Courtenay  and  Catherine 
Saint-Leger  his  Wife.  He  married  Elizabeth  Daughter  of 
John  Taw  let,  Marquefs  of  Wine  heft  er.  This  John  was 
Son  of  William  Pawlet,  firft  of  that  Name,  Marquefs  of 
Winchefter,  Knight  of  the  Garter  and  Lord  High  Treafurer 
of  England,  who  died  in  the  Year  1571,  being  07  Years  old:  He  ferved 
Henry  VII.  Henry  Vl\l.  Edward  VI.  Queen  Mary  and  Queen  Elizabeth, 
and  lived  to  fee  his  Iflue  grown  to  the  Number  of  103,  whereof  Sir 
William  Courtenay's  Lady  and  Son  were  part. 

In  King  Edward's  Journal  of  his  own  Reign,  which  is  put  amongft  o- 
ther  Records  and  Inftruments  at  the  End  of  the  fecond  Volume  of  Bifhop 
Burnet's  Hiftory  of  the  Reformation,  it  is  faid,  that  the  17th  of  November 
iS 50,  the  Earl  of  Warwick,  Sir  Henry  Sidney,  Sir  Henry  Nevil,  and  Sir  i$SQ. 
Henry  Tates,  challenged  all  Comers  at  Tilt  the  3d  of  January,  and  at  Tour- 
nay  the  6  th  of  January;  and  this  Challenge  was  proclaimed:  And  then 
the  King,  in  his  Journal,  a  little  after,  fays,  the  Challenge  that  was  made 
in  the  laft  Month  was  fulfilled  January  3,  and  then  he  names  the  Chal« 
lengers  the  fame  as  he  did  before  :  The  Defendants,  he  faith,  were  the  Lord 
Williams,  the  Lord  Fitzwalter,  the  Lord  Ambrofe,  the  Lord  Roberts,  the 
Lord Fitzwarren,  Sir  George  Howard,  Sir  William  Stafford,  Sir  John  P  arret, 
Mx.Norrice,  Mr.  Digby,  Mr.  War  cup,  Mr.  Courtenay,  Mr.  Knolls,  the  Lord 
Bray,  Mr.  P  aft  on,  Mr.  Cary,  Mr.  Anthony  Brown,  Mr.  Drury ;  thefe  in  all 
-ran  fix  Courfes  a-piece  at  Tilt  againftthe  Challengers,  and  accomplifhed  their 
Courfes  right  well,  and  fo  departed  again.  On  the  6th  of  January  the 
aforefaid  Challengers  came  into  theTournay,  and  the  Defendants  entered  in  af- 
ter, and  with  them  two  more,  Mr.  Tirrel  and  Mr.  Robert  Hofton,  and  fought 
right  well,  and  fo  the  Challenge  was  accomplifhed.  The  fame  Night  there 
was  firft  a  Play,  after  a  Talk  between  one  that  was  called  Riches  and  the 
other  Touth,  Whether  of  them  was  better?  After  fbme  pretty  Reafoning 
there  came  in  fix  Champions  of  either  Side :  On  Touth's  Side  came  my 
Lord  Fitzwalter,  my  Lord  Ambrofe,  Sir  Anthony  Brown,  Sir  William 
Cobham,  Mr.  Cary,  Mr.  Warcup :  On  Riches  Side,  my  Lord  Fitzwarren, 
Sir  Robert  St  a  ford,  Mr.  Courtenay,  Digby,  Flopton,  Hungerford;  all  thefe 
fought  Two  to  Two  at  Barriers  in  the  Hall :  Then  came  in  Two  apparrellcd 
like  Almains,  the  Earl  of  Ormond  and  Ja^ues  Granado,  and  Two  came  in 
like  Fryars,  but  the  Almains  would  not  fuffer  them  to  pafs  'till  they  had 
fought  j  the  Fryars  were  Mr.  Drury  and  Thomas  Cobham :  After  this  fol- 
lowed two  Masks,  one  of  Men,  another  of  Women;  then  a  Banquet  of  iao 
Difhes.  This  Day  was  the  End  of  Chriftmas ;  fo  faith  King  Edward  VI.  in 
his  Diary,  This  Mr.  Courtenay  that  is  mentioned  in  the  King's  Journal 
muft  be  this  Sir  William  Courtenay  that  was  Knighted  afterward. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  and  Sir  Peter  Carew  ferved  King  Philip 
and  Queen  Mary  in  their  French  Wars,  faith  Sir  William  Pole ;  and  Hoh 
lingfhed  faith,  that  in  the  Year  15.57,  Queen  Mary  proclaimed  War  againft  155^ 
France,  and  upon  the  6th  of  July  King  Philip  palled  over  to  Calais,  and  fo 
toFlanders,  where  on  that  Side  he  made  Provifion  for  the  Wars ;  and  the  Queen 
fhortly  after  caufed  an  Army  of  One  Thoufand  Horfe  and  Four  Thoufand 
Foot,  with  Two  Thoufand  Pioneers,  to  be  tranfportcd  over  unto  his  Affift- 
ance,  under  the  Leading  of  divers  of  the  Nobility  and  other  valiant  Captains, 

amongft 


296  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hijiory  of  the   Book  III. 

Chap.  X.  amongft  whom  was  Sir  William  Courtenay.  King  'Philip  befieged  St.  guin- 
*~s-\r^-'  tin  m  Picardy,  and  on  the  ioth  of  Auguft  the  French  endeavouring  to 
throw  Succours  into  the  Town  were  miferably  defeated ;  there  were  Two 
Thoufand  Five  Hundred  of  them  flain,  and  amongft  them  many  of  great 
Rank,  and  as  many  taken  Prifoners.  On  the  eighth  Day  after  this  Victory 
the  Town  was  taken  by  Storm,  and  all  the  Men  that  were  in  it  put  to 
the  Sword  or  made  Prifbners 

Sir  William  Courtenay  died  at  the  Siege  of  St.  Quintin ;  but  whether  a 
violent  or  natural  Death  is  uncertain :  Moft  likely  he  was  killed,  either  at 
the  Time  when  the  French  endeavoured  to  throw  Succours  into  the  Town 
or  elfe  when  it  was  ftormed  and  taken:  The  Town  was  taken  on  the  18th 
l557'  of  Auguft,  1557,  and  about  that  Time  he  died,  in  the  Prime  of  his  Years ; 
and  ir  he  had  lived  longer,  in  all  Probability,  he  would,  by  ferving  his 
Country,  have  merited  to  have  the  Earldom  of  Devonjbire  reftored  to  his 
Family,  the  J  aft  Earl  of  the  Elder  Branch  dying  but  a  little  before ;  even 
as  the  firft  Branch  ceafing  Sir  Edward  Courtenay  of  the  fecond  Branch 
had  the  Earldom  reftored  to  him  by  King  Henry  VIII.  for  ferving  him 
in  his  Wars. 

Sir  William  Courtenay  had  by  his  Lady  Elizabeth  Pawlet  a  Son  named 
William,  who  fucceeded  him  in  his  Eftates.  His  Lady  out-lived  him,  and 
was  married  again  to-  Sir  Henry  Oughtred,  Knight ;  and  ihe  departed  this 
Life  at  Chelfea,  November  4,  1570,  18  Elizabeth,  and  was  buried  at 
Bajing,  the  Burying-Place  of  her  Anceftors. 

Sir  William  Courtenay's  Arms  were  the  fame  with  his  Father's,  impa- 
led with  thofe  of  his  Lady,  viz-  Sable,  three  Swords  in  Pile  Argent, 
Pomels  Or. 


HAP. 


XI. 


Wmii 


f^^^Ms.  I R  William  Courtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  of  Powderham- 
?v  Zl^  Caftle,  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  ahd  Elizabeth 
sfy  S  kf¥  Pawlet  his  Wife.  He  was  born  in  1553,  1  Queen  Mary, 
and  was  about  four  Years  old  when  his  Father  died.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Henry  Manners,  Earl  of  Rut- 
land, and  Margaret  Nevil  his  Wife,  Daughter  of  Ralph 
Earl  of  Weftmor  eland.  This  Earl  of  Rutland  by  his  Will,  bearing  Date 
1560.  july  j?  1560,  gave  his  Daughter  Elizabeth  One  Thoufand  Pounds  to  her 
Portion,  and  Thirty  Pounds  per  Ann.  for  her  Maintenance  'till  her  Mar- 
riage or  Age  of  Twenty  One  Years  j  and  by  a  Schedule  annexed  to  his 
Will,  he  increafed  the  Portion  of  his  Daughter  Elizabeth  Five  Hundred 
Marks,  in  eafe  ihe  ihould  marry  with  the  Confent  of  his  Wife  and  Bro- 
ther George  Earl  of  Shrewsbury,  and  of  his  Brother  John  Manners,  or 
any  two  of  them ;  and  Ihe  married,  as  was  faid,  Sir  William  Courtenay 
of  Powderham-CaMc :  This  Henry  Manners,  Earl  of  Rutland,  was  Son 
of  Thomas  firft  Earl  of  that  Family  ;  he  was  Lord  Roos  of  Hamlake,  Trus- 
bat,  and.  Belvoir,  defcended  by  the  Lady  Anne  his  Mother  from  Richard 
Duke  of  Fork  and  Earl  of  Rutland,  and  was  created  Earl  of  Rutland  by- 
King  Henry  VIII.  which  Lady  Anne  his  Mother  was  Daughter  to  Sir  'Thomas 
Saint-Leger,  or  de  Sanblo  Lodegario,  and  Anne  his  Wife,  Sifter  to  King 
Edward  IV.  and  Widow  of  Henry  Holland,  Duke  of  Exeter. 

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This  Henry  Manners,  Father  to  Elizabeth  Wife  of  Sir  William  Com-  Chap.  XI. 
tenay,  had  two  Sons,  Edward  and  John,  who  were  fucceffively  Earls  of  ^r  vTK* 
Rutland  after  him :  John  left  the  Earldom  to  his  Son  Roger ;  Roger  dy- 
ing without  Iflue  was  fucceeded  by  his  Brother  Francis,  whofe  Daughter 
was  the  Wife  of  George  Villars,  Duke  of  Buckingham,  the  great  Favou- 
rite of  King  James  I.  and  Charles  I. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  was  Knighted  in  the 
Year  1576,  and  was  High  Sheriff  of  Devon/hire  in  23  Elizabeth,  158 1. 

In  the  Year  1585,  a8th  of  Eliz-  Queen  Elizabeth  took  Order  for  the  1585. 
Peopling  the  Country  lately  belonging  to  the  Earl  of  Defmond,  to  which 
End  divers  honourable  Gentlemen  took  Care  to  be  Undertakers  of  Seig- 
niouries  and  to  fend  over  Plantations  there,  whereof  fome  went  into  the 
Country  themfelves,  others  fent  their  People;  amongft  which  were,  Sir 
Chrifiofher  Hatton,  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Sir  William  Courtenay,  Sir  Rich- 
ard Molineaux,  and  many  others ;  And  whether  Sir  William  Courtenay 
went  over  in  Perfon  I  know  not,  but  certain  it  is  that  his  eldeft  Son  Sir 
William  was  there,  for  he  was  for  his  good  Services  Knighted  there  by 
the  Earl  of  Ejfex,  Lord  Lieutenant  of  Ireland;  and  many  other  Devon- 
shire Gentlemen  went  over  to  Ireland  about  that  Time,  and  fignalizcd 
themfelves  in  the  Irijh  Wars,  and  many  of  them  came  to  great  Prefer- 
ment and  got  great  Eftates  there;  and  the  Foundation  of  that  great  Eftate 
that  the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenay  has  now  in  Ireland,  was  laid  by 
this  Sir  William  Courtenay  at  that  Time ;  and  it  is  much  the  greater,  for 
that  two  of  the  Undertakers,  Utred,  or  rather  Oughtred,  who  was  Sir 
William's  Half-Brother,  as  it  is  very  probable,  and  Strode,  made  an  Agree- 
ment with  Sir  William  Courtenay,  that  He  of  the  Three  that  did  live 
longeft  fliould  have  all,  and  Sir  William  out-lived  them  both. 

In  the  Year  1624,  the  aad  of  King  James,  the  Parliament  petitioned  I(^24 
the  King  to  put  the  Laws  in  Execution  againft  Popifh  Recufants;  and 
they  complained  that  the  Papifts  did  increafe.- upon  the  Account  that  a 
great  many  of  the  Chief  of  them  were  encouraged  and  put  into  Places  of 
Power  and  Truft;  and  the  Parliament  mentioned  the  Names  of  them,  as 
Francis  Earl  of  Rutland,  the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  Wife's  Brother,  Sir 
Thomas  Comport  that  married  the  Duke's  Mother,  the  Lord  Herbert,  af- 
terwards Earl  of  Worcejier,  and  many  other  Lords ;  and  when  they  came 
to  name  the  Commons,  they  began  with  Sir  William  Courtenay,  and-named 
a  great  many  other  Knights  and  Baronets,  who  they  faid  were  difperfed 
up  and  down  and  feated  in  every  County,  and  were  not  only  in  Offices 
and  Commiffions,  but  had  Countenance  from  Court :  Which  Complaint  of 
the  Parliament,  together  with  the  breaking  off  of  the  Spanijb  Match,  the 
Hiftorian  fays,  made  the  Roman  Catholicks  to  be  uneafy,  and  to  live  a  little 
more  upon  the  Referve  ;  yet  when  the  Match  with  France  began  to  be 
in  Agitation,  which  was  prelently  after,  they  got  Heart  and  did  fpread 
again. 

It  was  the  Cuftom  in  thofe  Days  for  .young  Gentlemen  and  Ladies  to 
be  educated  in  Great  Mens  Houfes:  Before  this  Time  we  read,  that  Car- 
dinal Wolfey  had  a  great  many  Noblemens  and  Gentlemens  Sons  in  his  Fa- 
mily, to  be  trained  up  under  him  ;  and  there  is  a  Tradition,  that  this  Sir 
William  Courtenay  having  in  his  Family  fome  Devon/hire  young  Gentle- 
men, it  happened  that  fome  of  them  were  accufcd  of  robbing  fome  Perfons 
upon  the  Road  as  they  were  going  to  Market,  for  which  they  were  tryed 
at  the  Aillzes ;  and  Sir  William  Courtenay  was  on  the  Bench  with  the 
Judge  to  fpeak  on  their  Behalf;  and  no  queftion  if  they  did  do  it,  they 
did  it  out  of  a  Frolick,  and  were  able  and  willing  to  make  Satisfaction. 

F  f  f  f  In 


298  Part  III.  The  Genealogical Hiflory  of  the    Book  III. 

Chap.  XL  In  the  Tryal  the  Judge  fpake  fomething  which  much  offended  Sir  Wil~ 
t^-V"^  Ham  Courtenay ;  upon  which  he  being  in  a  great  Paflion  flood  up,  and  put 
his  Hand  upon  his  Sword  and  faid,  That  he  would  make  the  Judge's  Shirt 
as  red  as  his  Scarlet  Gown  :  When  Sir  William  was  a  little  cool,  and  had 
confidered  what  he  had  done,  he  took  Horfe  and  rode  Poll  to  London, 
and  fell  on  his  Knees  before  Queen  Elizabeth.  Courtenay,  fays  fhe,  what 
have  you  been  guilty  of  now\  He  related  to  the  Queen  the  whole  Matter, 
upon  which  the  Queen  was  greatly  difpleafed  for  affronting  the  Judge  in 
fuch  a  high  Manner,  who  reprefented  her  Perfon  and  a&ed  by  her  Com- 
miffion,  and  would  not  for  fome  Time  forgive  him ;  but  at  laft  having  had 
a  more  than  ordinary  Kindnefs  for  one  of  the  Family  formerly,  fhe  was 
reconciled  to  him  and  pardoned  him. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  died  at  London  upon  the  Feaft  of  Sir  John 
ij6  20,  Baftiji  in  the  Year  1630,  being  77  Years  old,  as  the  Infcription  which  was 
upon  his  Coffin  does  fhew,  which  Infcription  being  made  upon  a  Piece  of 
Brals  in  the  Form  of  a  Crofs  was  fixed  upon  his  Coffin,  in  which  his  Body 
was  brought  down  from  London,  and  buried  in  the  Church  of  Towderham, 
and  the  Piece  of  Brafs  was  lately,  upon  the  digging  of  a  Grave,  found  and 
taken  up,  and  by  the  Order  of  the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenay  thrown 
in  again.     The  Infcription  is, 

Hie  jacet  fefultus  Gulielmus  Courtenay  de  Powderham,  Miles, 
Catholicus  Romanus  et  Confefor,  qui  obiit  Londini  in  Fejlo  Sancli 
Johannis  Baptiftse,  Anno  Salutis  16 30.    JEtatis  fua  yy. 
Tro  cujus  Anima  intercedant  Beata  Virgo  et  omnes  Sanffi. 

Why  this  Gentleman  fhould  be  called  Confejfor  for  his  Religion  is  un- 
certain ;  perhaps  he  might  lofe  fbme  Place  for  being  a  Roman  Catholick, 
becaufe,  as  we  have  feen,  the  Parliament  in  his  Time  complained,  that  a 
great  many  Roman  Catholicks  were  in  Places  of  Power  and  Truft,  and 
they  name  him  among  the  reft ;  or  elfe  it  might  be  becaufe  he  was  not  re- 
ftored  to  the  Titles  and  Honours  of  his  Anceftors,  which  in  his  Time  were 
given  away  to  other  Families  by  King  James  I.  in  the  Beginning  of  his 
Reign ;  and  he  might  think  the  Caufe  of  it  might  be  becaufe  he  was  a  Ro- 
man Catholick :  But  if  they  had  not  been  difpofed  of  before  the  Duke  of 
Bnckingham  came  to  be  the  King's  Favourite,  he  might  have  then  had  a 
fair  Opportunity  of  being  reftored  to  them,  becaufe  the  Duke  married  a 
near  Kinfwoman  of  his  Wife :  But  I  rather  think  that  the  true  Reafbn  of 
his  being  called  Confejfor,  was  becaufe  he  did  receive  into  his  Houfe,  and 
harbour  the  Jefuites  and  other  Popifh  Priefts,  which  came  fecretly  into 
England,  and  fpent  a  great  deal  of  Money  in  maintaining  of  them:  For 
there  is  a  Tradition,  that  in  a  dark  fecret  Room  which  is  in  Towderham- 
Caftle,  many  Popifh  Priefts  lay  concealed ;  and  this  Sir  William  Courtenay 
did  not  only  fpend  the  Incomes  of  his  great  Eftate,  but  impaired  the  E- 
ftate  of  his  Anceftors;  for  he  it  was  that  fold  away  the  Manour  ofCadley 
to  Sir  John  Horton,  who  fold  it  again  to  Sir  Simon  Leach:  He  fold  like- 
wife  the  Manour  of  Culm-fachville  in  Siherton  Parifh,  Part  to  Henry 

Skibbow,  Part  to Land  of  Woodbear,  and  Part  to  Edward  Drew, 

Serjeant  at  Law  :  He  fold  like  wife  Bntterle'tgh  to  Sir  Simon  Leach,  which 
Sir  William  Courtenay,  firnamed  the  Great,  gave  unto  James  Courtenay, 
a  younger  Son,  and  which,  after  four  Defcents,  reverted  to  this  Sir  Wil- 
liam Courtenay:  He  fold  likewife  the  Manour  and  Hundred  of  Broad- 
Windfor  to  Sir  William  Tole ',  and  other  Lands  he  fold,  but  made  fome 
amends  for  it,  by  being  the  Founder  of  that  Eftate  in  Ireland :  But  the 

Eftates 


Part  III.     Nohle  Family  of  Couvtemy.    Book  III.  299 

Eftates  that  Hugh,  fecond  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  fettled  upon  this  Family  Chap.  XI. 
were  fb  firmly  entailed,  tha*,  as  Sir  'Peter  Ball  obferves,  they  could  never   «w^vx> 
through  all  this  Length  of  Time  be  Ihaken,  but  they  remain  intire  to  the 
Family  to  this  Day.  . 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  had  by  his  Wife  Elizabeth  Manners,  Daugh?    Hi*u  V  </'^^m 
ter  of  Henry  Earl  of  Rutland,  i.  William,  who,  as  was  faid  before,  was    £  <H^L/*-s'~*L/>V' 
in  the  Year  1500  Knighted  by  Robert  Earl  of  Effex  for  his  great  Service 
in  the  iW/ft  Wars,  and  there  were  feveral  other  Devon/hire  Gentlemen 
Knighted  at  the  fame  Time.     He  died  in  the  Year  io'oj,  the  ad  of  King     l6o5- 
James.     2.  Francis,  who  fucceeded  his  Father  in  his  Eftate.  3.  Thomas.   4. 
George.  5.  John.  6.  Alexander.  7.  Edward.  He  had  likewife  three  Daugh- 
ters, 1.  Margaret,  married  to  Sir  Warwick  Hele  of  Membury,  who  was  High 
Sheriff  of  Devon/hire  in  the  17th  Year  of  King  James  I.  and  died  in  the  _^ 

Year  i6ij.     itMary,  married  to  Sir  William  Wray  of  Trebigh  in  Com-    1625,  JETli'zaberfr 
■zeW/,  Baronet.     3.  G*r*ri^f>married  to  Sir  John  Fitz  of  Fitzford,  who  £sn0z^/^^tr 

had  by  her  one  only  Daughter,  who  was  firft  married  unto  Sir  Allan  'Pier-  ^(?  - 

cy,  Knight,  fixth  Son  to  Henry  Earl  of  Northumberland',  fecondly  to  Tho- 
mas Sen  and  Heir  of  Thomas  Lord  Darcy,  Earl  of  Rivers ;  thirdly,  to  Sir 
Charles  Howard,  fourth  Son  to  the  Earl  of  Suffolk ;  and'  fourthly,  to  Sir 
Richard  Greenvil,  Knight  and  Baronet,  fecond  Son  of  Sir  Bernard  Green- 
vil of  Stow,  Knight.    There  is  a  large  Account  given  of  this  Sir  Richard 
Greenvil  in  my  Lord  Clarendon's  Hiftory ;  and  in  fpeaking  of  him  my 
Lord  takes  Occafion  to  fpeak  of  this  Lady  his  Wife :  He  faith,  that  Sir 
Richard,  when   young,  learned  the  Profeffion  of  a  Soldier  in  the  Low 
Countries  under  Prince  Morris,  and  was  made  a  Captain  in  the  Lord  Vere'% 
Regiment :  That  in  the  War  between  England  and  Spain  he  was  in  the 
Expedition  to  Cales,  and  was  Major  of  a  Regiment  of  Foot,  and  continued 
in  the  fame  Command  in  the  War  that  fbon  after  followed  between  Eng- 
land and  France,  and  at  the  Ifle  of  Rhee  infinuated  himfelf  into  the  very 
good  Grace  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  who  was  refolved  to  raife  Sir 
Richard's  Fortune,  and  by  his  Countenance  and  Sollicitation  prevailed  with 
a  rich  Widow  to  marry  him,  which  is  the  Lady  we  are  fpeaking  of :  She 
was,  as  my  Lord  Clarendon  faith,  a  Lady  of  extraordinary  Beauty,  which 
fhe  had  net  yet  out-lived,  and  fhe  inherited  a  fair  Fortune  of  her  own,  and 
was  befides  very  rich  in  a  perfonal  Eftate.    Sir  Richard  lived  extravagantly 
upon  her  Eftate,  and  in  a  little  Time  began  to  flight  and  neglect  his  Wife, 
who  being  a  Woman  of  a  haughty  and  imperious  Nature,  and  of  a  Wit  fu- 
perior  to  his,  refented  the  Difrefpeft  fhe  received  from  him,  and  withdrew 
herfelf  from  him,  and  was  with  all  Kindnefs  received  into  the  Earl  of  Suf- 
folk's Family.     The  Lady  before  Marriage  with  him  fettled  her  entire  For- 
tune fo  abfblutely  upon  the  Earl  of  Suffolk,  that  the  prefent  Right  was 
in  him,  and  he  required  the  Rents  to  be  paid  to  him  :  This  begat  a  Suit 
in  the  Chancery,  and  the  Lord  Chancellor  Coventry  decreed  the  Land  to 
the  Earl :  This  enraged  Sir  Richard  to  that  Degree,  that  he  revenged  himr 
felf  upon  him  in  fuch  opprobrious  Language,  as  the  Government  and  Juftice 
of  that  Time  would  not  permit ;  and  the  Earl  repaired  for  Reparation  to 
the  Court  of  Star-Chamber,  where  Sir  Richard  was  decreed  to  pay  Three 
Thoufand  Pounds  for  Damages  to  him,  and  was  likewife  fined  the  Sum  of 
Three  Thoufand  Pounds  to  the  King,  who  gave  the  Fine  likewife  to  the 
Earl ;  fo  that  Sir  Richard  was  committed  to  the  Fleet-Yiifon  in  Execu- 
tion for  the  whole  Six  Thoufand  Pounds.     After  he  had  endured  many 
Years  ftrift  Imprifoment,  he  made  his  Efcape  out  of  the  Prifon,  and  tran- 
iporting  himfelf  beyond  the  Seas,  remained  there  'till  the  Parliament  was 
.railed  that  produced  fo  many  Miferies  to  the  Kingdom  ;  and  when  he  heard 

that 


3<do  Part  III.  The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  III. 

Chap.  XI.  that  many-  Decrees  which  had  been  made  at  that  Time  by  the  Court  of 
y^y^T\u   Star-Chamber  were  repealed,  he  returned  and  petitioned  to  have  his  Caufe 
heard,  for  which  a  Committee  was  appointed  ;  but  before  it  could  be  brought 
to  any  Conclufion  the  Rebellion  broke  out  in  Ireland;  and  amongft  the 
firft  Troops  that   were  raifed   for  the  Suppreffion  thereof,  Sir  Richard 
Greeuvil  was  fent  over  with  a  very  good  Troop  of  Horfe.     After  the 
Ceffation  was  made  in  Ireland,  he  came  over  and  was  welcome  to  the  Par- 
vtfoUer  K^       liament,  and  was  invited  by  Sir  Jfilliam  Waller  to  command  the  Horfe 
•  under  him,  and  he  received  from  the  Parliament  a  large  Sum  of  Money 

for  the  making  his  Equipage ;  and  he  appointed  a  Day  for  the  Rendezvous 
of  the  Horfe  at  Bag/hot,  and  the  fame  Day  marched  out  of  London  only 
with  his  Equipage,  which  was  very  noble,  a  Coach  and  fix  Horfes,  a  Wag- 
gon and  fix  Horfes,  many  led  Horfes  and  many  Servants.-  With  thofe  when 
he  came  to  Staines  he  left  the  Bagjbot  Road,  and  marched  diredly  to 
,  Readings  where  the  King's  Ganifon  then  was,  and  thence  without  Delay 

to  Oxford,  where  he  was  very  gracioufly  received  by  the  King :  From 
Oxford  he  went  quickly  into  the  Weft,  and  he  had  Letters  from  the  King 
to  Colonel  Digby,  who  commanded  before  Plymouth,  to  put  Sir  Richard 
Greenvil  into  the  Poffeffion  of  his  Wife's  Eftate  that  lay  within  his  Quar- 
ters, and  which  was  juftly  liable  to  a  Sequeftration  by  her  living  in  Lon- 
don, and  being  too  zealoufly  of  that  Party,  which  the  Colonel  punctually 
did ;  and  fo  he  came,  after  fo  many  Years,  to  be  again  poffeffed  of  all  that 
Eftate,  which  was  what  he  moil  fet  his  Heart  upon.  His  Lady  out-lived 
him,  and  lived  to  enjoy  her  Eftate  many  Years  after  the  Reftauration  : 
And  becaufe  Sir  Richard  had  ufed  her  in  the  Manner  that  we  have  related, 
fhe  would  not  be  called  by  his  Name,  but  was  always  called  Lady  How- 
ard, from  the  Name  of  her  former  Husband ;  and  although  fhe  had  two 
Daughters  by  Sir  Richard,  when  fhe  died  fhe  gave  all  her  Eftate,  real  and 
peribnal,  t6  Sir  William  Courtenay,  her  Coufin-german,  and  this  Sir  Wil- 
liam's Grand-fon,  who  generoufly  provided  well  for  the  Daughters. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  of  Towderham-Czftle, 
had  one  of  his  Sons  flain  in  the  Ifle  of  Rhee.  The  Duke  of  Buckingham, 
Lord  High  Admiral  of  England,  failed  from  Tortfmouth,  June  %y,  i6iy, 
the  3d  of  Charles  I.  having  Six  Thoufand  Horfe  and  Foot,  in  Ten  Ships 
of  War  and  Ninety  Merchant-Men  :  Twelve  of  his  Ships  were  fent  to  guard 
the  Entry  to  Tort  Breton,  the  reft  failed  unto  a  Fort  of  the  Ifle  of  Rhee, 
called  de  la  Trice,  making  their  Approaches  with  their  Cannon  fb  near, 
that  Monfieur  Toiras,  Governour  of  the  Citadel  of  St.  Martin,  perceiving 
their  Intention,  fent  out  his  Forces  to  the  Number  of  One  Thoufend  Horfe 
and  Foot  in  feven  Parties,  to  hinder  them  from  coming  on  Shore :  Thefe 
were  encountred  by  Twelve  Hundred  Englijb,  who  had  landed  by  the  Ad- 
vantage of  their  great  Ordnance :  The  Fight  was  fharp  and  quick,  and  a 
great  many  brave  Men  loft  their  Lives  on  both  Sides,  and  the  Victory  was 
uncertain ;  but  after  the  Englijb  Army  had  been  in  the  Ifland  for  a  little 
Time,  they  made  an  unfortunate  and  precipitate  Retreat.  The  Retreat 
was  a  Rout,  as  my  Lord  Clarendon  faith,  without  an  Enemy,  and  the 
French  had  their  Revenge  by  the  Diforder  and  Confufion  of  the  Englijb 
themfelves,  in  which  great  Numbers  of  noble  and  ignoble  were  crouded 
to  Death,  or  drowned,  without  the  Help  of  an  Enemy  ;  and  the  Lofs  was 
lb  great,  that  moft  noble  Families  found  a  Son,  or  Brother,  or  a  near  Kinf- 
man  wanting,  which  produced  fuch  a  general  Confternation  over  the  Face 
of  the  whole  Nation,'  as  if  all  the  Armies  of  France  and  Spain  were  united 
together,  and  had  covered  the  Land.  And  it  cannot  be  denied,  faith  my 
Lord  Clarendon,  that  from  theie  two  Wars,  viz.  that  with  Spain  a  little 

before. 


■r.c.e. 


Part  III.    Nohle  Family  of  Courtenay.     Book  III.  301 

before,  and  this  with   France  fb  wretchedly   entered  into  and   managed,   Chap.  XI. 
the  Duke  of  Buckingham's  Ruin  took  its  Date.  *_/"V"Vrf 

Thomas,  the  third  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  had  a  Son  named  Wil- 
liam, who  was  Knighted,  and  was  an  Officer  in  the  Army  of  King  Charles 
in  the  Civil  Wars,  of  whom  my  Lord  Clarendon  does  make  mention :  He 
fays,  that  General  Goring  in  his  Return  from  the  King  found  Taunton  re- 
lieved by  a  ftrong  Party  of  Two  Thoufand  Horfe  and  Three  Thoufand 
Foot,  which  unhappily  arrived  in  the  very  Article  of  reducing  the  Town, 
and  after  their  Line  was  entered  and  a  third  Part  of  the  Town  was  burned; 
but  this  Supply  raifed  the  Siege,  the  Befiegers  drawing  off  without  any 
Lofs,  and  the  Party  that  relieved  them  having  done  their  Work,  and  left 
fbme  of  their  Foot  in  the  Town,  made  what  Halle  they  could  to  make 
their  Retreat  Eaft  ward,  when  Goring  fell  lb  opportunely  upon  their  Quar- 
ters, that  he  did  them  great  Mifchief,  and  believed  that  in  that  Diforder 
he  had  fb  fhut  them  up  in  narrow  Paffes,  that  they  could  neither  retire 
to  Taunton,  nor  march  Eaftward;  and  doubtlefs  he  had  them  at  a  great  Ad- 
vantage, and  by  the  Opinion  of  all  that  knew  the  Country ;  but  by  the 
extreme  ili-difpofing  of  his  Parties,  and  for  want  of  particular  Orders,  (of 
which  many  fpoke  with  great  Licence)  his  two  Parties  fent  out  feveral 
Ways  to  fall  upon  the  Enemy  at  Tetherton-Bridge,  the  one  commanded 
by  Colonel  Thornhill,  the  other  by  Sir  William  Courtenay,  both  fober  and 
diligent  Officers :  They  fell  foul  on  each  other  to  the  Lofs  of  many  of 
their  Men,  both  the  chief  Officers  being  dangeroufly  hurt,  and  one  of  them 
taken  before  they  knew  their  Error,  with  which  the  Enemy  with  no 
more  Lofs  got  into  and  about  Taunton. 

Sir  William  Courtenay,  fifth  of  that  Name,  was  at  his  Death  pofTefTed  1624. 
(as  the  Inquifition  taken  a  little  after  doth  fhevv)  of  the  Manours  of  Tow 
derham,  Alfhingtqn ,  lit  on,  Scotchland,  Honiton,  Moreton,  Cheverfton, 
Twgmouth-Courtenay,  Milton-Damarel,  Whitefione,  Thurleftone,  Salmeton, 
North-fool,  Sower,  Boltbury-Beauchamp,  Boltbury-Allyn,  Salcombe,  Bat- 
tifcombe,  and  South-Huijh. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay's  Arms  were  the  fame  with  his  Father's, 
impaled  with  thofe  of  Lady  Elizabeth  Manners,  his  Wife,  viz.  Or,  two 
Bars  Azure  on  a  Chief  garter iy,  a  Flew  de  Lys  of  France  and  a  Lyon 
of  England. 

Chap.  XII. 


RANCIS  Courtenay,  firft  of  that  Name,  of  Towderham- 
Caftle,  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  and  Elizabeth 
Lady  Manners  his  Wife  :  He  had  to  his  firft  Wife  Maty 
the  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Tole  of  Colecombe,  Knight, 
Widow  of  Nicholas  Hurft  ofOxton,  Efq.  Sir  Ralph  Horcy 
fold  Oxion  to  William  Hurft,  who  left  it  to  his  Son  Nicholas, 
and  he  dying  without  Iflue  left  it  by  Conveyance  unto  William  Martin, 
Recorder  of  Exeter ;  and  Francis  Courtenay,  Efq;  having  married  Nicholas 
Hurft' s  Widow,  lived  there  as  long  as  his  firft  Wife  lived,  and  after  her 
Death  it  came  to  Sir  Nicholas  Martin,  Knight,  Son  of  the  faid  William 
Martin.  This  Francis  Courtenay y  Efq;  had  no  Iffue  by  his  firft  Wife ; 
G  g  g  g  his 


Chap.XIL 


IV,  II 


302  Part  III.    The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the  Book  III. 

Chap.XII  his  fecond  was  Elizabeth  Daughter  of  Sir  Edward  Seymour  of  Berry- 
w-v-N-' '  Tomeroy,  Knight  and  Baronet. 

Mr.  Weficot  in  his  View  of Devon fbire,  which  he  wrote  in  this  Gentle- 
man's Time,  fays,  when  he  comes  to  fpeak  of  Towderham-CaMe,  It  is 
indeed  a  Cape,  but  fortified  chiefly  by  a  noble  Heart,  that  keeps  bounti- 
ful Hospitality,  like  his  Honourable  Ancejiors,  and  gives  kind  and  cour- 
teous Entertainment  to  all  Coiners. 

This  Francis  Courtenay,  Efq;  had,  as  was  faid  before,  an  elder  Brother 
that  lived  to  Man's  Eftate,  and  was  Knighted ;  and  therefore  he  being  a 
younger  Brother,  it  is  probable  that  he  lived  privately  in  the  Country ; 
and  this  may  be  the  Reafon  why  he  was  not  Knighted,  as  his  Anceftors 
were.  He  was  born  in  the  Year  1576,  and  was  blind  fome  Time  before 
1038.  his  Death,  and  died  in  June  163%.  He  made  his  Will  in  January  before. 
He  left  his  fecond  Wife  a  Widow,  and  Ihe  married  again  to  Sir  Amias 
Meredith.  He  had  by  her  four  Sons,  1.  William,  who  fucceeded  him  in 
his  Eftate;  he  was  Baptized  September  7,  1628.  a.  Edward,  who  was 
Baptized-  July  17,  163 1.  3.  Francis,  who  was  Baptized  July  14,  1533. 
4.  James,  who  was  Baptized  January  18,  1634. 

Francis,  die  third  Son,  was  Captain  of  a  Man  of  War  in  the  War  with 
the  Dutch,  in  the  Year  167a,  and  was  wounded  in  the  Fight  at  Sole-Bay, 
May  2.8,  and  died  of  his  Wounds  at  North-Tartnouth  on  the  fixteenth  Day 
after  he  was  wounded :  He  married  January  8,  1657,  Rebecca  the  Daugh- 
ter of  William  Webb,  Efq;  and  had  by  her  three  Daughters,  1.  Elizabeth, 
who  died  unmarried.  1.  Anne,  who  married  William  Burgoin,  Merchant. 
3.  Frances,  who  married  BenjaminFvy,  Merchant. 

Francis  Court enay,  firft  of  that  Name,  of  Towderbam-CzMe,  had  with 
the  Arms  of  Courtenay  impaled,  1.  The  Arms  of  Tele,  Azure,  Semi-fleur 
de  Lys  Or,  a  Lyon  Rampant  Azure :  1.  The  Arms  of  Seymour,  viz.  Gules, 
two  Wings  inverted  and  conjoined  Or. 

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I R  William  Courtenay,  fixth  of  that  Name,  of  fowderham- 
Caftle,  was  Son  of  Francis  Courtenay,  Efq;  and  Elizabeth 
Seymour  his  Wife :  He  was  Baptized  the  7th  of  September, 
1628,  and  married  Margaret  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Wal- 
ler, by  the  Daughter  and  Heirefs  of  Sir  Richard  Reynel,  Kt. 
who  was  the  third  Son  of  Richard  Reynel  of  Woogwell,  Efq] 

This  Sir  Richard  Reynel  built  jFW-Houfe  in  the  Parifh  of  Wollebo- 
rough  near  Newton-Bufbel,  and  Sir  William  Courtenay  marrying  his  Grand- 
daughter, had  the  Houfe  and  Manour  of  Ford,  with  other  Lands,  with 
her  in  Marriage.  The  Lady  of  Sir  Richard  Reynel,  in  the  Year  1640, 
built  an  Holpital  near  Ford,  for  the  Widows  of  four  poor  Clergymen,  and 
handfomely  endowed  it  with  Lands  for  their  Maintenance,  and  Ihe  relerved 
to  herfelf  the  naming  of  them  in  her  Life-time,  and  after  me  put  it  in 
the  Power  of  her  Heir,  who  is  Sir  William  Courtenay,  and  certain  Feof- 
fees. A  large  and  particular  Account  of  this  Gift,  with  the  Qualifications 
of  the  Perfons  to  be  put  into  the  Hofpital,  is  hung  up  in  a  Table  in  jVoUe~ 
borough  Church. 

Sir 


Part  III.     Noble  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  III.  303 


Sir  William  Waller,  Sir  William  Courtenay'*  Father-in-law,  was  he  that  Ch.  XIII. 
was  General  of  the  Army  for  the  Parliament  in  the  Civil  Wars  :  His  Seat  UTW 
was  at  Groombridge  in  Sujfex,  on  the  Confines  of  Kent,  which  Houfe  was 
built  by  Charles  Duke  of  Orleans,  Father  to  King  Lewis  XII.  of  France, 
when  he  being  taken  Prifoner  in  the  Battle  of  Agencourt  by  Richard 
Waller  of  this  Place,  Sir  William's  Anceftor,  was  here  a  long  Time  de- 
tained Prifoner ;  and  King  Henry  V.  for  this  famous  Exploit  of  taking  the 
Duke  of  Orleans  Prifoner,  gave  to  Richard  Waller  and  his  Heirs  an  ad-       / 
ditional  Creft  to  his  Arms,  viz.  the  Arms  of  France  hanging  by  a  Label  rf 
on  an  Oak,  with  this  Motto,  Flic  frutfus  Virtutis. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  w -as  very  young  when  he  was  married;  he 
and  his  Lady  could  not  make  Thirty  when  their  firft  Child  was  born : 
And  he  was  young  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  and  therefore  was 
not  in  the  Army ;  but  he  favoured  the  King's  Party,  and  maintained  in 
his  Houfe  Dr.  William  Teterfon,  Dean  of  Exeter,  who  was  turned  out 
of  his  Deanery  for  his  Loyalty  to  the  King ;  and  in  the  Year  1657,  in 
the  Time  of  the  Usurpation,  when  the  Law  was  that  Marriages  mould  be 
performed  by  Juftices  of  the  Peace,  Francis  Courtenay,  Efq;  Brother  of 
Sir  William  Courtenay,  was,  in  the  Prefence  of  Sir  William  Courtenay  and 
Several  others,  married  by  the  Dean  in  Wolleborough  Church.  And  a  little 
before  the  Reltauration  of  King  Charles  II.  this  Sir  William  Courtenay, 
with  another  very  honourable  Gentleman  of  Devonjhire,  Sir  Coflejtone 
Banfield,  raifed  each  a  very  gallant  Troop  of  Horfe,  about  One  Hundred 
and  Twenty  Gentlemen  in  each  Troop,  all  of  them  Perlbns  of  good  Quality 
and  Eftates,  in  the  Head  of  which  they  rode  themfelves,  fecuring  fome  dis- 
affected Perfbns,  difarming  others,  whereby  in  a  little  Time  they  brought 
the  County  of  Devon  into  a  due  Subjection.  ^ 

Sir  William  Courtenay,  a  little  after  the  Reftauration,  had  a  Grant  pro- 
cured for  him  to  be  a  Baronet^  But  1r5e~not  affecting  that  Title,  becaufe  he 
thought  greater  of  Right  did  belong  to  him,  never  took  out  his  Patent, 
and  therefore  he  is  not  put  in  the  Catalogue  of  Baronets ;  but  he  was  al- 
ways ftiled  Baronet  in  all  Commiffions  that  were  fent  him  by  the  King, 
and  fo  is  the  prefent  Sir  William  Courtenay,  his  Grand-lbn. 

In  the  Year  1664,  Sir  William  Courtenay  was  High  Sheriff  of  Devon- 
jhire, and  he  was  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  Devonjhire  in  feveral  Parlia- 
ments in  King  Charles  the  lid's  Time ;  but  he  was  in  the  middle  of  his 
Age  feized  with  the  Dead  Palfie  on  one  Side,  and  in  that  Condition  he  con- 
tinued many  Years  until  the  Time  of  his  Death,  which  hindered  him  from 
doing  that  good  Service  to  his  Country  which  otherwife  he  might ;  and  he 
wanted  nothing  but  his  Health  to  have  rendered  him  as  illuftrious  as  moft 
of  his  noble  Anceftors.  •  jEs/C^ 

He  had  by  his  Lady,  Margaret  Waller,  Sons,  1.  William,  who  died 
young  of  the  Small  Pox  in  London.  2.  Francis,  who  was  Baptized  Febru- 
ary 27,  1650.  3.  Edward,  who  was  Baptized  January  19,  1652,  and  he 
was  drowned  as  he  was  Bathing  himfelf  in  the  River  Thames.  4.  Richard. 
5.  James.  6.  George,  who  was  Baptized  June  13,  1666.  7.  Henry,  who 
was  Baptized  March  26,  166%.  8.  William.  Daughters,  1.  Lucy,  married 
to  Hugh  Stafford,  Efq;  of  Tines.  2.  Elizabeth,  married  to  John  Clobery 
of  Brajtw,  Efq.  3.  Jfabella,  married  to  Sir  Thomas  Lear  of  Lindridge, 
Baronet.'i-c4.  Anne,  who  died  unmarried.  5.  Jane-  6.  Margaret,  who 
was  married  to  Edmund  Reynel  of  Malfton,  Efq.  7.  Mary.  8.  Dorothy ;  and 
others  that  died  unbaptized,  in  all  10  Children  by  Margaret  his  Lady. 

Richard 


1657. 


1660. 


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3<D4  Part  III.  The  Genealogical  Hiftory  of  the    Book  III 

Ch.  XIII.      Richard,  the  third  Son,  had  to  his  Wife  Jane  Daughter  of  Sir  Thomas 
>J->s^    Southwell,  and  had  by  her  a  Son  :  She  was  buried  May  31,  1681.     His 
1 68 1.     fecond  Wife  was  Catherine  Daughter  of  Sir  William  Waller  the  YoUnger, 
and  he  had  by  her  a  Daughter  that  was  married  to  John  Gilbert,  Efq. 
This  Mr.  Richard  Courtenay  was  Parliament-Man  for  Honiton  in  the  Con- 
vention Parliament  that  fettled  the  Crown  upon  King  William ;  and  he 
was  Captain  of  Marines  in  the  Regiment  of  the  Lord  Berkeley;  and  as  he 
.     was  failing  to  Italy,  together  with  his  Son,  to  fee  the  Country,  the  Ship 
was  caft  away  near  Leghorn,  and  he  might  have  faved  his  Life  by  fwim- 
ming,  but  endeavouring  to  lave  his  Son,  he  and  his  Son  were  both  loft. 


1688. 


James.,  the  fourth  Son,  married  Elizabeth  Daughter  of Bourdon 

of  Cbeverjl  on,  in  the  Paiifh  of  Kenton,  by  whom  he  had  Iffue,  1.  William. 
1.  James.  3.  Francis.  4.  George.  And  Daughters,  1.  Elizabeth,  a.  Anne. 
3.  'Isabella ;  befides  others  that  died  young. 

The  fixth  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  George,  was  fome  Time  Par- 
liament-Man for  Eaji-Lowe  in  Cornwall. 

William,  the  youngeft  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  was  a  Captain  of 
Marines  in  the  Regiment  of  Colonel  Villiers ;  and  as  the  Colonel  and  he 
were  riding  through  the  River  'Fiava,  in  the  Country  of  Friuli,  between 
Italy  and  Germany,  for  to  fee  the  Country,  they  were  both  drowned.  And 
Mr.  Trior  wrote  an  O  D  E  inferibed  to  the  Memory  of  the  Honourable 
Colonel  George  Villiers,  drowned  in  the  River  Tiava,  in  the  Country  of 
Friuli,  in  Imitation  of  Horace,  Ode  xxviii.  Lib.  1. 

Te  maris  et  terra,  numeroq;  carentis  arena 
Menforem  cohibent  Archyta,  &c. 

and  I  fhall  take  fome  Verfes  out  of  that  Ode,  which  may  be  applied  to 
the  Captain  as  well  as  to  the  Colonel,  and  fhall  put  them  here,  and  they 
may  ferve  inftead  of  an  Epitaph  for  the  Captain,  who  was  a  good  Offi- 
cer and  a  fine  Gentleman ; 

"  Whoe'er  thou  art,  whom  Choice  or  Bufinefs  leads 
"  To  this  fad  River,  or  the  neighbouring  Meads, 
<l  If  thou  may'ft  happen  on  the  dreary  Shoar 
"  To  find  the  Man  whom  all  his  Friends  deplore, 
"  Cleanfe  the  pale  Corps  with  a  religious  Hand  U 

"  From  the  polluting  Weed  and  common  Sand  j 
"  Lay  the  dead  Hero  graceful  in  his  Grave, 
-  "  The  only  Honour  he  can  now  receive, 
"  And  fragrant  Mould  upon  his  Body  throw,  7 

"  And  plant  the  Warriour  Laurel  o'er  his  Brow,  > 

"  Light  lye  the  Earth>  and  flourifh  green  the  Bough.      3 

Sir  William  Courtenay,  Father  of  this  numerous  Offfpring,  died  Auguft* 
4,  170  a,  being  Seventy  Four  Years  old;  and  his  Lady  was  buried  the  ^th 
of  January,  169$.  To  this  Sir  William  Courtenay,'  as  was  laid  before,  my 
Lady  Howard,  as  fhe  was  commonly  called,  Widow  to  Sir  Richard  Green- 
vil,  gave  at  her  Death  all  her  Eftate ;  and  Part  of  that  Eftate  is  Okehamp- 
ton  Park,  and  the  Place  where  the  Caftle  flood,  which  were  bought  by 

"Sir 


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Sir  ^ohn  Fitzford's  Anceftor  of  the  Crown,  upon  the  Attainder  of  the  Ch.  XIII. 
Marquefs  of  Exeter ;  fo  that  the  Park  and  Caftle,  from  which  the  firft  of  the  c^Vv^ 
Family  of  Courtenay  that  came  into  England  had  their  Title  of  Baron  of 
Okehampton,  after  it  had  been  taken  away  by  the  Attainder  in  King  Henry 
VHIth's  Time,  is  reverted  to  the  Family  again.  Indeed  the  Manour  of 
Okehampton  was,  among  other  Lands  belonging  to  the  Barony  of  Okehamp- 
ton and  Earldom  of  Devon/hire,  divided  amongft  the  four  great  Aunts  of 
the  lalt  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  as  the  Settlement  was  made  by  Sir  Edward 
'Courtenay  reftored  to  the  Earldom  of 'Devon/hire;  and  William  Mohan 
marry  in*  one  of  them,  he  had  the  Manour  of  Okehampton  for  his  Share  y 
and  Reginald '  Mohun,  in  the  4th  of  Charles  the  Ift,  was  created  Lord 
Mohun  of  Okehampton \  but  fince,  that  Family  is  extincl,  the  Manour  fold 
to  a  Stranger,  and  the  Title  is  become  vacant. 

This  Sir  William  had  his  Arms  impaled  with  thofe  of  Waller,   viz. 
Sable,  three  Walnut-Leaves  Or,  in  Bend  between  two  Bendlets  Argent. 

Chap.  XIV.  ch^ 

RAN  CIS  Courtenay,  fecond  of  that  Name,  ofTcwderham-* 
Cattle,  was  Son  of  Sir  William  Courtenay,  Baronet,  and  Mar- 
garet Waller  his  Wife  :  He  was  born  in  the  Year  1650,  and 
married  Mary  Daughter  of  John  Bovey,  Efq;  and  had  by 
her  Sons,  h  William,  who  was  born  March  4,  16 yj.  2. 
Francis,  Baptized  December  11,  167^,  and  was  buried  June 
n,  1682.  3.  Francis,  Baptized  January  5,  1687,  and  died  an  Infant. 
Daughters,  1.  Anne,  married  to  William  Walrond  of  Bradfield,  Efquire. 
3.  Elizabeth,  married  to  Arthur  Champ  ernoon  of  Dartington,  Efquire. 
3!  Margaret.  4.  Mary.  5.  Lucy.  6.  Margaret,  j.  Jane.  8.  Ifabella. 
0.  Dorothy.  This  Mr".  Francis  Courtenay  was  choien  Knight  of  the  Shire 
for  Devonf&ire  for  the  Convention  Parliament,  and  for  all  the  Parliaments 
after  to  the  Time  of  his  Death,  his  Father  then  living,  and  being  incapa- 
citated by  Sicknefs ;  and  he  ferved  his  Country  in  that  Station  with  Ho- 
nour and  Faithfulnefs,  and  died  before  his  Father  in  London,  as  he  was 
attending  upon  the  Parliament  in  the  Year  1600,  in  the  Forty  Ninth  Year  i699°. 
of  his  Age,  and  was  buried  at  Chelfea, 

The  Arms  of  Bovey  are,  Or,  a  Cheveron  Sable  charged  with  three 
flates. 


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chap.  xv.  Chap.  XV. 


IR  William  Courtenay,  7th  of  that  Name,  ofTowderham- 
Caftle,  Baronet,  was  born,  as  was  laid  before,  March  4,  \6y  j. 
He  married  July  20,  1704,  the  Right  Honourable  Lady  Anne 
Bertie,  fecond  Daughter  of  James  Earl  of  Abingdon,  by  £- 
leanora  his  firft  Wife,  Daughter  and  Co-heirefs  of  Sir  Henry 
Lee  of  Ditchly  in  the  County  of  Oxford.  He  was  made  by- 
King  George  I.  in  the  Beginning  of  his  Reign,  Lord  Lieutenant  for  the 
H  County  of  Devon,  has  been  Knight  of  the  Shire  for  nine  Parliaments,  for 
every  Parliament  fince  his  Father  died,  as  his  Father  and  Grand- father 
were  before  for  feveral  Parliaments;  and  Sir  'Philip  Courtenay,  the  firft  of 
the  Family  that  was  feated  at  Powderham,  was  likewife  Knight  of  the 
Shire  for  Devon,  in  the  1 8th  of  Richard  II.  about  340  Years  fince  j  and 
Sir  William  Courtenay,  Son  to  Robert  Baron  of  Okehampton,  was  Knight 
of  the  Shire  for  Devon/hire  in  the  firft  Houfe  of  Commons  that  appcareth 
upon  Record  in  Henry  IHd's  Time,  above  400  Hundred  Years  fince. 

This  Sir  William  Courtenay  has  had  by  his  Lady  five  Sons,  1.  William, 
born  at  Ford  in  the  Parifh  of  Wolleborough  in  the  County  of  Devon.  2. 
James,  born  in  the  Parifh  of  St.  Margaret's  Wejiminfter :  They  both  died 
young.  3.  William,  born  in  St.  James's  Street,  in  the  Parifh  of  St.  Mar- 
tin, now  St.  George's  Wejiminfter.  4.  Henry-Reginald,  born  at  <Powder- 
ham-Ca&le  in  the  County  of  Devon.  5.  'Peregrine,  born  at  Towderham- 
Caftle ;  and  feven  Daughters,  1.  Mary,  who  died  young.  2.  Anna-Sophia. 
3.  Eleanor  a.  4.  Bridget.  5.  Isabella.  6.  Mary.  7.  Elizabeth,  who  died 
young.  And  this  Sir  William  Courtenay  is  the  thirteenth  from  Sir  'Philip 
Courtenay,  firft  of  the  Family  that  lived  at  Towderbam-CzMe,  the  four- 
teenth from  Hugh  Earl  of  Devonshire  and  Margaret  his  Wife,  Danghter 
of  Humphry  Bohun,  Earl  of  Hereford  and  Ejfex  and  Elizabeth  his  Wife, 
Daughter  of  King  Edward  I.  and  the  Nineteenth  from  Reginald  de  Cour- 
tenay, who  came  into  England  with  King  Henry  II.  and  the  Twenty  Se- 
cond from  Athon,  who  fortified  the  Town  Courtenay,  and  was  the  firft 
that  gave  the  Name  of  Courtenay  to  his  Family. 

The  Arms  of  the  Family  are,  Or,  three  Torteaux  Gules,  which  were 
the  Arms  of  the  ancient  Earls  of  Bologne ;  and  when  Godfery  Duke  of 
Bouillon  and  Earl  of  Bologne,  the  General  of  the  Chriftian  Army  that  took 
Jerufalem,  had  a  confecrated  Banner  fent  him  by  the  Pope,  the  Family  of 
Courtenay  took  thefe  Arms,  as  being  defcended  from  him ;  and  the  Dukes 
of  Bouillon  do  to  this  Day  bear  upon  their  Arms  an  Inefcutcheon  charged 
with  thefe  Arms,  as  being  defcended  from  an  Heir  General  of  the  ancient 
Earls  of  Bologne.  They  are  called  in  a  Latin  Book  'Placenta,  and  Tor- 
teaux, from  the  Latin  Word  Torta,  or  Tortula,  which  fignifies  a  little  Cake 
or  Piece  of  Bread  made  round.  Some  make  them  of  a  globular  Figure; 
T&adS  and  Mr*  ^°^n  Qbbon->  a  Herald»  calls  them  Globuli,  but  it  is  wrong.  In 
vamBhfnSm,  Edward  the  Hld's  Time,  a  Label  with  three  'Points  Azure  was  added 
2*&fjo.  by  the  then  Earl  of  Devon/hire,  faith  Sir  William  Tote,  but  for  what 
Reafon  it  is  uncertain.  The  Family  of  Courtenay  do  often  Quarter  the 
Lyon  of  Rivers  with  the  three  Torteauxes,  which  Family  were  Earls  of 
Devonjbire  before  them,  and  the  Earldom  defcended  to  them  by  Robert 
Courtenay,  Baron  of  Okehampton,  marrying  the  Heir  of  Rivers,  as  hath 
been  faid.    The  Supporters  of  the  Arms  of  the  Towder  ham -Family  are, 

a  Dolphin 


Part  III.     Nolle  Family  of  Courtenay.    Book  III.  507 

a  Dolphin  and  a  Boar,  and  the  Motto  of  this  Family  is  Vbi  lapfus  ?  £>uid  Chap.  XV. 
feci  ?  which,  in  all  probability,  was  firft  made  Ufe  of  by  this  Family  upon  *~^s — ~* 
the  Death  of  Edward  Courtenay ',  the  laft  Earl  of  Devon/hire  of  the  elder 
Houfe,  and  feems  to  be  a  Complaint,  by  Way  of  Expoftulation,  for  that 
the  Honours  and  Eftates  that  were  enjoyed  by  the  elder  Houfe  were  not 
conferred  on  this  Family,  being  next  in  Succeffion,  and  thofe  of  this  Fa- 
mily muft  have  had  them ;  for  they  would  have  delcended  to  them  as  next 
Heirs  Male,  had  not  intervening  Attainders,  and  only  entailed,  and  not 
abfblute  Reftitutions  to  Sir  Edward  Courtenay  in  Henry  VHth's  Time,  and 
after  to  the  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  and  elpecially  to  the  laft  Earl,  interrupt- 
ed it,  as  Sir  'Peter  Ball  obferves.  And  it  is  very  likely,  notwithstanding 
this,  that  this  Family  would  have  been  reftored  to  them  all,  if  Sir  William 
Courtenay,  fourth  of  that  Name,  had  not  died  in  a  little  Time  after  the 
Death  of  the  laft  Earl,  which  Sir  JVilliam  loft  his  Life  in  ferving  his  Coun- 
try before  St.  ^intin's,  as  has  been  faid,  and  left  his  Son  and  Heir,  a  Child 
about  four  Years  old, 

The  Arms  of  Bertie,  which  are  impaled  with  the  Arms  of  this  Sir  JVil- 
liam Courtenay,  are,  Argent,  three  Battering  Rams  Bar-ways,  in  pale 
Assure,  Garnijh'd  Or.    The  Motto,  Virtus  Ariete  fort  tor, 


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Colle&ion  of  Deeds,  &c. 


Excerpta  ex  antiquo  Scriptore  contlnuatore  Aimoini  Monachi  Fhria* 
cenfes^  vivebit  circa  Annum  iaoo#  cujus  Hijioria  perducitur  ad 
Annum  \  165.  Lib.  V.  Cap.  4.6. 

EMPORE  Roberti  Regis,  Atho  filius  cujufdam  Ca- 
ftellarii  de  Caftro-Rainardi,  militari  honore  ie  fecit  fub- 
limari}  ipfe  firmavit  Caftrurti  Cortipiaci.  Idem  acci- 
piens  in  uxorem  quandam  nobilem  Dominam,  genuit  ex 
ea  Jolcelinum  de-  Cortiniaco.  Jofcelinus  defponfavit  fi- 
liam  Comitis  Gaufridi  Fserolenfis,  ex  qua  genuit  unam 
filiam  qua;  duos  iilios  habuit  Guidonem,  &C  Rainardum 
Comitem  de  Johegneio.  Poft  mortem  uxbris  fua;,  idem 
Joicelinus  accepit  Elifabetham  filiam  Milonis  de  Monte-Letherici,  de  qua 
habuit  Miloriem  de  Cortiniaco,  Jolcelinum  Comitem  Edeflse,  Gaufridum 
Chapalii.  Milo  genuit  de  forore  Comitis  Nivernenfis  Willermum,  Jolceli- 
num, 8C  Rainaudum.  Rainaudus  genuit  uxorem  Petri  fratris  Domini  Re- 
gis, &C  uxorem  Avalonis  de  Seleniaco. 

Ex  Guillelmi  Nangii  Monachi  Santti  Dionyfii  Chronko  M.  S.  quod  per- 
ducitur ad  Annum  1 500.  cujus  Author  vixit  circa  Annum  1 270.  fut> 
Ludovico  Sanclo. 

ANNO  Domini  millefimo  centelimo  quadragefimo,  Henricus  Frater 
Regis  Francis  apud  Clarevallem  Monachus  effectus  eft,  qui  non  poftmulto 
ad  Epilcopatum  Belluacenlem  eft  aflumptus.  Fueruntque  prarter  iftum 
alii  fratres  Regis  Francix  Robertus  Drocarum  Comes,  &  Petrus  Dominus 
de  Cortenaio, 

Ex 


A  ColleGion  of  D  E  E  D  S,  &c. 

*  ■  b 

Ex  Chronica  M.S.  Alberici  Monachi  Trium-Fontium  ad  Annum  \\6i. 
De  Exemplari  quod  eft  in  Bibliotheca  defuncti  Andrea  du  Cbefne,  HL 
ftoriografbi  Regit. 

REX  Ludovicus  cognomento  Craflus  iftos  filios  habuit,  Philippum  co- 
ronatum  in  Regem,  qui  a  porco,  ut  dicunt,  occifus,  vivente  patre  deceffit, 
Liidovicum  Pium,  Regem  qui  poft  eum  regnavit;  HeUricum  hoc  anno  in 
Archiepilcopurn  Remenfem  aflumptum-  Robertum  Comitem  de  Braina. 
Ultimus  fratrum  prasdi&orum  Petrus  de  Cortenaio,  Vir  probiflimus,  de  Do- 
mina  de  Montargis,  genuit  Petrum  Antiffiodorenfem,  &  fr?,tres  &C  forores 
illius.  '     ■ 

A  Charter  of  Peter  of  France,  Lord  of  Courtenay,  confirming  the  Grants 
.which  the  Ancient  Lords  of  Courtenay  did  make  to  the  Abbey  of  Fon- 
taine-Jean near  Montargis. 

N  O  T  U  M  lit  omnibus  tarn  prsefentibus  quam  futuris,  quod  Ego  Pe- 
trus Dominus  Curtiniaci  &  uxor  mea  Elifabeth,  Beneficia  &  Eleemofynas 
Anteceflbrum  Noftrorum,  non  minui  per  nos  cupientes,  laudamus ;  ot  con- 
ceffimui  Ecclefia;  Sanc~he  Marias  Fontis-Johannis,  &  Fratribus  Deo  ibi  fer- 
vientibus  Foreftam  qua:  dicituf  Bruillaid,  quittam  &  liberam  in  perpetuum 
poflidendam.  Quod  fi  qua  calumnia  inde  emerferit  firmam  Garanciam  eis 
feremus.  Conceffimus  etiam  eis  quicquid  tunc  temporis  ubicunque  poffi- 
debant,  cX  quicquid  eis  fuis  temporibus  Dominus  Milo  oC  filii  ejus  dede- 
runt  2t  laudaverunt.  Ut  autem  res  ifta  inviolabiliter  in  omne  tempus  pre- 
ferveret,  Chartam  praefentem-figilli  mei  impreffione  roborari  volui  &  con- 
firmari.  Actum  eft  hoc  publice  Curtini  odtavo  Kalendas  Decembres.  Ibi 
ifti,  Willellmus  de  Cortinaico,  Hervseus  Luara,  &c.  Res  gefta  eft  regnante 
Ludovico,  Hugone  Senonenie  Metropolitan,  Anno  Incarnati  verbi  millc- 


Another  Charter  of  the  fame  Nature -,  without  Date. 

N  O  T  U  M  fit  omnibus  tarn  prssfentibus  quam  futuris,  quod  Ego  Pe- 
trus de  Curtiniaco,  Frater  Regis,  vokjntate  &  laudatione  uxoris  mei  Elifa- 
beth concern"  Deo  &  Ecclefias  Sanclas  Marias  Fontis-Johannis,  pro  Eleemo- 
fyna  quadraginta  Solidos  quos  prasdiclo  loco  Guillelmus  de  Curtiniaco  ap- 
nuatim  ad  luminare  donaverat  quando  Hierufalem  profeftus  eft.  Conceffi, 
inquajn,  quicquid  habebam  in  pratis  quae  vocantur  pafcua  apud  Caftrum- 
Regnardi.  Et  ut  hate  Conceffio  firma  in  perpetuum  fubfifteret  ipfb  dono 
Dominum  Galterium  Abbatem  ejufdem  loci  inveftivi  apud  Cantat-Gallus. 
Volui  quoque  hanc  Chartam  figilli  meo  muniri,  &  fubferiptis  teftibus  ro- 
borari. Henricus  de  Pennis,  Radulphus  Chofel,  Gillo  de  Turned,  Henricus 
Siccus,  regnante  Fratie  meo  Rege  Ludovico. 

A  Charter  in  Form  of  a  Teftament  of  Peter  of  France,  Lord  of  Courte- 
nay, made  before  he  went  to  Jerufalem,  kepinthelreafuryof  the  Abbey 
of  Fontaine- Jean. 

EGO  Petrus  Frater  Regis,  Dominus  de  Montargi,  &  de  Curtiniaco,  ad 
omnium  notitiam,  qui  fcripturam  lefturi,  vel  audituri  funt,  tranfmitto  hoc 

animas 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hi/lory- 


-animaB  mea;  negotium.  Igitur  anno  ab  Incarnatione  Domini  millefimo  cen-. 
tefimo  feptuagefimo  nono,  Ego  Petrus  Hierufalem  in  Dei  fervitio  profit 
cifcens,  inter  caetera  beneficia,  qua;  aliis  Ecclefiis  pro  mea  falute  ordinavf, 
Monafterio  Fontis-Johannis,  cui  fpecialiter  providentiam  &  curam  &  de- 
fenfionem  me  debere  profiteor,  ifta  qua;  hie  determinata  funt  in  Eleemo- 
fynam  hoc  modo  defignavi.  Inprimis  dono  ad  luminare  praediche  Ecclefia; 
omni  anno  determinate  ad  Feftum  Sancti  Johannis  in  cenfis  meis  de  Mon- 
teargi  decern  libras  Parifienfes:  Deinde  in  firmis  meis  de  Monteargi  quar- 
tam  partem  ubique,  deinde  vineam  meam,  &  tortular  de  toto,  qua;  ajatea 
habebant  ad  Medi.am  •  deinde  concedo  pra;dicto  loco  partem  meam  Molen- 
dini  in  Stagno,  quod  eft  ante  Grangiam  de  Muffy :  Et  dono  ei  pifcaturam 
ejufdem  Stagni,  quotiens  Abbas  illp  yenerit.  Deinde  conftituo  pradictis 
Fratribus,  ut  in  duabus  Grangiis  eorum,  videlicet  ad  Muffy  £t  Sucheul,  vel 
in  alia,  eorum  habitation?,  nullus  qui  ibi  de  rebus  eorum  emit  aut  vendit, 
teloneum  vel  aliam  confuetudinem  inde  mihi  debeat :  fed  omnia  eorum  loca 
libera  funt  ab'  omni  meorum  exadtionc.  Deinde  laudo  eis  atque  concedo 
donum,  quod  eis  fecit  de  domo  fua  Matthaeiif  Marefcallus  meus,  laudavit 
uxor  mea  Yfabel  &  filius  meus  Petrus,  iftis  adftantibus  St  teftibus,  Huber- 
ts Dextro,  Randulpho  Choifel,  Gione  de  Torneel,  Baldwinp  de  Barres  Sc 
Henrico  Sicco. 

fix  Taflorali  mlnori  Ecclefne  SanEia  Maria  Parifienfis. 

NOVERINT  univerfi  tarn  preefentes  quam  futuri,  quod  Ego  Elifa* 
beth  Domina  de  Curteneto,  Mater  Petri  Comitis  Nivernenfis,  pro  remedio 
anima;  mea;,  Canonicis  Beatse  Maria;  Parifienfis  dedi  in  perpetuam  Eleemo- 
finam  quadraginta  folidos  Parifienfis  moneta;  fingulis  annis  percipiendos  in 
O&avis  San&i  Johannis  Baptifta;  de  redditibus  meis  quos  habeo  apud  Chan* 
tecoq.  Volo  autem  SC  conftituo,  ut  denarii  illi  diftribuantur  Canonicis 
St  Vicariis  Ecclefia;  Beatae  Maria;  Parifienfis,  St  Canonicis  San&i  Dionyfii  de 
paffu,  matutinali  officio  fingulis  no&ibus  diiTervientibus.  Volo  fiquidem 
quod  denarii  ifti  tarn  in  vita  mea,  quam  poft  mortem  meam  dentur.  Prae- 
terea  concern*  pauperibus  Hoipitalis  Beatse  Maria;  Parifienfis.  Jexaginta  foli- 
dos fingulis  annis  perfolvendos,  ad  prasfatum  terminum  de  redditibus  ejuf- 
dem Caftri.  Praefafi  vero  Canon ici  ljberaliter  concefferunt  mihi,  quod  an- 
niverfarium  Petri  mariti  mei  fingulis  annis  fieret.  Poft  mortem  vero  meam 
prsediclum  anniverfarium  St  meum  unam  eademque  die  fieret.  Dedi  etiam 
Fratribus  Hofpitalis  Hierofolimitani  centum  folidos  fingulis  annis  percipien- 
dos apud  Puifons.  Quod  ut  ratum  St  inconcuffum  permancat  literarum  fta- 
bili  teftimonio,  St  figilli  mei  munimine  duxi  confirmandum.  Aftum  Pa- 
rifiis  in  Clauftro  Beats;  Maria;  anno  ab  Incarnatione  Domini  millefimo  cen*? 
tefimp  o&uagefimo  nono. 

An  Extratf  out  of  an  ancient  Chronicle  hi  M.  S.  made  by  the  Continua- 
tors  of  the  Chronicle  of  Fryer  William  de  Nangis,  kep  in  the  Library 
of  St.  Germans. 

ANNO  Domini  millefimo  ducentefimo  decimo  fexto  Idus  Junii,  Hen- 
ricus  Conftantinopolis  Imperator  apud  Theffalonicam  obiit  anno  Imperii  fui 
decimo.  Poft  cujus  deceffum  Petrum  de  Cortenaio  Antifliodorenfem  Comi- 
tem  Philippi  Regis  Francia;  confanguineum,  St  Henrici  defun&i  Impera- 
toris  Soroijum,  in  Imperatorem  Grseci,  $t'  Franci,  &  Latfni  communitei 
B  elegerunt, 


A  ColleSion  of  DEE  D  S,  &c. 


elegerunt :  St  ad  eum  quaercndum  in  Franciam  fblemnes  nuncios  deftinua- 
verunt.  Quibus  fulceptis  ele&ioni  affentiens  cum  uxorem  Yole  Comitifla 
Namurfii  venit  Romam,  duobus  filiis,  quos  de  ipfa  habuerat  Narnurfia 
derelidi& 

ANNO  Domini  millefimo  duccntefimo  decimo  feptimo,  Honorius  Papa 
Petrum  Antiffiodoreniem  Comitem,  St  Yolem  ejus  uxorem  Comitiflam  Na* 
murlii,  fororem  Henrici  Imperatoris  Gracorum  defun&i  ad  Imperium  Con* 
ftantinopolitanum  Roma;  in  Ecclefia  San&i  Laurcntii  extra  muros  confe- 
cravit;  nejus  in  Romano  Imperio  videretur,  Stc. 

Georgiits  Logotheta  in  Chronica  Conjlantinopolitano. 

E  0  D  E  M  tempore  Petrus  a  Papa  Imperator  renunciatus,  cum  nume- 
rofiflimo  exercitu  ad  praeoccupandum  Dyrrachium,  ex  Italia  adventabat. 
Baldwini  et  fbrore  Yolenta  hanc  fbbolem  propagavit,  PhiKppum,  Robertum, 
St  Baldwinum.  Robertus  St  Baldvvinus  in  Imperio  illi  fucceffere,  cedcnte  ul- 
tro  Philippo  Imperiumque  fratri  fuo  gratificante.  Habuere  hi  etiam  ibrorea 
St  Mariam  fcilicet,  quae  Regi  Theodoro  nupfit,  Stc. 

Matthtus  'Paris  in  HiJIopia  fua  ad  Annum  12.38, 

EODEM  quoque  anno,  sctate  adolefcens  Imperator  Conftantinopoli- 
tanus  Baldwinus  filius  Petri  Comitis  Antiffiodorenfis  venit  in  Angliam,  ex- 
pulfus  St  profcriptus  ab  Imperio  Auxilium  petitufus,  Stc.  » 

A  Grant  made  by  Baldwin,  Emperour  of  Conftantinople,  to  Saint  Lewis, 
of  the  Reliques  in  the  Holy  Chapel. 

B  A  L  D  W I N  U  S  Dei  Gratia,  fideliffimus  in  Chrifto  Imperator  a  Deo 
Corohatus,  Romanian  Moderator  femper  auguftus,  Univerfis  Chrifti  fideli- 
bus  tarn  prafentibus  quam  futuris,  ad  quos  litteras  praefentes  pervenerint 
in  Domino  ialutem.  Notum  fieri  volumus  univerfis  quod  carifiimo  amico 
St  confanguineo  noftro  Ludovico  Regi  Francias  illuftriffimo  Sacro-fanctam 
Coronam  ipineam  Domini,  St  magnam  portionem  vivificx  Crucis  Chrifti, 
una  cum  aliis  pretiofis  St  iacris  Relliquiis,  quse  propriis  vocabulis  inferius 
funt  expreffse,  quas  olim  in  Conftantinopoli  urbe  venerabiliter  Collocatas, 
St  tandem  pro  urgenti  neceflitate  Imperii  Conftantinopolitani  diverfis  Cre- 
ditoribu*  St  diverfis  temporibus  pignori  obligatas,  idem  Dominus  Rex  de 
noftra  voluntate  redemit  magna  pecuniae  quantitate :  St  eas  fecit  Parifiis  de 
beneplacito  noftro  transferri,  eidem  Domino  Regi  Ipontaneo  St  gratuito 
dono  plene  dedimus,  ablblute  conceffimus  St  ex  toto  quittavimus  St  quit- 
tamus :  Quas  utique  vencrendas  Relliquias  propriis  nominibils  duximus  ex- 
primendas.  Videlicet  prssdi&as  Sacro-fan&am  ipineam  Coronam  Domini, 
St  Crucem  fan&am  :  Item  de  Sanguine  Domini  noftri  Jefu  Chrifti :  Pannos 
Infantias  falvatoris,  quibus  fuit  in  Cunabulis  involutus :  Aliam  magnam  par- 
tem de  ligno  Sands  Crucis :  Sanguinem,  qui  de  quadam  imagine  Domini 
ab  Infideli  percufia,  ftupendo  miraculo  diftillavit :  Catenam  etiam  five  fer- 
reum  vinculum,  quafi  in  modum  anuli  fa&um,  quo  creditur  idem  Dominus 
nofter  fuiffe  ligatus :  Sanftam  telam  tabula;  infertam :  Magnam  partem  de 
lapide  fepulchri  Domini  noftri  Jefu  Chrifti :  De  lade  Beatac  Marias  Vir- 
ginis:  Item  ferrum  faexse  lanceae,  quo  perforatum  fuit  latus  Domini  noftri 

Jefu 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory. 

Tefu  Chrifti :  Crucem  aliam  mediocrem,  quam  Crucem  triumphalem  veteres 
appellabant ;  quia  ipfam  in  fpem  vidorias  confueverant  Imperatores  ad  bella 
deferre :  Chlamydem  coccineam  quam  circumdederunt  milites  Domino  no- 
ftro Jefu  Chrifto,  in  illufionem  ipfius :  Arundinem,  quam  pro  fceptro  po- 
fuerunt  in  manu  ipfius :  Spongiam,  quam  porrexerunt  ei  fitienti  Cruce  aceto 
plenam :  Partem  fudarii,  quo  involutum  fuit  corpus  ejus  in  fepulchro :  Lin- 
teum  etiam,  quo  jSraecinxit  fe,  quando  lavit  pedes  difcipulorum  fuorum, 
&  quo  eos  exterfit :  Virgam  Moyfis :  Superiorem  partem  capitis  Bead  Jo- 
h.3nnis  Baptiftas:  Capita  Sandorum  Blafii,  Clementis,  &  Simeonis.  Incujus 
rei  teftimonium,  St  perpetuam  firmitatem  Nos  fignavimus  praefentes  litteras 
noftro  figno  Imperiali,  6C  bullavimus  Bulla  noftra  aurea.  Adum  apud  San- 
ctum Germanum  in  Laya,  Anno  Domini  millefimo  ducentefimo  quadrage- 
flmo  feptimo,  menfe  Junio,  Imperii  vero  noftri  anno  odavo. 

A  Writing  wherein  Philip  Prince  of  Conftantinople  do.es  confent  that 
the  Money,  &c. 

UN  I VER  SIS  praefentes  litteras  infpeduris  Philippus  primogenitus 
Imperatoris  Conftantinopolitani,  &  haeres  ejufdem  Imperii,  falutem  in  Do- 
mino. Noverint  univerfi,  quod  nos  volumus  &C  ratum  habemus,  ut  excel- 
lentiffimus  Dominus  nofter  Ludovicus  Dei  gratia  Rex  Francorum  tradi  fa- 
ciat  Domino  noftro  St  Patri  chariffimo  Baldwini  Dei  gratia  Conftantinopoli= 
tano  Imperatori,  pecuniam  quam  ex  venditione  Namurcenfi  pro  nobis  facit 
refervari.  In  cujus  rei  teftimonium  praefentibus  litteris  figillum  noftrum 
duximus  apponendum.  Datum  Anno  Domini  M.  CG.  LXIX.  die  Lunos 
ante  feftum  Beati  Nicolai  hyemalis. 

A  Grant  of  Catherine  de  Courtenay,  Emprefs  of  Conftantinople. 

UNIVERSIS  praefentes  litteras  infpeduris.  Catharina  Dei  gratia 
Imperatrix  Conftantinopolitana  falutem  in  Domino  fempiternam..  Notum 
facimus  quod  nos  juris  noftri  extantes  ob  intimas  diledionis  affedum  et  bo- 
nam  voluntatem  quam  habuimus  et  habemus  ad  perlbnam  Excellentiilimi 
viri  Domini  noftri  Caroli,  Germani  Serenifiimi  Principis  Philippi  Dei  gratia 
Francorum  Regis  illuftris,  Valefii,  Alenconis,  Carnoti,  et  Andegavias  Comi- 
tis,  donavimus  et  donamus  donatione  fada  irrevocabili  intervivos,  eidem 
Domino  Carolo  totam  terram  noftram  de  Cortenayo,  de  Blacon,  de  Helle- 
bek,  et  de  Brevillier,  cum  omnibus  pertinent iis  didarum  terrarum  tenen- 
dam  et  habendam  per  eum  quandiu  vitam  duxerit  in  humanis.  Ita  tamen 
quod  fi  inter  nos  et  didum  Dominum  Carolum  contingat  matrimonium  ce- 
lebrari  et  hasredem  feu  hasredes  ex  ipfo  nos  habere  contingat,  hasres  feu  has- 
redes ipli  poll  deceflum  noftrum  tenebunt  et  habebunt  didas  terras,  quan- 
do venerint  ad  setatem.  Etfi  non  lint  hasres  feu  haeredes  ex  dido  Domino 
Carolo  et  nobis,  didus  Dominus  Carclus  prordidas  terras  cum  fuis  pertinen- 
tiis  poflidebit  et  habebit  quandiu  vitam  duxerit  corporalem,  et  poll  didi 
Domini  Caroli  deceflum,  didae  terras  cum  pertinenth's  ad  nos  et  hasredes  vel 
fucceflbres  noftros,  ad  quos  de  jure  feu  ratione  debent  venire  libere  rever- 
tentur.  Donavimus  etiam  et  donamus  ob  caufam  praedidam,  eidem  Domi- 
no Carolo  omne  jus  quod  habemus  &  habere  poffumus  in  Imperio  Conftan- 
tinopolitano,  et  in  Comitatu  Namurcenfi.  Ita  tamen  quod  fi  Dominum  Ca-> 
rolum  fupervivere  nos  contingat  omne  jus  didorum  Imperii  et  Comitatus 
ad  nos  et  hasredes  de  corpore  noftro  defcendentes,  et  ad  nullos  alios  libere 
revertentur.     Et  fi  accideret  nos  decedere  fine  hasrede  de  corpore  noftro  de- 

fcendente 


8  A  ColkSion  »/DEEDS,  &c. 

fcendente,  nos  donavimus , \ct  donamus  omne  jus  praedi&orum  Imperii  et 
Comitatus  praefato  Domino;  Carolo  et  haeredibus  fuis,  qui  deicenderunt  de 
ipfo  et  bonae  memoriae  Domina  Margareta  quondam  filia  Regis  Siciliae  illu- 
ftris,  cedentes  et  concedentes  Domino  Carolo  prsedicto  et  in  ipfum  modo 
et  forma  quibus  fupra  transferentes  omnia  jura',  nomina,  et  acliones  nobis 
competentia  et  competentes  in -omnibus  et  fingulis  fupradi&is.  Promitten- 
tes  bona  fide  quod  contra  praedi&a  vel  aliquod  praedi&orum  non  veniemus 
per  nos  aut  per  alios  in  futurum,  figillum  noftrum  prsefentibus  apponentes 
in  robur  et  teftimonium  rei  gefta? :  Rogantes  IUuftriffimum  Principem  Do- 
minum  Regem  Francorum  praedi&um,  ut  praedi&a  conrirmare  dignetur. 
Aclum  apud  S.  Clodoaldum  Parifienfis  Diocefis,  Anna  Domini  Mccc.  die 
Sabbati  ante  Purificationem  Beatae  Mariae  Virginis, 

Ex  Chronico  M.  S.  Alberkl  Monachi  Trium-Fonthm  ad  Annum  i  ipy. 

ABBAS  Caroli-loci  Guillelmus  fa&us  eft  Archiepifcopus  Bituricenfis. 
Erat  autem  Sanctis  ac  piis  moribus  adornatus,  et  in  vita  fua  (licet  occulte) 
multa  fecit  miracula :  non  enim  fuit  mundo  cognitus  palam  uftme  poft 
mortem  ipfius ;  erat  etiam  nobilis  genere,  ita  quod  Domina  de  Monte-argi- 
fb  fuit  loror  vel  neptis  illius,  quae  Domina  Petro  de  Curteneio  Regis  Phi- 
lippi  patruo,  peperit  Comitem  Petrum  Antiffiodorenfem,  et  Robertum  de 
Curteneio,  et  quendam  Guillelrrium  et  fbrores  eorum,  &c. 

A  Writing  of  Robert  de  Courtenay,  prefented  to  King  Philip  the  Auguft, 
for  the  Trefervation  of  the  Rights  and  Privileges  of  the  Gallican  Church. 

EGO  Robertus  de  Cortenayo,  Notum  facio  univerfis  ad  quos  prsefen- 
tes  litterae  pervenirint,  quod  quia  Ego  6X  alii  Barones  Regni  Franciae,  vi,- 
debamus  quod  Dominus  Papa  &C  Clerici  exigebant  a  Domino  Rege  Francia? 
&  nobis,  &C  hominibus,  &  terris  noftris,  talia  quae  a  temporibus  Antecef- 
lorum  noftrorum  oC  noftris  non  erant  exa&a,  Ego  £t  alii  Barones  Franciae 
eidem  Domino  Regi  confilium  dedimus,  ut  ipfe  Domino  Papae  mandet  quod 
ipfe  teneat  Dominum  Regem  Cv  Barones  &  homines  fuos  6C  terras  eorum 
ad  ufus  &  confuetudines  quibus  fuerunt  temporibus  Antecefforum  fuorum 
&  fuo.  Si  vero  Dominus  Papa  id  facere  non  voluerit,  Ego  &  alii  Barones 
Franciae  Domino  Regi  confuluimus,  quod  ipfe  non  Domino  Papae  neque 
Clericis  fuper  hoc  eidem  confentientientibus  obediat.  Ut  nos  fuper  omnia 
quae  ab  ipfo  tenemus,  creantavimus,  &  fiduciavimus  eidem,  quod  nos  ne^ 
que  Domino  Papae,  neque  Clericis  fuper  hoc  eidem  confentientibus  obedie- 
mus,  non  pro  ipfis  aliquid  faciemus  nifi  per  voluntatem  6C  confenfum  Do- 
mini Regis :  &  ipfe  nobis  fimiliter  creantavit,  quod  ipfe  pro  Domino  Papa 
&  fibi  in  hoc  adhaerentibus  nihil  faciet,  nifi  per  confenfum  noftrum.  A&um 
apud  Chinonem  Anno  ab  Incarnatione  Domini  M.  c  c.  v.  menfe  Junio. 

ExtraBa  ex  libro  vocato  Domefday  Book,  per  Dominum  W.  Tole  Militem, 

BALDWINUS   Vicecomes  tenet  Ochementone   &C  ibi  fedct  Ca- 
ftellum, 

Ipfe  Baldwinus  Sanford,  Monchinton,  Bradford,  Musberie.     Uxor  Bald- 
wjni  tenet  Wimple. 

REX 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiftory- 


REX  tenet  Axminfter  huic  manerio  debetur  ut  fequitur,  manerium  de 
Cherleton,  Epifcopi  Conftant.  vxd.  manerium  de  Honeton  Com.  Moreton 
xxxd.  fitc. 

Willus  de  Ow  tenet  Poldreham,  Witeftan. 

Baldwinus  de  Excefter  Vicecomes  tenet  Werne. 

jEx  Manufcripto  Domini  Willelmi  Tole  Militis. 

Milites  Comitatus  Devon. 
Comes  Devon  tenet  8p  Feod. 
Hawifia  de  Courtenay  5)2.  Feod. 

Honor  de  Glocefter  in  Com.  Devon.  &  Cornub.  Anno  1 1  Regis  Johannis. 
Conftantius  de  Courtenay,  1  Feod. 

Terra  Normanorum  &C  aliorum  quorum  fervitia  ignorantur. 
Euftach.  Courtenay  terram  Johis  filii  Lucas. 

Ex  alio  Manufcripto  Domini  Willelmi  Tole  Militis. 

Feoda  Com.  Devon.     Captse  coram  Thoma  de  Ralegh  et  Nicolao  de  Kirk- 
ham,  Anno  R.  R.  Edw.  1.  310. 

Johannes  de  Pouderham  tenet  Pouderham  pro  a  in  ReP  Comit.  Hereford. 
Honyngton.    Gilbertus  de  Krtovill  tenet  de  Dno  Rege  in  Capite. 

-Exfcripta  ex  altero  Manufcripto  maximi  voluminis  ejufdem  Infigniffimi 
Willelmi  Tole.,  Equitis  Aurati  j  quod  Chartas,  &c,  continet. 

1  WILLIAM  the  Conquerour  gave  the  Honour  0/Oakampton,  with 
f  the  Appurtenances  unto  Baldwin  de  Sap,  or  de  Brioniis,  unto  which  the 
1  Sheriffwick  of  the  County  of  Devon  did  belong.     This  Barony  was  held 

*  of  the  King  by  the  Service  of  three  Knights :  And  there  were  in  the 
'  Lords  Hands  within  the  County  of  Devon  the  Manners  0/"  Oakhampton, 
1  Sampford,  Duwelton,  Chymley  with  Nevvnham,  Chalvelegh,1£enn,  Whim- 

*  pie,  and  Musbery  :  In  all  which  the  Lord  had  Furcas,  Tumbrel,  and  all 
1  other  Things  which  belonged  unto  the  View  of  Frank-Tie. dge  and  Warren. 
'  Alfo  thefe  Advowfons  following  within  the  County  of  "Devon  did  belong 
'  unto  the  f aid  Barony;  that  is  to  fay,  the  Advowfons  of  the  Churches  of 
1  Sampford,  Duelton,  and  Chymlegh,  which  was  divided  into  fix  Tor- 

*  tions :  The  Advowfons  of  the  Churches  <?/"Chalvelegh,  Kenn  and  Musbery. 
jj  The  Tatronage  of  the  Abbey  of  Ford  did  alfo  belong  unto  this  Barony, 

*  unto  which  were  appropriated  Eftford,  Weftford,  and  the  Mannor  of 
1  Thorncomb,  with  five  Knights  Fees  of  the  aforefaid  Honour :  Alfo  the 
1  Triory  of  Cowick,  unto  which  there  was  appropriated  the  Church  of 
1  Oakhampton,  with  the  Chapel  of  Halitock ;  alfo  the  Manour  0/Chriiten- 
1  flow  of  the  faid  Honour  :  And  the  faid  Triory  belonged  unto  the  Abbey 
<  of  Beck  in  Normandy  ;  alfo  the  Chappies  of  Kenn  and  Sticklepath  were 
1  of  the  fame  Triory  and  Honour.    Alfo  the  Vicar  of  Oakhampton  is  to 

C  find 


io  A  Colleflion  of  DEEDS,  &c. 

*  find  a  Chaplain  always  toferve  in  the  Chaff  le  of  the  Cajiel ;  alfo  the  Chaf- 
1  fie  of  Brightlegh  of  the  Lord's  'Pur  chafe  which  is  in  the  Cajiel  of  Exon, 

*  and  of  the  Patronage  of  the  Lord  of  Oakhampton,  unto  the  which  be- 
1  longed  four  Prebends,  of  which  the  Lord  gave  three j  that  is  to  fay,  Lo- 

*  hegan  near  Exon  with  Clift-Hayes,  Cutton  with  the  Tything  ofHeming- 

*  ton  in  Somerfetfhire,  Carfwill  in  the  Manour  of  Kenn  ;  and  the  fourth., 
1  which  was  Afli-clift,  was  affrofriated  unto  the  Abbey  of  Totr.  All  the 
'  Barons  of  Oakhampton,  were  Sheriffs  of  Devon  in  Fee,  had  the  keefing 
1  of  the  Caftel  of  Exon  in  Fee,  unto  the  Time  of  the  Lord  John  de  Courte- 
1  nay  in  the  Time  of  King  Henry  3.  Tloey  had  Free-chafe  at  Oakhamp- 
1  ton  unto  the  Ends  of  the  Forrefi  of  Dartmoie,  and  Free-warren  in  all 

*  their  Lands  in  the  County  of  Devon.  The  Lords  of  Oakhampton  held 
1  3  Fees  of  the  Bifhof  of  Exon,  that  is  to  fay,  in  Slapton  one  Knight's  Fee, 
'  in  Yonwe  near  Crediton  one  Knight's  Fee,  and  in  Addeifliam  one  Knight's 
1  Fee,  but  he  doth  the  Service  only  of  two  Fees  -  And  he  is  to  be  Steward 
(  unto  the  Lord  Bifhof  in  the  Time  of  his  Enthroning,  and  Jh all  have  the 
1  Vefrels  of  which  the  f aid  Bifhof  is  ferved  at  Dinner  in  the  firft  Courfe, 
1  as  it  affeareth  in  the  Comfofition  betwixt  the  Lord  Walter  Stapledon 

*  and  the  Lord  Hugh  Courtenay  id,  Alfo  all  the  Tenants  of  the  Barony 
1  of  Oakhampton  are  free  from  Payment  of  Toll  through  all  Devon  in  all 
1  Fairs  and  Markets.  The  Barony  of  Oakhampton  had  held  of  it  $2 
'  Fees  by  the  Lord  and  his  Freeholders. 

H.  Rex  fil.  Wil.  dedit  Ricardo  Ridver  Tivertoniam  deinde  Plimton  fe- 
citq;  eum  Comitem,  dedit  ei  etiam  tertium  Denarium  Comitatus  fcilicet 
1 8  1.  et  poftea  dedit  ei  Infulam  de  Wight.  Ricardus  ifte  genuit  Baldwinum 
Comitem,  Baldwinus  vero  genuit  Ricardum  Comitem  Henricum  et  Williel- 
mum  de  Verona,  et  Ricardus  genuit  Baldwinum  et  Ricardum  qui  utrique 
obierunt  abfq;  ha^rede.  Devenit  hsereditas*ad  Willielmum  de  Verona  A vun- 
culum  eorum,  qui  Willielmus  genuit  Baldwinum,  et  Baldwinus  genuit  Bald- 
winum ex  filia  et  haerede  Warini  Fitzgerald  deceffitq;  ante  Patrem  fuum. 
Baldwinus  duxit  in  uxorem  filiam  Gilberti  de  Clare,  Comitis  Glocefterenfis, 
de  qua  genuit  filium  Baldwinum  qui  obiit  Anno  Gratias  1160..  Ifte  Bald- 
winus habuit  filium  nomine  Johannem  qui  obiit  infar.s  et  hasreditas  ad  ad- 
venit  Ifabellam  Comitiflam  de  Albcmarlia  fororem  dicli  Baldwini  cui  fuc- 
cefllt  Hugo  de  Courtenay. 

QIIONIAM  vita  mortalis  in  hoc  mundo  admodum  brevi  includitur  fpacio, 
qua  propter  Ego  Ricardus  Comes  Exon.  Comitis  Baldwini  filius  concedo 
et  confirmo  Eleemolynam,  viz.  Unam  Mercatam  terrae  in  Manerio  meo 
de  Wrokefhall  Ecclefie  Beate  Marie  in  Quadraria,  quam  Pater  meus  conce- 
dente  Henrico  venerabili  Anglorum  Rege  dedit  San&e  Marie  Virgini  et 
Domino  Gaufrido  Abbati  de  Quadraria  in  Iniula  de  Wight,  otcf  Qui  vero 
hanc  donationem  violare  prefumpferit  eterna  maledi&ione  puniatur. 

ROBERTUS  filius  Hen.  Regis  omnibus  Baronibus,  &c.  falutem. 
Sciatis  me  conceffifle  et  Charta  mea  confirmafTe  Richardo  filio  Nicolai  to- 
tam  terram  ultra  Exam  quam  Avus  fuus  Richardus  filius  Floier  tenuit  te- 
nendam  de  me  et  heredibus  meis  fibi  et  heredibus  fuis  pacifice  et  quiete 
eodem  fervitio  ut  predi&us  Richardus  filius  Floier  melius  vel  liberius  te- 
nuit ut  Baronia  mea  teftatur  per  fervicium  unius  Militiset  per  fervicium  de 
uno  Picardo  vini  quod  ipfe  Richardus  filius  Nicolai  debet  dare  quoties  con- 

tigerit 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory.  1 1 

tigerit  me,  vel  heredes  meos  in  Infula  Exa  prandere.  Teftibus  Hug.  de 
JBovet  Senefchal.  Willielmo  Talbot,  Hug.  Brian,  Anton,  de  la  Bruire,  Al- 
gario  Capellano,  &c.    fans  Date. 

ROBERT  US  Regis  H.  nlius  confilio  Henrici  de  Oleio  fratris  mei  et 
aliorum  Amicorum  meorum  concedo  Sancte  Marie  de  Ofneia  cui  meipfum 
donavi,  five  in  vita  five  in  morte,  pro  anima  Regis  Hen.  Patris  mei  decern 
Libratas  terra  in  Manerio  meo  de  Wanting.  Teli  Hug.  de  Camvilla,  Pa- 
gano  de  Weftbery  &  aliis. 

NOTUM  fit  prefentibus,  &c.  Ego  Matilda  de  Courtenay  Domina  de  Oak- 
hampton  dedi,  &c.  Manerium  de  Musbery  Eleonoras  de  Sheete,  &c. 

NOTUM  fit,  &c.  Ego  Reginaldus  Courtenay  confenfu  Hadewifias 
uxoris  meac  conceffi  et  hac  prefente  Charta  confirmavi  Ricardo  filio  Nicho- 
lai  et  heredibus  fuis  tenementum  quod  predictus  Ricardus  de  me  tenet 
ultra  Exam  tenendum  de  me  et  heredibus  meis  ita  libere  et  quiete  ficut 
unquam  Avus  fuus  Ricardus  filius  Floier  vel  Nicholaus  Pater  predi&i  Ri- 
cardi  tenuit  de  Ricardo  filio  Baldwini,  6Cc.  His  teftibus  Willielmo  de  Pun- 
charden,  Hug.  de  Puncharden  fratre  ejus,  Roberto  de  Noyoburgo,  &Cc. 

UNIVERSIS  &c.  Hadewifia  de  Courtenay  falutem.  Noverint,  &c. 
Me  concefllffe  donationem  quae  facta  fuit  a  Gilberto  de  Tipetot  Chrifti  Ec- 
clefie  de  Twineham  et  Canonicis  ibidem,  &c.  de.  Terra,  de  Wicha,  cum 
pertinentiis  in  Manerio  de  Chimanlega  quam  terram  Ricardus  filius  Bald- 
wini dedit  Wilmo  Marthel  fen.  pro  Homagio  et  Servicio  fuo.  Hanc  dona- 
tionem feci  pro  Dei  amore  et  pro  falute  Animas  meas,  ita  quod  terra  ilia 
remaneat,  ficut  Chartas  Matilde  fororis  meas  Willo.  Marthel,  Ivoin  Mar- 
thel, et  Gilberto  Tipetot,  qas  inde  habent  teftantur.  Teftibus  Roberto  de 
Courtenay  et  Reginaldo  fratre  fuo  filiis  meis  Willo.  de  Nimeth,  Hug.  de 
Linguire,  Johe.  de  Manfton,  Willo.  de  Brian,  Willo.  de  St0  Leodgario,  et 
multis  aliis.  Her  Seal  in  a  large  Circumference  a  Woman  flanding,  and 
circtimfcribed,  Sig.  Hadewifias  de  Courtenay, 

WILLIELMUS  Floier  tenet  terram  de  Floiers-Land  pro  Servicio 
D.  i  Feod.  quandocunq;  et  quotiefcunq;  Dominus  Comes  Devon  venit  in 
Infulam  Ex,  fubtus  Pontem,  de  excipiendo  vel,  Kc.  Idem  tenens  pro  tem- 
pore veniet  coram  Domino  comptus  cum  Cena  fuper  Tunicam  vel  Cami- 
fiam  habens  circa  Collum  unum  Mantelium  album,  et  portabit  unum  Pi- 
chorum  Vini  et  unum  Ciphum  argenti,  et  proferet  eidem  Domino  ad  po- 
tandum, 

UNIVERSIS  &c.  Robertus  de  Courtenay  falutem,  Stc.  Noverint 
me  pro  falute  Animas  meae,  &c.  quantum  ad  me  pertinet  dedilfe,  &c. 
Deo  et  Ecclefiae  Sancti  Salvatoris  de  Torr,  quicquid  juris  habeo  vel  unquam 
habui  in  collocatione  Prebendarum  de  Afn-Clift,  &c.  In  cujus  rei  teftimo. 
&x.  Datum  apud  Exon  in  prefentia  venerabilis  Patris  noftri  Domini  W  illi. 
D.  G.  Exon.  Epifc.  Anno  Confecrationis  ejufdem  14.  His  teftibus  Thoma 
Archidiacono  Totton.    Ada  Camerario  Exon.  et  aliis, 

WILL, 


1 2  A  Colleaion  of  DEEDS,  Gc. 


WILL.  Tracy  filius  Gervafu  de  Courtenay  falut.  Novcrint  me  con- 
cefliffe  Abbati  de  Thorr,  &c.  terram  de  North-Shillingford.  Haec  donatio 
fada  eft  apud  Wilton.  Anno  Ric.  1. 10.  coram  G.  Winton,  Epo.  Will.  Bruer 
et  Mro-  Thoma  de  Hufleburne. 

ROBERTUS  Courtenay  falutem,  Stc.  Noverint  me  relaxaffe  Feo- 
dum de  Wulnebrigge  quod  Will,  de  Bruera  fecit  Abbati  de  Thor. 

NOVERITISnos  Hug.  Courtenay  Com.  Devon.  Richard  de  Branf- 
comb,  Vicecom.  Henry  de  la  Pomeray,  Stc.  ordinafle  de  confenfu  et  volun- 
tary Comitatus  predict.  Rogerum  Piperel  et  Tho.  de  Affeton  Colledores 
I0  Msmm  et  i  j  Marum  {n  Com.  predict  ad  folvendum  Hen.  Percehay  et  Ni- 
ce Whiting  Militibus  pro  Com.  predict,  ad  ultimum  Parliament,  apud  Weft- 
minft.  tent.  Eledis  et  ex  Mandato  Regis  Miflis  16 1.  pro  eorum  expends  in 
Parliamento  predict,  per  ipfum  Regem  ordinatis  et  per  Breve  fuum  ad  le- 
vandum  demandatis  in  exoneratione  Com.  predid.  &c.  Prsedidos  Colledores 
pradidam  folutionem  ad  ordinationem  noftram  feciffe  teftamur.  Dat.  Exon, 
AnnoR.  R.  E.  3.  35. 

OMNIBUS  &c.  Ricard  Courtenay  Cler.  Filius  St  Heres  Philippi 
Courtenay  Militis  falutem.  Sciatis  me  quiete  clamafle  Jjjiillo.  Somaifter 
de  Nither-Ex  de  terris  in  la  Holt  in  Manerio  de  Thorverton,  qua;  nuper 
fuere  Rich.  Somaifter  et  Joannis.uxoris  ejus  avi  et  avia;  predidi  Willo.  ut; 
de  jure  hereditatis  ipiius  Joanna  filial  et  heredis  Willi,  de  Henton.  Dat 
Hen.  5. 

N  OVER  INT  &c.  me  Thorn.  Broke,  Vicecom.  Devon,  recepifle  de 
Hug.  Courtenay  de  Haccomb  Milit.  Hug.  Lotterel  Milit.  Johe  Fortef- 
cue  Arm.  Johe  Sclman,  Willo  Dauney,  Ricardo  Beaufile,  &c.  pre  Homa- 
giis  refped.  pro  Manerio  de  Colcomb,  Coliton,  et  Whiteford,  ac  Hundred 
de  Coliton  in  Com.  Devon,  et  pro  Manerio  de  Crukern  in  Com.  Somers. 
que  fuere  Hug.  Courtenay  nuper  Com.  Devon  ao  s.  p  manus  Ricdi  Ferrers. 
Dat  die  Jovis  proxime  poll  Feftum  Stf  Mich.  Anno  R.  R.  H.  6.  4. 

OMNIBUS  cCc.  Edmundus  Courtenay  Arm.  falutem.  Cum  Domina 
Elifabeth  Courtenay  nuper  uxor  Philippi  Courtenay  Militis  jam  defund. 
teneat  omnia  ilia  meff.  terras  et  tenementa  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  in. 
Paroch.  S«  Leonardj  juxta  Civitat.  Exon.  infra  Manerium  de  Topftiam  ad 
terminum  vite  fue  abfq;  impetitione  vafti.  Que  quidem  tenementa  pra- 
dida  Elila  habet  ex  divifione  Philippi  Courtenay  Militis  filii  pradidorum 
Phihppi  et  Elifabeth  reverfione  omnium  prasmiflbrum  mihi  fpedante.  No- 
veritis  me  prefatum  Edmundum  dedilTe,  &C.  Johanni  Kirton  fit  Johanni 
Skinner  totam  reverfionem  meam  omnium  Melt  &c.  In  cujus  rei  teftim.  . 
prefentibus  Sigillum  meum  appofui.  His  teftibus  Humphredo  Courtenay 
Arm.  Willo.  Knight  Cler.  Joh.  Gibbs,  &c.  Dat  16  Jan.  Anno  R.  R, 
E.  4-  15. 


Coj>iet 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory.  i$ 


Copies  of  Records  relating  to  the  Family  of  Courtenay,  taken  from  the 
Records  in  the  Tower,  in  the  Exchequer,  and  other  Places  in  London, 
by  Sir  Peter  Ball. 

Rot.  compotor'  18  H.  2  Berkfhire  in  Sccio  in  Officio  Pipe.  Berkfhire 
Regin'  de  Courtenaeo  1 '.  numero  in  Sutton. 

In  the  Red  Book  in  the  Exchequer,  Fol.  201,  b  Scutagia  10  Hen.  2 
Berkfhire,  Reg.  de  Courtenay  1).  numero  in  Sutton. 

Rot.  compotor'  Anno  23  H.  2.  Rot.  Devon  in  Officio  Pipe  in  Sccrio  in 
23  H.  2.  Willus  Rufus  Vic.  Devenefh.  reddit  compotor'  in  perdon'  per  Bre- 
ve Regis  Regn'  de  Courtenai  lviis.  Stiiid.  Rott.  Cart.  Part  1,  Anno  14 
H.  3.  m  j?. 

In  libro  Feodorum  Militum  in  Sccio  ex  parte  Rem'  Regis  in  Northt.  in- 
ter nomina  tenendum  m  capite  de  Domino  Rege  in  Baronia  de  Northt. 
there  is,  Wilielmus  de  Courtenay  tenet  Carew  in  capite. 

In  libro  rubro,  Fol.  78.  b,  inter  Scutagia  incipienta,  Anno  2  Regis  Jo- 
hannis  et  completa  in  Anno  xjii°  Devonia  Hawifia  de  Courtenay  xviii  Mil. 

In  the  fame  Book,  Fol.  132.  Inquifitiones  fa£be  tempore  Regis  Johannis 
per  totam  Angliam,-  Anno  fcilicet  Regni  fui  xxii°  et  xxiiif  in  quolibet  Co- 
mitatu  de  Serviciis  Militum  et  aliorum  qui  de  eo  tenent  'n  capite,  8Cc.  in 
Devon,  Fol.  1 46.  Hawifia  de  Courtenay  tres  Milites  de  quibus  Wilielmus 
de  Briwere  tenet  unum.  And  under  the  Title  Milites  Comit.  Comes  Devon 
ilii  et  ix  Mil.  Hawifia  de  Courtenay  yg.  et  xii  Mil.  So  in  Sacio  ex  parte 
Remem'  Regis  in  the  Book  of  Knights  Fees,  in  the  End  of  it,  Inter  auxi- 
lia  conceff.  Regi  videlicet  Johanni  ad  Maritandam  fororem  fuam  Imperatori 
Romano  Wilielmus  Peverel  et  alii  Colleftores  reddunt  compotum  in  Com. 
DevOB.  Hawifia  de  Courtenay  eft  de  Dorn'  Domini  Regis,  et  terra  fua  de 
Whymple  valet  c  s.  in  Hundredo  de  Clifton,  et  tenet  manerium  de  Winkele, 
Kenn,  Alfington,  Musbir, 

Efch.  2  E.  1.  No.  6%.  Juratores  fupra  facramentum  fuum  dicunfquod 
Hawifia  de  Courtenay  dedit  Abbathie  de  Ford  totam  terram  de  Hargrave, 
et  quod  Robertus  de  Courtenay  Alius  et  heres  dicte  Hawifias  predi&um 
donum  confirmabat  et  quod  femper  poftea  Abbas  predict,  feifitus  fuit  et 
nunquam  Johannes  de  Courtenay  poft  cujus  mortem  terra  predj&a  capta 
fuit  in  manum  Domini  Regis,  Inter  Fines  4  Ed.  3.  m  5).  Devon.  Robertus 
de  Courtenay  dat  finem  pro  relevio  et  pro  ieifina  fua  de  terra  Hawifias  de 
Courtenay,  matris  fuse,  6Cc. 

Anno  0  Johannis.  Johannes  Rex  mandat  Vic.  Salop  et  Conftabulario 
Mungomery  quod  ftatim  vifis  Uteris  iftis,  liberetis  Wilielmo  de  Courtenay 
Caftellum  de  Mungomery,  cum  omnibus  pertinentiis  quia  illud  ei  reddi- 
mus  tanquam  jus  fuum. 

And  after  Clauf.  16  Johes  Part  1.  m  22.  Rex  Dno  p  Winton  Epo.  Ju- 
ftic.  Anglics  falutem.  Mandamus  vobis  quod  inquiratis  per  Rotulos  Scaccarii 
noftri,  et  nobis  fcire  faciatis  fummum  debiti  quod  nobis  debet  Willus  de 
de  Courtenay,  et  pacem  ei  inde  interim  habere  faciatis,  tefte  apud  EngoL 

30jUlii'  D  \ 


1 4  A  Colleftion  o/DEEDS,  &c. 

In  the  Regifter  of  Chrift-Church  Abbey  it  is  [aid.,  Hawifia  de  Courte- 
nay  conceflit  donationem  quam  Ricardus  filius  Baldwini  dodit  Willielmo 
Martell,  &c.  Teftibus  Roberto  Cpurtenay  &  Reginaldo  fratre  fuo -,  and 
in  a  Confirmation  of  the  [aid  Grant  by  the  [aid  Robert  Courtenay,  Reginald 
is  a  Witnefs. 

In  Pat.  i  H.  3.  m  2.  Rex  dile&o  et  fideli  fuo  Henrico  filio  Comitis  fa- 
lutem, Mandamus  vobis  firmiter  recipientes  ficujt  omnia  que  de  nobis  tene- 
tis  diligitis  in  pace  habere  permittatis  dile&o  et  fideli  noftro  Roberto  de 
Courtenaio  Ballivam  fuam  de  Comitatu  Devon,  cum  pertinentiis  fuis  nee  in 
earn  manum  mittatis  nee  mitti  permittatis.  Tefte  Willo  Com'  Marelcallo 
cuftode  Regni  et  noftri,  ^o  die  Octobris  Anno  Regni  noftri  primo, 

Upon  fame  ffecial  Occajion  he  had  the  next  Tear  afafe  Conduct  from  the 
King,  being  it  feems  at  fame  Difference  about  the  fame  Office  of  Vicount. 
Rex  omnibus  ballivis  et  fidelibus  falutem.  Pat.  2  H,  3.  m  8.  Sciatis  quod 
fufcipimus  in  falvum  et  fecurum  conductum  dile&um  et  fidelem  noftrum 
Robertum  de  Courtenay,  adveniendum  ad  nos  locuturum  nobifcum  &  cum 
confilio  noftro  et  in  morando  et  in  reddendo  et  ideo  vobis  prsecipimus  quod 
nullum  impedimentum  ei  faciatis  aut  fieri  permittatis. 

Notwithfianding  the  former  Writ  in  1  H.  1.  whereby  he  had  TopJJiow 
of  the  Vicount Jhip  of  Devon,  Rott.  comp'  1  H.  3.  in  Pipa,  and  accompted 
for  it  as  Vicount  that  Tear ;  yet  28  Martii  in  Pat,  2  Hen.  3.  m.  5.  Rex 
commifit  Comitatum  Devon  Roberto  de  Albemarla  cuftodiendum. 

But  in  May  following,  the  Caufe  of  Seifure  (it  feems)  being  taken  away, 
he  was  inyefted  with  the  Tojfeffion  of  it,  Pat.  2  Hen.  3,  m  4,  Rex  omni- 
bus militibus  ct  libere  tenentibus  de  Comitatu  Devon,  falutem.  Mandamus 
vobis  quod  fideli  noftro  Roberto  Courtenay  tanquam  Vicecomiti  noftro  in 
omnibus  intendatis  et  refpondeatis  ficut  ei  intendiftis  et  refpondiftis  priuf- 
quam  praxeptum  noftrum  haberetis,  quod  Roberto  de  Albamarla  efTetis 
intendentes  et  refpondentes  tanquam  Vicecomiti  noftro.  Tefte  Com'  praed' 
apud  Weftmo'  8°  die  Maii,  Anno  Regni  noftri  2°. 

After  which  Time,  in  the  Tears  4  and  5  of  H.  3.  as  appeareth  in  the 
Accompt-Rolls  in  the  Pipe  ofthofe  Tears,  and  till  16  H.  3.  he  continued 
Vicount,  in  which  Tear  moft  of  the  Caftles  in  England  were  refumed  into  the 
King's  Hands :  The  King  Pat.  6  H.  3.  m  2.  Mandavit  Roberto  de  Courte- 
nay quod  Caftrum  Exon,  quod  extitit  in  cuftodia  fua  de  Balliva  Regis  li- 
beret  Petro  de  Rivall,  cui  Rex  illud  commifit  cuftodiendum.  Tefte  apud 
Weftm'  14 o  Augufti. 

Patet.  16  Johan.  Part  1,  m  1  &  2,  &  Part  a  m  2.  Johannes  Rex,  &c. 
Conftabular.  de  Bruges,  faltm  :  Sciatis  quod  commiffimus  dile&o  et  fideli 
noftro  Roberto  de  Courtenay,  Caftrum  de  Bruges,  in  Com'  Salop,  cum  per- 
tinentiis fuis  cuftodiendum  quamdiu  nobis  placuerit:  Ideo  vobis  mandamus 
quod  eidem  liberes  caftrum  prsedictum,  Dat'  24  Maii. 

And  in  the  fame  Tear,  Roll,  and  Membrane,  Idem  Rex  mandavit  Ay- 
merico  de  Fafcy  et  Petro  de  CancelV :  quod  reciperent  in  caftrum  fuum 
Briftoll  dile&os  fuos  Robertum  de  Courtenay  et  Walterum  de  Verdun  quos 
ad  vos  mittemus  cum  Militibus  et  Baliftariis  quos  fecurn  adduxerint  Mora- 
turos  ibidem  in  Garnifione  ejufdem  Caftri,  Dat5  20  Maii. 

And 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiftory-  i$ 

And  in  the  fame  Day  the  King  fent  this  Writ.  Rex  Roberto  de  Cour- 
tenay  et  Willielmo  de  Verdun  et  ceteris  Militibus  et  Balliftriis  cum  eis  exi- 
ftentibus  falutem,  Mandamus  vobis  quod  ftatim  vifis  prafentibus  accedatis 
ufque  Briftol  et  Caftrum  illud  ingrediamini,  moram  ibidem  facientes  ad 
munitionem  caftri,  provifuri  agendis  noftris. 

Pat.  1 7  Johis  m  i a,  N.  z<).  Rex  Roberto  de  Courtenay  falutem,  Sciatis 
quod  commifimus  Roberto  de  Cardinam  Cuneum  noftrum  de  Stagnaria  in 
Cornubia  cuftodiendum  quamdiu  nobis  placuerit  ct  ideo  vobis  mandamus 
quatenus  Cuneum  ilium  cum  his  quse  ad  ilium  pertinent  eidem  Roberto 
liberetis  fine  dilatione. 

An.  ij  Johis  Part  i.  m  16.  Rex  Roberto  de  Courtenay  mandamus  vo- 
bis quod  Cuneos  Stagnant  Cornubias  liberetis  Henrico  filio  Comitis  cufto- 
diendos,  et  vos  Cuneos  Stignarias  Devon  retineatis,  et  falvo  cuftodiri  faciatis. 

Pat.  17  Johis  m  10,  Rex  mandavit  Petro  de  Mulalam  quod  habere  fa- 
ciei Capellano  Roberti  de  Courtenay  xxx  1.  et  pacandum  Balliftar.  et  fer-? 
vientibus  qui  funt  in  caftro  Exon.    Dat  9  Septembris. 

In  Patet.  10  H.  3.  m  1.  Maria  Uxor  Roberti  de  Courtenay  extra  Sac- 
cium  pro  dote  fua  de  Manerio  de  Aulton  &C  Fines.  12  H.  3.  m  1,  Rex 
commifit  Marise  Uxori  Roberti  de  Courtenay  Manerio  de  Sedburg  in  Com* 
Devon. 

Hugh  Courtenay  1.  being  come  to  Age  in  8  Ed.  1.  laid  Claim  to  the 
Ifle  of  Wight,  and  petitioned  the  Tarliament,  and  upon  his  ^Petition  the 
King  granted  this  Writ  \ 

Edwardus  Dei  Gratia  Rex  Anglic,  &tc  dile&o  &  fideli  fuo  Gilberto  de 
Roubour  ialutem.    Quia  intelleximus  quod  qusedam  fcripta  munimenta  et 
memoranda  et  terrarum  et  tenementorum  quas  fuerunt  Ifabellse  de  Forti- , 
bus  ComitifTas  Devon  in  Infula  ve&se  et  manerio  de  Chrift-Church  in  Co- 
mit'  Southampton  tangentia  qua;  quidem  terras  et  tenta  cum  pertinentiis 
dileclus  et  fidelis  nofter  Hugo  de  Courtenay  fibi  ut  hsereditatem  fuam  coram     > 
nobis  et  confilio  noftro  exhibitam  petiit  liberari  in  cuftodia  veltra  exiftunt   ' 
vobis  mandamus  quod   fcrutatis  fcriptis  et   munimentis   in  cuftodia  veftra 
exiftentibus  omnia  hjufdi  fcripta  et  muniment'  et  memoranda  terrarum  et 
tenementorum  prsediclorum  qualitefcunq;  tangentia  Thefaurio  et  Camerario 
noftro  in  Thefauria  noftra  cuftodienda  line  dilatione  liberetis  et  hoc  Breve 
X-meipfo  apud  Thandecle,  14  die  Maii,  An0  Regni  noftri  8°  per  confilium. 

John  de  Courtenay  being  dead,  Anno  1  Ed.  in  Efch.  2  c.  1.  No.  27, 
an  Inquifition  is  found,  whereby  it  is  found  by  the  Jury,  Quod  Hugo  de 
Courtenay  eft  ejus  films  et  hseres  per  "Ifabellam  Uxorem  prasdi&i  Johannis 
setatis  23  annorum  ad  Feftum  Annuntiationis  Beata;  Maria;  A0  pradicto  et 
quod  dichis  Johannis  die  quo  obiit  tenuit  Caftrum  Manerium  et  Burgum  de 
Oakhampton  de  Rege  in  capite,  licut  caput  Baronise  faciendo  fervitium  Re„ 
gi  duorum  militum  cum  fuo  fervicio  vel  quatuor  Armigerorum  per  40ta 
dies  cum  yi  Feodis  militum  diftse  Baronise  pertinentibus. 

Befides  divers  Demesne  Mannors  which  he  held  as  "Parcel  of  his  Ba^ 
ronie,  there  particularly  extended  and  valued  with  the  Tatrouage  of  the 
friary  of  Cowick,  and the 'Priory  oj 'St.  Mary  de  Marifco,  qua:  tenentur 

de 


A  CoIIeflion  of  DEEDS,  &c. 


de  Baronia  de  Oakhampton  in  libera  de  Eleemofina.  Et  Johannes  Floier 
tenuit  3ota  acras  terra;  de  Domino  Johanne  de  Courtenay  in  capit.  &  red- 
dit,  inde  unum  Allum.  vini  quotiefcunq;  di&us  Johannes  vel  aliquis  haere- 
dem  fuorum  Jentaculare  vel  Comedere  in  Infula  Exon  voluerit  pro  omni 
fervicio  6C  quod  di&us  Johanne  tenuit  terram  in  libero  Maritagio  datam 
Ifabella;  quondam  uxori  ejus,  quod  tenetur  de  Comite  Exon  ficut  liberum 
Maritagium. 

Efch.  2  Ed.  i.  N.  f.  In  the  fame  Tear  for  other  Lands  in  Somerfetfhire 
another  Jury  findeth,  Quod  Johannes  de  Courtenay  tenuit  manerium  de~ 
Crukes  in  Comitatu  Somerfet.  de  Domino  Rege  in  Capite,  per  quod  fervi- 
cium  nefciunt,  eo  quod  Willielmus  de  Vernon  Comes  del'Ylle  dedit  prae- 
dictum  manerium  Roberto  de  Courtenay,  Patri  prasdi&i  Johannis  in  libe- 
rum Maritagium  cum  Maria  filia  fua  de  Capitalibus  Dominis. 

In  Orig.  27  H.  3.  Homagium  Johannis  filii  &:  hseredis  Roberti  de  Cour- 
tenay de  omnibus  terris,  qua;  idem  Robertus  tenuit  de  Rege  in  Capite  fit 
C  Marc,  dedit  pro  reliyio  fuo,  3 

In  Efch.  33  Hi  3.  No.  67.  JJu'ryfindeth,  Quod  Walterus  Scyrdon  te- 
nuit in  Sanford  tres  Ferlingos  terras  3  s.  redditis  Affile  quos  tenuit  de  Do- 
mino Johanne  Courtenay  reddendo  unum  per  Albarum  Cirothecarum. 

King  H.  3.  by  his  Charter  dated  20  March ~  (Cartas  Antiques  Bundell) 
H.  H.  Carta  10,  &  Rott.  Cart.  45,  H.  3.  m.  2.  Anno  Regni  fui  45,  Con- 
ceffit  &  hoc  prasfenti  Carta  confirmavit  dile&o  &  fideli  fuo  Johanni  de 
Courtenay  quod  ipfe  6C  hasredes  fui  in  perpetuum  habeant  unum  Merca- 
tum  apud  Manerium  fuum  de  Ywern-Courtenay  in  Comitatu  Dorfet.  fingu- 
lis  feptimanis,  6Cc. 

.  In  Patj.  13  E.  1.  m.  30,  Rex  omnibus,  8Cc.  Sciatis  quod  de  Gratia  noftra 
fpeciali  oC  pro  bono  fervicio  quod  dile&us  £t  fidelis  nofter  Hugo  de  Cour- 
tenay, nobis  impendit  perdonavimus  ei  100 1.  quibus  nobis  tenetur  ad  Scac- 
carium  noftrum  videlicet  50 1.  de  debitis  fuis  propriis,  8C  50 1.  de  debitis 
quondam  Johannis  Courtenay  Patris  fui,  &c.    Dat.  28-  Decembris. 

Pat.  15  E.  1.  m.  07.  Hugo  de  Courtenay  qui  profe&urus  eft  in  obfcquio 
Regis  cum  Rogero  de  Bigod  Comite  Norfolke  Marefchallo  Anglias  ad  par- 
tes Wallias  habet  literas  Regis  de  prote&ione  duraturas  ufq;  ad  Feftum 
Sanfti  Michaelis  proxime  futurum. 

this  Hugh  de  Courtenay  died  in  the  Beginning  of  the  Tear  of  20  Ed.  1. 
(Orig.  2.0  E.  1.  m  7.)  and  frefently  after  his  Death,  Rex  mandavit  Mal- 
culmo  de  Harleigh  Efchaetori  fuo  citra  Trentam  quod  fine  dilatione  cape- 
ret  in  manus  Regis  omnia  Tenementa  et  Terras  de  quibus  Hugo  de  Cour- 
tenay de  Rege  tenuit  in  capite  die  quo  obiit  quia  diem  Claufit  externum 
ut  jRex  fulcepit.     Dat.  50  Martii. 

The  fame  Tear,  Efch.  20,  E,  1.  No.  38.  an  Inquifltion  was  taken  thus 
intituled,  '  Inquilitio  omnium  Foedorum  militum  quas  de  Hugone  de 
<  Courtenay  tenebantur  die  quo  obiit  '  •,  and  the  Jury  find  it  ad  valorem 
ccccxxxiii  I.  xi  s,  8  d.  6c  quod  Hugo  de  Courtenay  eft  films  &  fiasres  &  fuit 
,de  setate  \6  Annorum  ante  Feftum  Exaltationis  San&as  Crucis. 

REX 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  HiJIory-  1 7 

REX  dile&o  St  fideli  fuo  Hugoni  dc  Courtenay  feniori  Comit.  Devon, 
falutem,  Cum  vos  per  petitionem  veftram  nobis  porrectam  coram  nobis  et 
confilio  noftro  dum  fueritis  profecuti  pro  rehabendis  xviiil.  vis.  viiid.  de 
annuo  Feodo  Com.  Devon,  quod  Ifabella  de  Fortibus  dudum  ComitifTa  De- 
von, cujus  Hseres  eftis,  &  Antecefibres  ipfius  Comitiflls  Devon,  &  veftri 
Comites  Devon,  per  manus  Vicecomitis  Comit.  illius  qui  pro  tempore  fue- 
rat  annuatim  preceperunt :  Vofq;  Similiter  poll  mortem  prsefatse  Comitiflse 
tanquam  Hseres  ejufdem  per  aliquo  tempore  percipiftis,  &  qui  vobis  per 
eo  quod  vos  Comitem  nullatenus  nominaftis  detenti  extiterunt,  ficut  per 
certificationem  Thefaurarii  &C  Baronum  de  Scaccario  noftro  in  Cancellariam 
noftram  ad  Mandatum  noftrum  miflam  plenius  eft  compertum.  Nos  pro 
eo  quod  Hsereditas  quss  fuit  prasdictas  Comitiflb  &  Anteceflorum  fuorum 
&  veftrorum  Comitum  Devon,  ad  vos  jure  defcendit  Hsereditario,  &  Hse- 
reditatem  illam  tenetis  in  prasfenti :  Volentes  tarn  noftro  &  Regni  noftri 
quam  veftro  honori  profpicere  in  hac  parte,  Volumus  St  vobis  mandamus 
rogando  quatenus  nomen  fit  honorem  Comitis  aflumetis :  Vos  Comitem  De* 
von.  he'  de  csetero  nominari :  Scientes,  quod  vobis  dictum  Feodum  annua- 
tim folvi  faciemus  prout  Antecefloribus  veftris  Comitibus  Devon  lblvi  con* 
fuevit.    Tefte  Rege  apud  Novum  Caftrum  fuper  Tynam,  2 a  Feb. 

And  after  this  the  King  fent  a  Mandamus  to  the  Sheriff  of  Devon, 
charging  him,  Clauf  0.  E.  3.  m  35.  in  dorfo,Quod  tarn  inComitatu  tuo  quam 
in  aliis  locis  £t  Balliva  tua  faciatis  publican',  quod  omnes  de  castero  praefa- 
tum  Hugonem  Comitem  Devon  nominent. 

And  ClzuS.  p.  E.  3.  m  3  a.  intus,  the  Morrow  after  the  King  fent  to  the 
Treasurer  and  Barons  of  the  Exchequer,  that  from  thence  forward  they 
fhould  caufe  the  faid  Sum  of  1 8  1.  06  s.  08  d.  to  be  yearly  faid  according- 
ly as  his  Ancejiors  had  received  it  nomine  comitis. 

In  lib.  Extract.  Reliviorum  in  Sccio  ex  parte  Rem'  Thefrii  Fol.  364.  a 
Mich.  Fines  de  Anno  E.  3.  Hugo  Courtenay  Fratcr  St  Hxres  Roberti  de 
Courtenay  dat.  Domini  Regi  1 s-  pro  Relivio  fuo,  viz.  pro  Manerio  de  More- 
ton,  cum  pertinentiis  in  Comitatu  Devon,  quod  dictus  Robertus  tenuit  die 
quo  obiit  per  fervitium  dimidii  Feodi  militis. 

It  affleareth  that  this  Robert  had  a  Son,  by  Efch.  12.  R.  2.  N°.  14. 
Juratores  dicunt  quod  Willielmus  Filius  Robeiti  Courtenay  8t  Johannes  quae 
fuit  uxor  Roberti  de  Courtenay  defunctae  quae  tenuit  Manerium  de  South- 
leigh  &t  Faireway,  8t  quod  prxdi&us  Willielmus  infra .  setatem  ct  in  Cufto- 
dia  diu  exiftens  tenuit,  £tc.  Et  obiit  fine  Haerede  de  corpore  fuo  exeunte  8t 
quod  praedictum  Manerium  virtute  conceflionis,  £tc.  remanet.  Margaretae 
quae  fuit  uxor  Hngonis  de  Courtenay  nuper  Comitis  Exon  pro  vita  fua. 

In  4  Ed.  3.  Hugh  de  Courtenay,  1  Earl  of  Devon,  founded  a  Chauntry 
at  Newton-Popleford ;  Et  Rex  conceffit  Breve  fuum  ad  quod  dampnum, 
Dile&o  St  fideli  fuo  Hugoni  de  Courtenay  ad  inquirendum  quod  dampnum 
erit  fi  Rex  concedat  ei  quod  unum  mefluagium,  Stc.  poflit  concedere  m 
Newton-Popleford  cuidam  Capellano  ibidem  pro  bono  ftatu  fuo,  St  animabus 
Alienorae  de  Courtenay,  matris  fu^e,  St  Philippi  de  Courtenay  fratris  fui,  SC 
aliorum  Anteceflorum  fuorum ;  St  Juratores  dicunt  quod  non  eft  ad  damp- 
num Regis,  fed  quod  cidem  Hugoni  delcendebat  jure  Haereditario  a  dicta 
matre  fua,  St  quod  ea  nunc  tenet  de  Domino  Rege  in  capite,  St  ut  par- 
cella  Baronix  fuae  quam  tenet  de  Domino  Rege. 

E  Efch, 


1 8  A  Collection  of  D  E  E  D  S,  &c. 


Efch.  51.  E  3.  N.'i6\  Juratores  dicunt  quod  Hugo  de  Courtenay  nu- 
per  Comes  Devon,  dedit  Manerium  de  Sottone-Courtenay  in  Com'  Berks, 
6C  Wattefdone  in  Com'  Bucks,  Matilda  filias  Thomas  de  Holland  Militis 
cX  Hasredibus.  Quos  Hugo  filius  Hugoriis  filii  prasdicf  i  Comitis  de  corpore 
ipfius  Matildas  procreavit,  SCc.  et  dicunt  etiam  qucd  Hugo  filius  Hugoni 
filii  prasdicfi  Comitis  obiit  line  Hasrede  de  corpore  ipfius  Matildas  procreate 

Hugh  de  Courtenay,  1  of  that  Name,  Earle  of  Devon,  the  fame  Tear 
his  Father  died,  which  was  14  Ed.  3.  did  by  his  Deed  confirm  to  the 
Burgejfes  of  Cullyford  divers  Liberties :  Sciant  prasfentes  &  futuri  quod 
nos  Hugo  de  Courtenay,  Junior,  filius  Domini  Hugonis  de  Courtenay,  Co- 
mitis Devon,  dedimus,  conceffimus,  &  hac  prasfenti  Charta  noftra  confirma- 
yimus  omnibus  Burgenfibus  noftris  de  Culliford,  &C  Hasredibus  eorum  Affig- 
natis  omnes  libertates  fubicriptas,  &x.  In  cujus  rei  teftimonium  huic  pras- 
fenti  Cartas  meas  Sigillum  noftru'm  appofuimus,  His  teftibus  Domino  Ro- 
gero  Jeco,  &  aliis.  Datum  apud  Collecomb,  die  Lunse  poll  Feftum  Sancf  i 
Johannis  ante  Portam  Latinam,  Anno  Regni  Regis  Edwardi  tertii,  a  Con- 
queftu  quarto  decimo. 

In  Clauf.  i><)  E.  3.  m  iy.  Johannes  de  Mohun,  Dominus  de  Dunfterre, 
conceflit  Hugoni  de  Courtenay  Comiti  Devon,  et  Margaretas  uxoris  ejus  6C 
eorum  Hasredibus  omnia  Feoda  Militum  quas  habuit  in  Comitatu  Devon,  et' 
omnia  fervicia  tenendum  fuorum  qui  de  fe  tenent  per  fervitium  militare  in 
eodem  Comitatu. 

Epfola  Willielmi  Cantuarienfis  fuper  condempnatione  Herefium  Wickkjf 
in  Synodoy    Bibl.  Cotton.  Cleop.  E.  2.  Fol.  155. 

WILLIELMUS  permiflione  divina  Cantuarienfis  Epifcopus  totius 
Anglias  primas  &C  Apoftolicas  fedis  legatus,  dile&o  in  Chrifto  filio  fratri  Pe- 
tro  Stokis  facre  pagine  profeflbrf  ordinis  Carmelitarum  falutem,  gratiam  et 
benedicfionem  Ecclefiarum  Prelati  circa  gregis  Dominici  fibi  Commiffi  cu- 
ftodiam  eo  vigilar.tius   intendere   debent  quo  lupos   ovium   veftimentis   in- 
dutos  ad  rapiendum  et  difpergendum  oves   noverint  fraudulentus  circuirc 
Sane  frequenti  claraore  et  devulgata  fama,  quod  dolentes  referimus,  ad  no- 
ftrum -pervenit  auditum,  quod  licet  fecundum   Canonicas  Sancfiones  nemo 
prohibitus  vel  miflus  abfque  fedis  Apoftolici  vel  Epifcopi  loci  authoritate 
fibi  predicationis  officium  ufurpare  deouit  publice  vel  privatim  ;  quidam  ta- 
men  cum  eterne  damp^nationis  filiis  ad  inlaniam  mentis  produ&i  fub  magna; 
fancfitatis   velamine  virtutem  ejus  abnegantes   aucforitatem   fibi   vendicant 
predicandi  ac  nonnullas  propofitiones  ac  conclufiones  infra  fcriptas  hereticas 
erroneas   atque    falfas  olim  ab   Ecclefia   condemnatas  et  determihationibus  : 
Ecclefie  repugnantes  que  ftatum  totius  Ecclefie,  et  tranquillitatem  Regni 
fubvertere  et  enervare  minantur  tarn  in  Ecclefiis  quani   plateis  et  in  aliis 
locis  prophanis  infra  noftram  Cantuarienfem  Provinciam,  non  verentur  afTe- 
rere,  dogmatizare  et  publice  predicare,  'illis  nonnullos  Chrifti  fideles  infici- 
entes  et  a  fide  Catholica  fine  qua  nulla  eft  falus  facientes  flebiliter  deviare. 
Nos  itaque  attendentes  quod  tarn  perniciofum  malum  quod  in  plurimos  fer- 
perev  poterit  eorum  animos  letali  contagione  necando  non  debeamus,   ficut 
nee  debemus,  fub  difiimulatione  tranfire,  ne  fanguis  eorum  de  noftffr  mani- 
bus,  requiratur,  fed  id  quantum  nobis  ex  alto  permittitur  extirpari  volentes 
de  quam  plurimorum  fratrum  et  fufFraganeorum  noftrorum  confilio  et  af- 

fenfm 


referred  to  in  the  foregoirg  Hiflorv. 

fenfu  convocavimus  plures  Sacre  Thcologie  do&ores  ac  juris  Canonici  ct  Ci- 
Vilis  profeflbres,  et  alios  Clericos  quos  famofiores  et  peritories  de  Regno  cre- 
dimus  ut  fupradictis  queftionibus  vota  fua  dicerent,  et  quid  fentirent.  Ve- 
rum  quod  premiffis  conclufionibus  et  aflertionibus  in  noftra  et  eorundem 
confratrum  et  do&orum  convocatorum  prefentia  patenter  expolitis  et  dili- 
genter  examinatis  finaliter  eft  compertum  ,'noftro  quod  et  eorum  omnium 
communicato  confilio  declaratum  quafdem  iliarum  queftionum  hereticas  efle, 
quafdem  vero  erroneas  atque  determinationibus  Ecclefie  repugnantes,  fie  in- 
ferius  diftribuuntur.  Vobis  committimus  et  mandamus  in  virtu te  obedientie 
firmiter  injungentes  quatenus  publice  moneatis  et  inhibeatis,  prout  nos  pre- 
fentium  tenore  monemus  pro  2°  et  30  ac  diftri&ius  inhibemus  pro  prima 
monicione  unum  diem  pro  fecunda  alium  diem,  et  pro  tertia  monitione  Ca- 
nonica  et  peremptoria  unum  alium  diem  affignando,  ne  quis  de  cetero  cu- 
jufcunque  ftatus  aut  condicionis  exiftat  herefes  leu  errbres  hujufmodi  ve* 
eorum  aliquem  teneat  predicet  feu  defendat  in  Univerfitate  Oxon.  in  Scholis 
vel  extra  publice  vel  occulte  aut  herefes  feu  errores  hujufmodi  vel  eorum 
aliquem  predicantem  audiat  vel  aufcultet,  feu  ei  faveat,  feu  adhereat  pub- 
lice vel  occulte  fed  ftatim  tanquam  ferpentem  venenum  peftiferum  emit- 
tentem  fugiat,  et  evitet  fub  poena  excommunicationis  majoris,  quam  in  omr 
nes  6c  fingulos  in  hac  parte  rebelles  et  noftris  monicionibus  non  parentes 
lapfis  ipfis  tribus  diebus  pro  monicione  Canonica  afllgnatis "  mora  culpa  et 
oftenfa  fuis  precedentibus  et  id  fieri  merito  exigentibus,  ex  nunc  prout  ex 
tunc  ferimus  in  his  fcripfis. 

Conclufiones  heretice  et  contra  determinationem  Ecclefie  de  quibus 
fupra  fit  mentio  in  hisc  verba  fequuntur. 

1.  Quod  fubftantia  panis  materialis  et  vini  maneat  poft  confecrationem  in 
facramento  Altaris. 

I.  Item,  Quod  non  maneant  fine  fubje&o  in  eodem  facramento  poft 
confecrationem. 

3.  Item,  Quod  Chriftus  non  fit  in  facramento  Altaris  idemptice  vere  et 
jpealiter  in  propria  perfona  corporali. 

4.  Item,  Quod  fi  Epifcopus  vel  Sacerdos  exiftat  in  peccato  mortali  non 
ordinat  confecrat '  nee  baptizat. 

5.  Item,  Quod  fi  homo  fuerit  debite  conditionatus  omnis  confeftlo  exte- 
rior eft  fibi.fuperflua  et  invalida. 

6.  Item,  Pertinaciter  aflerere  non  efle  fundatum  in  Evangelio  quod  Chri- 
ftus miflam  ordinavit. 

7.  Item,  Quod  Deus  debet  obedhre  Diabolo. 

8.  Item,  Quod  fi  Papa  fit  prefcitus  et  malus  homo  ac  per  confequens 
membrum  Diaiboli  non  habet  poteftatem  fupra  fidqles  Chrifti  ab  aliquo  fibi 
datam  nifi  forte  a  Cefare. 

0.  Item,  Quod  poft  Urbanum  Sextum  non  eft  alius  recipiendus  in  Papam 
fed  vivendum  eft  more  Grecorum  fub  legibus  propriis. 

10.  Item,  AiTerere  quod  eft  contra  facram  fcripturam  quod  viri  Ecclefi- 
aftici  habeant  pofleffiones  temporales, 

Conclufiones  erronee  et  contra-determinationem  Ecclefie  de  quibus 
fuperius  memoratur  in  hasc  verba  fequentia. 

II.  Quod  null  us  prelatus  dicet  aliquem  excommunicare  nifi  prius  fciat 
ipfum  efle  excommunicatum  a  Deo. 

1 1.  Quod  fie  excommunicans  ex  hoc  fit  hereticus  vel  excommunicato. 
13.  Item,  Quod  prelatus  excommunicans  Clericum  qui  appellavit  ad  re- 
gem,  et  confilium  regni,  eo  ipfo  traditor  eft  regis  et  regnl 

14.  Item, 


so  A  ColleSion  of  D  E  E  D  S,  &c. 


too,  Bod. 
PW.  67.  b. 


14.  Item,  Quod  illi  qui  dimittunt  predicare  feu  audire  verbum  Dei  vel 
Evangelium  predicatum  propter  excommunicationem  hujufmodi  funt  excom- 
municati,  et  in  die  judicii  traditores  Dei  habebuntur. 

15.  Item,  AiTerere  quod  nullus  eft  Dominus  Civilis,  nullus  eft  Epifcopus 
nullus  eft  Prelatus,  dum  eft  in  peccato  mortali. 

16*".  Item,  Quod  Domini  temporales  poffint  ad  arbitrium  eorum  auferre 
bona  temporalia  ab  Ecclefiafticis  habitualiter  delinquentibus,  vel  quod  po- 
pulates poffint  ad  eorum  arbitrium  Dominos  delinquentes  corrigere. 

17.  Item,  Quod  decime  funt  pure  Elimofine,  et  quod  Parochiani  poffint 
propter  peccata  fuorum  curatorum  eas  detinere,  et  ad  libitum  aliis  conferre. 

1 S.  Item,  Quod  fpeciales  orationes  applicate  uni  perfone  per  Prelatos  vel 
Religiofos  non  plus  profunt  eidem  perfone  quam  orationes  generales,  ceteris 
paribus,  eidem. 

1 9.  Item,  Quod  eo  ipfo  quod  aliquis  ingreditur  religionem  privatam 
quantamcunq-  rcdditur  ineptior  et  inhabilior  ad  obfervantiam  mandatorum  Dei. 

20.  Item,  Quod  fandi  inftituentes  religiones  privatas  quafcunque  tam  pof- 
feffionatorum  quam  mendicantium  in  fie  inftituendo  peccaverunt. 

si.  Item,  Religion*  viventes  in  religionibus  privatis  non  funt  de  religione 
Chriftiana. 

22.  Item,  Quod  fratres  teneantur  per  laborem  manuum,  et  non  per  men- 
dicationem  victum  fuum  acquirere. 

23.  Item,  Quod  conferens  Eleemofinam  fratribus  vel  fratri  predicanti  eft 
excommunicatus  et  recipiens. 

In  quorum  omnium  teftimonium  figillum  noftrum  privatum  duxf- 
mus  apponendum.  Dat.  in  manerio  noftro  de  Otteford  280  die 
menfis  Maii,  Anno  Domini  1382,  et  noftre  tranflacionis  anno 
primo. 

Hype-  Liter  a  quam  tnijlt  Archiepifcopis  Willielmus  Courtenay,  Cancellario  Oxon. 
'hl6u      ut  afifieret  Tetro  Stokys,  in  fublicatione  ejufdem  Commiftonis  fub  hac 


forma. 

1  N  Chriftd  fili  miramur  non  modicum  et  turbamur  quod  cum  ille  ma- 
gifter  Nicholas  Hereford,  fuper  predicationibus  et  doclrina  hereticarum  eC 
erronearum   conclufionurn  notorie   reddatur '  fufpeftus,  ficut  nos  vobis  alias 
retuliffe  meminimus,  ex  tunc  vos  illi  adeo  favorabiles  exhibuiftis,  ut  excel- 
lentiorem  et  digniorem  anni  fermonem  in  Univerfitate  vettra  vobis  6c  Can- 
cellario qui    pro    tempore  fuerit  deputatum    ut  noftis  affignaretis  eidem 
Nicolao  ablque  difficultate  qualibet  inibi  predicandum.     Vobis  ergo  con- 
fuluimus  &C  hortamur  in  vifceribus  Jefu  Chrifti  quod  talibus  nullum  de  ce- 
tero  prefumatis  impartiri  favorem  ne  ipfbrum  fetta  &  numero  unus  effe 
videamini  cX  exinde  contra  vos  officii  noftri  debitum  nos  oporteat  exercere. 
Quia  adverfus  hujufmodi  prefumptorum  audaciam  Dominus  nofter  Rex  et 
proceres  regni  in  pfoceffus  noftri  fubfidium  nobis  et  fuffraganeis  noftris  fie 
promiferunt  affiftere,  quod  per  Dei  gratiam  diutius  non  regnabunt,  et  ut 
talium  prefumptorium  confortia  et  opiniones  erroneas  abhorrere,  dicamini 
dile&o  filio  meo  fratri  Petro  Stofcys,  facre  pagine  Profeflbri,  ordinis  Carme- 
litarum,  in  publicacione  literarum  noftrarum  fibi  contra  hujufmodi  Conclu- 
fiones  diredarum  pro  defencione  Catholice  Fidei  viriliter  adherere  curetis 
et  literas  illas  in  Scholis  Theologicis  Univerfitatis,  prediftum  per  Bedellum 
illius  facultatis  in  proxima  leftura  inibi  facienda  abfq;  diminutione  quacunq; 
faciatis  effe&ualiter  publicari  Nobis  illico  refcribentes,  quid  feceritis  in  hac 
parte  fcriptum  in  manerio  noftro  de  Otteforde,  penultioio  die  Maii,  femper 
in  Chrifto,  Valete.  Mandatum 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory.  -n 

Mandatum  datum  Cancellarlo  Oxon  eodem  Anno  die  8°  Corporis  Chrijii  in  Mif.inHype- 
domo  pradicatorum  London^  cum  alio  mandato  public andi  Conclufiones  70]  a. 
damnatos  in  Ecclefia  Beat*  Virginis,  in  Anglico  &  Latino  Sermone, 
f3  fimiliter  per  Scholas  &  infuper  inquirendi  per  omnes  Aulas  de  fan- 
tor ibus  eorundem  &  compellendi  cos  ad  purgationem  publicarn. 

IN  nomine  Dei  Amen,  Cum  nos  Willielmus  permiffione  Divina  Can- 
tuarienfis  Archiepifcopus  totius  Anglic  primas,  et  Apoftolicse  fedis  legatus, 
de  confenfu  Suffraganeorum  noftrorum,.  nonnullos  Clericos  feculares,  ct  re- 
gulares  Univerfitatis  itudii  generalis  Oxon  noftrse  Provincials  Cantuarien. 
ac  alios  fan&ius  in  fide  Catholica  fentientes,  ad  informandum  nos  de  &  fuper 
quibufdam  conclufionibus  bereticis,  et  erroneis  in  noftrae  Provincial  Cantua- 
rien. in  fubverfionem  totius  Fcclefise  &.  dicbe  noftra  Provincial,  generaliter 
&  communitpr  predicatis,  ac  etiam  publicatis,  fecerimus  convocari ;  habitaqj 
fuper  hiis  deliberatione  plenaria,  de  noftro  &  di&orum  Suffraganeorum  & 
Convocatorum  eorum  communicato  confilio  deliberatum  fuit,  quafdem  con- 
clufionum  ipfarum  hereticas  effe,  quafdem  vero  erroneas  &  determinationi- 
bus  Ecclefia  notorie  repugnantes,  &  ab  Ecclefia  damnatas  fuifie  6C  efle, 
quas  etiam  ex  abundanti  fie  damnatas  efle  declaramus,  ac  intelleximus  ex  fide 
dignorum  teftimonio,  ac  experientia  fafti,  quod  tu  magifter  Robertus  Rygge 
Cancellarius  Univerfitatis  pradi&ae  premiffis  conclufionibus  fie  damnatis  ali- 
qualiter  inclinafti,  SC  inclinas,  quern  in  hac  parte  fufpe&um  habemus  inten- 
dis  hujufmodi  Clericos  fie  Convocatos  oC  alios  nobis  in  ea  parte  adherentes  vel 
faventes  ficut  ipfbs  fie  favere  et  adherere  oportuit,  eo  pretextu  per  dololas 
imaginationes  tuas  multipliciter  de  fa&o  gravare :  Te  magiftrum  Robertum 
Cancellarium  praedi&um  moneamus  i°  %'-<  &  30  ac  peremptorie,  quod  praifatos 
Clericos  feculares  vel  rcgulares,  ac  eis  in  premilfis  faventes  in  aftibus  icho- 
lafticis  feu  alios  qualitercunq;  ea  occafione  non  graves,  impedias,  vel  moleftes, 
judicialiter  vel  extrajudicialiter,  publice  vel  ccculte,  feu  gravari  impediri  vel 
moleftari  facias,  aut  procures  dire&e  vel  irdire&e,  per  te  vel  per  alium  vel 
quantum  in  te  eft  permittas  ipfos  fie  gravari,  quodque  nullum  permittas  de 
caetero  in  Univerfitate  pradi&a,  herefes,  aut  errores  pradi&os,  aut  eorum 
aliquem  tenere,  docere,  predicare,  vel  defendere  in  Scholis,  aut  extra,  nee  e- 
tiam  Johannem  Wycclyffi  Nicholaum  Hereford,  Pbilippum  Repyndon  Ca- 
nonicum  regularem,  Johannem  Afton  aut  J_aurentium  Redman,  qui  de 
herefibus  notorie  funt  (ufpecii,  vel  quemque  alium,  fie  fufpe&um,  vel  dif- 
famatum  ad  prajdicandum  admittas,  fed  eos  ab  omni  aclu  Scholaftico  do- 
nee fuam  in  hac  parte  purgaverint  innocentiam  coram  nobis,  fufpendas, 
fiib  pcena  excommunicationis  majoris,  quam  in  perfonam  tuam  fi  monitioni- 
bus  noftris  hiis  non  parueris  cum  effectu,  culpa,  dolo,  feu  offenfa  tuis  in  hac 
parte  exigentibus,  dicla  monitione  premifla,  quam  in  hac  parte  Canonicam 
xeputamus,  ex  nunc  prout  ex  tunc,  et  ex  tunc  prout  ex  nunc  ferimus  in  his 
Icriptis :  abfolutionem  huius  fummse  excommunicationis,  fiquam  te  contigerjt 
incurrere,  quod  abfit,  nobis  fpecialiter  refervantes,  &c. 

Et  tunc  aliud  mandaturn  ill i  dedit  ad  publicandum  Conclufiones  damnatas 
in  Ecclefia  Beatse  Virginis  in  Anglico  &  Latino,  &  fimiliter  per  Scholas 
&  infuper  inquirendi  per  omnes  Aulas  de  fautoribus  eorundem,  £t  compel- 
lendi eos  ad  purgationem  five  abjurationem,  &  convenit  cum  commiffione 
prius  fcripta  fratri  Petro  Stokys.  Et  tunc  dixit  Cancellarius  quod  non  fuit 
aufus  metu  mortis  eas  publicare,  &  tunc  inquit  Archiepifcopus  ergo  Uni- 
verfitas  eft  fautrix  herefium,  quas  non  permittit  veritates Cathclicas  publicari 
&  in  cxaftino  habuit  Cancellarius  in  confilio  Eomini  Regis  quod  ipfe  exeque- 

retur 


q.1  ^  ColleQion  ofDEEDS,  &c. 

retur  omne  preceptum  Archiepifcopi  per  Cancellarium  regni,  &  venit  Oxon, 
&  in  Dominica  fequenti  publicavit  fuum  mandatum,  &C  fie  excitavit  fecu- 
lares  contra  Religiofos  quod  timebant  plures  mortem,  clamando  quod  ipfi 
vellent  deftruere  Univerfitatem  cum  tamen  Religion*  folum  defendebant 
partem  Ecclefias. 

Poft  autem  non  obftantibus  illis  preceptis  fufpenditur  Henricus  Crump, 
Magifter  in  Theologia  ab  aclibus  fuis  publice  in  Ecclefia  Beat^e  Virginis, 
&  imponunt  illi  perturbationem  pacis,  quia  vocavit  hereticos  Lollardos  : 
Et  tunc  venit  London  deponens  querelam  Domino  Cancellario  Regni 
Domino  Archiepifcopo  &  Confilio  Regis,  unde  per  Breve  Regium  mitti- 
tur  pro  eo  ut  compareret  cum  fuis  procurator ibus  Gualtero  Difh  &  Johanne 
Huntfman,  &  comparuit,  ubi  data  illi  funt  hsec  precepta  &  digefta  funt  in 
Xiteras  Patentes. 

In  Biblio.  Cotton.  Cleopatra  E.  I  r.  funt  allegata  &  probata  contra 
Cancellarium  8c  Procuratores  quae  tunc  producta  font  ab  Archiepifcopo 
in  8"  Foliis. 

In  the  1 1  Tear  of  King  Richard  i,  when  the  Lord  Chief  Jufiice  Tre- 
filian  and  the  other  Judges,  as  alfo  feveral  others,  were  tried  for  their 
Lives  in  Parliament,  William  Courtenay,  Archbifoof  of  Canterbury,  in 
the  Name  ofhimfelf  and  all  the  Bijbops  in  England,  did  enter  this  Tro- 
teflation  following,  (hewing  that  by  Reafon  of  a  Canon  that  did  forbid 
them,  they  could  not  be  frefent  in  'Parliament  when  Matters  of  Blood 
•were  tried. 

"  Per  Enchefen  et  certeins  Mattires  feurent  mouvez  en  e'eft  prefent 
"  Parliament,  et  touchement  evertement  cryme,  1'  Archevefque 
"  de  Canterbiry,  et  les  autres  Prelates  de  fa  Province  fierent  une 
"  Proteftation  en  la  fourme  et  paroles  qui  fuent. " 

I N  Dei  Nomine,  Amen,  Cum  de  jure  &  confuetudine  Regni  Anglise 
ad  Archiepifcopum  Cantuarienfem,  necnon  caeteros  fuos  Suffraganeos,  Con- 
fratres  fit  Co-epifcopos  Abbates  &  Priores  aliofque  Prelatos,  quofcunque 
per  Baroniam  de  Domino  Rege  tenentes,  pertinet  in  Parliaments  Regiis 
quibufcunque  ut  pares  Regni  praedidi  perfonaliter  interefTe,  ibidemque  de 
Regni  negotiis,  et  aliis  ibi  tradtari  confueti?,  cum  ceteris,  Domini  Regis  pa- 
ribus, et  aliis  ibidem  jus  intereffendi  habentibus  confulere,  et  traftare,  or- 
dinare,  ftatuere,  et  dennere,  ac  castera  facere,  que  Parliamenti  tempore  ibi- 
dem invenerint  faciend.  In  quibus  omnibus  &  fingulis  Nos  Willielmus 
Cantuarien.  Archiepilcopus  totius  Anglias  primas,  &  Apoftolicae  fedis  Lega- 
tus  pro  noftris  Suffraganeis,  Co-epifcopis  &  Confratribus,  necnon  Abbatibus 
&  Prioribus  ac  Prelatis  omnibus  fupradi&is  proteftamur,  et  eorum  quilibet 
proteftatur,  qui  per  fe  vel  procuratorem  hie  fuit  modo  prefens,  publice 
et  expreife,  quod  intendimus  et  intendi  volumus,  et  vult  eorum  quilibet 
in  hoc  prafenti  Parliamento,  et  aliis,  ut  pares  Regni  predi&i  more  folito 
interefTe,  confulere,  traftare,  ordinare,  ftatuere,  et  dennere,  ac  cetera  exereere, 
cum  ceteris  jus  intereffendi  habentibus,  in  iiidem  ftatu  et  ordine  nobis,  et 
eorum  cuilibet  in  omnibus  femper  falvis.  Verum  quia  in  prsefenti  Parlia- 
mento agitur  de  nonnullis  materiis,  in  quibus,  non  licet  nobis  aut  alicui 
eorum  juxta  facrorum  Canonum  inftituta,  quomodolibet  perfonaliter  interfffe 
ea  propter  pro  nobis,  et  eorum  quolibet  proteftamur,  et  eorum  quilibet  hie 

prefens 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiftory-  1 3 

prefens  proteftatur,  quod  non  intendimus,  riec  volumus,  ficuti  de  jure  non 
poflumus,  nee  debemus,  intendit,  nee  vult  aliquis  eorundem  in  prajfenti 
Parliamento  dum  de  hujufmodi  materiis  agitur,  vel  agetur,  quomodolibet 
intereffe,  led  nos  et  noftrum  quemlrbet  in  ea  parte  penitus  abfentare  ;  jure 
paritatis  noftrse  et  cujuflibet  eorum  interefTendi  in  dido  Parliamento  quoad 
omnia  et  fingula  inibi  exercenda  noftro  et  eorum  cujuflibet  ftatui  et  ordini 
congruentia  in  omnibus  femper  falvo.  Adhuc  infuper  proteftamur,  et  eo- 
rum quilibet  proteftatur,  quod  propter  hujufmodi  abfentiam  non  intendi- 
mus, nee  volumus,  nee  eorum  aliquis  intendit,  vel  vult,  quod  proceflus  ha- 
biti,  et  habendi,  in  prsefenti  Parliamento  fuper  materiis  auditis,  in  quibus  non 
poflumus  nee  debemus  ut  premittitur  intereffe,  quantum  ad  nos  et  eorum 
quemlibet  attenet,  futuris  temporibus  quomodolibet  impugnentur,  infirmen- 
tur,  feu  etiam  revocentur. 

"  Quelle  Proteftation  leu  en  plein  Parliament  al  inftance  et  Priere  du ' 
"  dit  L'Archevefque,  et  les  autres  Prelates,  fufditz  et  inroller  ycy 
"  en  Rol  de  Parlement  per  commandement  du  Roy  et  affent  des 
"  Signiors  Temporales  et  Communes.  " 

Archbijhop  Courtenay'j  Conptution  againft  Choppe-Churches,  taken  from 
Sir  Henry  Spelman,  Vol.  i.  T age  641.  and  tranjlated  by  Mr.  Johnlbn. 

WILLIAM  by  Divine  Permiffion  Archbifhop  of  Canterbury,  Primate 
of  all  England,  Legate  of  the  Apoftolical  See,  to  our  venerable  Brother, 
Robert,  by  the  Grace  of  God  Bifhop  of  London,  Health,  and  Brotherly 
Charity  in  the  Lord.  We  are  bitterly  grieved  when  any  of  the  Flock 
under  our  Truft  provokes  the  Moft  High  by  his  Villainies,  and  ftrikes 
himfelf  with  a  damnable  Sentence,  and  rafhly  throws  himfelf  into  Deftruc- 
tion:  But  human  Laws  and  Canonical  Statutes  do,  among  other  Things, 
abhor  Covetoufhels,  which  is  Idolatry,  and  damned  Simoniacal  Ambition. 
But  alas!  fome  Mens  Minds  now  a-days  are  fo  darkened  and  fmitten  with 
outward  Things,  as  never  to  look  inward  to  themfelves,  or  to  him  that 
is  invisible,  whilft  they  are  puffd  up  with  temporal  Honours,  (till  deliring 
more,  flighting  the  Ways  of  God.  Some  traffick  for  the  Gifts  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  while  they  pay  or  privately  make  Simoniacal  Contracts  for 
Churches  and  Ecclefiaftical  Benefices,  forgetting  the  Words  of  'Peter  to 
Simon,  Thy  Money  ferijb  with  thee,  &c.  Others  of  thefe  Tare -Sowers, 
Perverters  of  Right,  Inventors  of  Mifchief,  commonly  called  Choppe- 
Churches,  defraud  fbme  by  unequal  Change  of  Benefices,  through  their 
wicked  intrieguing  and  execrable  Thirft  of  Gain,  and  fbmetimes  wholly 
deprive  others  of  the  Benefices  they  have,  through  falfe  Colours.  Info- 
much  that  being  reduced  from  an  opulent  to  a  poor  Condition,  and  not 
being  able  to  dig,  they  die  of  Grief,  or  elfe  are  compelled  to  beg  through 
extreme  Poverty,  to  the  Scandal  of  the  Church  and  Clergy.  Others,  tho' 
they  fcrve  at  the  Altar,  fhould  live  by  the  Altar,  &c.  according  to  the- 
Apoftle,  procure  Perfbns  tb  be  prefented  to  Churches  with  Cure  and  Ec- 
clefiaftical Benefices  by  Importunity  and  Money,  and  to  be  inftituted 
therein,  having  firft  wickedly  fworn,  that  as  long  as  they  have  thofe  Be- 
nefices, they  will  claim  no  Profits  from  them,  nor  any  way  difpofe  of 
them,  but  leave  them  to  their  Direction  and  Profit  who  procured  them, 
under  Pretence  of  an  Exchange,  or  purely  at  their  Requeft,  by  which 
Means  (whereas  one  Church  ought  to  belong  to  one  Prieft,  and  no  one 

ought 


24  A  Colledion  of  D  E  E  D  S,  &c. 

ought  to  have  feveral  Dignities  or  Parifh-Churchcs)  one  Man  infufficient 
for  one  Cure,  though  a  fmall  one,  fweeps  to  himfelf,  by  a  Trick,  the 
Profits  of  many  Benefices,  which,  if  equally  diftributed,  would  abundantly 
fuffice  for  many  learned  and  very  reputable  Men  who  very  much  want 
it;  Divine  Worfhip  and  Hofpitality  is  neglected,  the  Indevotion  of  the 
People  toward  the  Church  and  them  that  belong  to  it  is  increafed,  and 
the  Cure  of  Souls  is  not  minded.  Such  carnal  Men  defpife  fpiritual  Pre- 
cepts, and  affect  temporal  Riches  in  Contempt  of  eternal  Rewards,  But 
it  were  to  be  wifhed  for  their  own  Amendment,  they  would  be  afraid  of 
Punifhment,  by  confidering  how  the  Redeemer  of  Mankind  call  the  Chap- 
men out  of  the  Temple,  faying,  Make  not  my  Father's  Hoafe  a  Houje  of 
Merchandize.  Our  Lord  never  dealt  fo  feverely  with  any  Offenders,  to 
demonftrate  that  other  Sinners  ought  to  be  reprehended,  but  thole  to  be 
driven  far  from  the  Church :  Farther,  fome  Reptors,  rather  than  Rectors,  of 
Churches ;  Shepherds  who  know  not  and  take  no  Care  of  their  Flocks, 
provoke  the  Divine  Indignation,  neglecting  Hofpitality  without  Caule, 
fhamefully  fpending  their  Time  in  London,  devouring  Chriit's  Patrimony, 
living  daintily  upon  the  Bread  of  the  Hungry,  cloathing  themfelves  with 
the  Garments  of  the  Naked,  and  with  the  Ranfom  of  Captives.  They  dare 
not  fay  with  the  Prophet,  The  Lord  is  the  'Portion  of  wine  Inheritance, 
but  rather,  We  defire  not  the  Knowledge  of  thy  Ways.  Whereas  there- 
fore the  Cure  of  Souls  is  our  chief  Concern,  of  which  we  are  to  give  a  ftri& 
Account,  and  refolving  not  any  longer  to  connive  at  lb  great  a  Scandal  of 
the 'Clergy  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  fo  perilous  and  pernicious  an 
Example,  at  the  importunate  Requeft  of  many,  We  give  it  in  Charge, 
and  command  You  my  Brother  in  Virtue  of  Obedience,  and  do  will  and 
command,  that  the  reft  of  my  Suffragans  and  Fellow-Bifhops  of  our  Pro- 
vince, of  Canterbury,  be  enjoined  by  You  to  take  Corporal  Oaths  of  all 
whatfoever  that  are  to  be  prefented  to  Eccleiiaftical  Benefices,  now  or  here- 
after to  be  void  within  your  Diocefes,  that  they  have  not  given  or  pro- 
miied  directly  or  indirectly,  by  themfelves,  or  any  employed  by  them,  for 
the  Prefentation  to  the  Prefentor,  or  any  other  Perfons  whatfoever ;  and 
that  neither  they  nor  their  Friends  are  obliged  by  their  Oath,  or  any  pecu- 
niary Security,  to  refign  or  make  Exchange  of  the  Benefices,  and  that  no 
unlawful  Compact  hath  been  made  in  this  Refpect,  nor  Promife  with  their 
Will  or  Knowledge ;  and  that  in  cafe  of  Exchange,  no  Proxies,  though  fign- 
ed  by  Notaries,  be  allowed,  without  the  Prefence  of  the  Principals,  and  a 
provident  Examination  of  the  Equality  as  to  the  Value  of  the  Benefices ; 
and  an  Oath  given  by  each  Party,  that  no  Fraud,  private  or  publick,  is 
ufed  in  the  Exchange.  And  that  the  Non-Refidents  in  your  Diocefes  be 
effectually  called  Home  to  do  their  Duty,  and  the  Simonial  Poffeffors,  or 
rather  Ufurpers,  of  Churches,  be  feverely  cenfured;  and  that  the  curfed 
Partakers  with  Gehazi  and  Simon,  the  Choppe-Churches,  who  chiefly  are 
at  London,  be  in  general  admonifhed  to  defift  from  fuch  Procurings,  Chan- 
gings,  and  Trickings,  made  in  their  Conventicles  and  Simoniacal  Affemblies, 
for  the  future  ;  and  let  them  caffate  and  canel  all  Contracts  and  Bargains 
fraudulently  made,  though  confirmed  with  Oaths,  which  in  this  Cafe  are 
null ;  and  let  all  fuch  Frauds  and  Simoniacal  Contracts,  which  are  not  in 
their  Power  to  break,  be  difcovered  to  the  Bilhop  of  the  Dioeefe,  in  which 
fuch  Benefices  as  are  concerned  in  the  Tranfaction  do  lie,  that  they  by  whofe 
Procurement  or  Confent  thefe  Contracts  were  made,  may  be  enjoined  Pen- 
nance  according  to  their  Merits,  under  the  Pain  of  the  greater  Excommu- 
cation,  after  fifteen  Days  Notice,  (five  Days  being  allowed  after  each  of  the 
three  ufual  Admonitions)  which  we  pafs  upon  them  by  this  Writing,  from 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory-  2  5 


this  Time  forward,  as  well  as  from  that  forward.  And  do  ye  ftriftly 
injoin,  and  caufe  other  Bifhops  to  be  fo  injoined,  that-thefe  wicked  Mer- 
chants of  the  Lord's  Inheritance,  and  fuch  as  have"  feveral  Dignities, 
Churches,  and  Choppe-Cfairches,  be  ftruck  with  the  Sword  of  Ecclefiaftical 
Cenfure,  efpecially  fuch  of  them  as  are  in  Orders,  as  being. univerfally  ab- 
horred by  all,  left  by  the  Negleft  of  you  and  other  Bifhops  this  Clamour 
i>e  again  repeated  in  our  Ears.  And  do  ye  caufc  us  be  certified  of  what 
you  have  done  in  the  Premifes  before  the  Feaft  of  St.  Michael  the  Arch- 
angel next  enfuing,  by  your  Letters  Patents  containing  a  Copy  of  thefe 
Prefents.  Dated  in  our  Manour  of  Slyndon  on  the  Fifth  Day  of  March, 
in  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1301,  and  of  our  Tranflation  the  Eleventh. 

In  Efch.  20  R.  1.  N.  17.  Devon.  Juratores  dicunt  fupra  Sacramentum 
fuum  quod  Willielmus  de  Courtenay,  nuper  Archiepifcopus  Cantuarienfis, 
obiit  die  Luna?  proximal  ante  Feftum  S"  Petri  ad  Vincula  fine  heeiede  de 
corpore  fuo  exeunte  ;  et  quod  de  Edwardo  de  Courtenay  fratre  ejufdcm 
Willielmi  filiorum  Hugonis  Courtenay,  nuper  Comitis  Devon,  et  Marga- 
retae  uxoris  ejus  exik  Edwardus  Courtenay,  qui  nunc  eft  Comes  Devon,  et 
quod  eft  filius  et  Hseres  didli  Edwardi,  et  setatis  40ta  annorum. 

Pat.  3.  H.  4.  m.  20.  Part  2.  Rex  confirmat  Petro  de  Courtenay  in 
Feodo  Mercatum  8t  feriam  apud  Manerium  fuum  de  Moreton  in  Com' 
Devon'  conceff'  Hugoni  de  Courtenay  per  Cartam  A°  8.  E.  3.  N°.  13. 

In  Pat.  6.  H.  4.  Part  1.  Revocatio  Cartae  concefP  Caftri  et  cafese  de 
Dartmore,  Petro  de  Courtenay  eo  quod  unita  fuerunt  Ducatui  Cornubise. 

In  Pat.  7.  R.  a.  P.  1.  m.  5.  Rex  8tc.  Sciatis  quod  cum  cariffimus  Pater 
nofter  defur.cbus  in  Anno  Regni  Domini  Edwardi  nuper  Regis  Anglian  avi 
nofter  410  per  Literas  fuas  Patentes  dile&o  &  fideli  Confanguineo  noftro 
Petro  de  Courtenay,  pro  bono  fervicio  fuo  tunc  ditto  Patri  noftro  impenfb 
.6c  impendendo  50 1.  per  Annum  ad  terminum  vitse  ejus  percipiendum  ex 
reventionibus  ejus  in  Comitatu  Devon  &  Cornubia;:  £c  per  alias  literas  da- 
tas  A°  43  E.  3.  alia  50 1.  de  Stannaria  de  Devon,  quas  nos  antea  &  poft 
coronationem  noftram  confirmavimus,  &  nunc  quia  diftus  Petrus  diclas 
conceffiones  calualiter  amifit,  ficut  coram  confilio  noftro  juramerito  afferuit. 
Rex  ei  concefTit  iool.  de  exitibus  parvas  Cuftuma;  in  Villa  Briftol  pro  vi- 
ta fua.     Dat  25  Novemb. 

In  Pafch.  Recorda  1 1  R.  2.  Ro.  3.  Scaccio.  Breve  Regis  dirigitur  Baro- 
nibus  de  Scaccio  de  Willo  Archiepifcopo  Cantuar.  exonerando  de  200 1.  ab 
eo  exa&is  de  diverfis  decimis  fuis  &  Petro  de  Courtenay,  Milite  inde  0- 
nerando. 

.  In  Pat.  7.  R.  2.  Part  2.  m.  23.  dorfo,  a  Cornmiffion  is  directed  by  the 
King,  Dile&o  confanguineo  fuo  Edwardo  de  Courtenay  Com'  Devon.  Jo- 
hanni  Kentwood  &C  Willo  Aftthorpe  Viceccm'  de  certis  perfonis  arreftan- 
dis  &C  perfonis  refiftentibus  Commifllonariis  Regis  de  capienda  Wre&a  Ma- 
ris apud  Plymouth. 

Pat.  7.  R.  2.  m.  6.  dorfb.  another  Commijfion  is  directed  to  him  and  0- 
therSy  de  Proclamatione  facienda  in  Comit.  Devon,  verfus  eos  qui  Arma 
geftant,  ct  Rebelliones  faciant,  &  puniend'  &c.  quia  datum  eft  nobis  in- 

G  telligi 


0.6  A  ColleQlon  of  D  E  E  D  S,  &c. 

telligi  quod  quidam  malefadtores  &  pacis  noftras  perturbatores  &  modo 
guerrimo  araiati  in  routis  &  aliis  Conventiculis  illicitis  apud  Topefham  nu- 
per  acceflerunt,  £c  quendam  Petrum  Hill,  nuncium  venerabilis  Willielmi 
Archiepifcopi  Cantuarienfis  ibidem  vi  &  armis  ceperunt,  &  ipfum  ceram 
cujufclam  figilli  ipfius  Archiepifcopi  comedere  per  non  modicam  duritiaro 
£c  minas  mortis  compulferunt,  6Cc. 

In  Efch.  7.  H.  5.  N°.  75.  Devon.  Juratores  dicunt  quod  Edvvardus 
Courtenay  nuper  Comes  Devon,  obiit  quinto  die  Decembris  ultimo  feifitus 
de  1 8  1.  6  s.  8  d.  de  proficuis  Comitatus  Devon,  Stc.  Et  quod  Hugo  Cour- 
tenay Chivaler  filius  prasdicti  nuper  Comitis  eft  Hseres  fuus  propinquior 
&  astatis  30'?  annorum  &  amplius. 

In  Mich.  Recorda  a  2.  Hen.  6.  Part  1.  m.  n.  Rex  pro  bono  &  lauda- 
bili  &  gratuito  fervicio  quod  Thomas  Courtenay  Comes  Devon  ante  haec 
tempora  nobis  adhibeat  conceff.  eidem  Thornse  £c  Hasredibus  mafculis  de 
corpore  fud  exeuntibus  confervatiOnem  aquae  de  Ex,  &c  Ripariae  ejufdem 
a  fonte  feu  capite  de  Ex,  ufque  ad  altum  mare  extra  quendam  lapidem  vo 
catum  Chefton  alias  Chechefton  &  Archefton,  &  ad  faciendum  omnia  quat 
ullus  Confervator  in  Anglia  facere  poffit,  &  quod  diftus. Thomas  St  Hssre- 
•  des  mafculi,  &c.  habeant  poteftatem  inquirendi  de  omnibus  tranfgreilionibus 
in  aqua  &  Riparia  praditta  contra  formam  ftatuti  fa&is,  &  omnibus  offen- 
ds &  gravaminibus  infra  limitas  praedi&as  &C  Manerium  de  Topefham,  Ma- 
nerium  dicli  Comitis,  etc.  Et  poteftatem  amerciandi  omnes  delinquentes  in- 
fra limites  &t  Manerium  prasdi&um,  ©tc. 

In  Efch.  3  H.  6.  No  30.  in  an  Office  it  is  found,  Quod  Hugo  Courte- 
nay de  Haccomb  Miles  per  Philippam  uxorem  ejus  tenuit  tcrram  in  Com' 
Hereford  &  Manerium  de  Haccomb  in  Com'  Devon,  per  legem  Angliae  de 
hasreditate' Johanna;  2t  Alienoras  Courtenay  filiarum  ot  hseredum  prsedi&a; 
Philippa;  de  sstate  14  Annorum. 

In  Efch.  7  E.  4.  N.  41.  Juratores  dicunt  quod  Matilda  uxor  Hugonis 
Courtenay  Militis  de  Haccomb  tenuit  Manerium,  etc.  Et  obiit  tertio  Julii 
prasterito,  et  quod  Hugo  Courtenay  Miles  eft  filius  et  Hseres  et  astatis 
40ta  Annorum.  Et  in  alia  Inquifitione  poft  mortem  ejufdem  Cap.  in  Com* 
Cornubias,  Juratores  dicunt,  quod  Thomas  Beaumont  Miles  dedit  Matildas 
Courtenay  forori  fuse  Burgum  et  Manerium  de  Polruan  in  Com'  Cornu- 
bias  pro  vita  fua. 

Record'  3  Hen.  7.  Rott.  26.  in  Scaccio  ex  parte  Rem*  Thefaur.  de  Ed- 
wardo  Courtenay  Comite  Devon,  occafionato  ad  computandum  de  exitibus 
diverfarum  terrarum  qua;  fuerunt  Thorns;  nuper  Comitis  Devon,  in  diver- 
fis  Comitatibus  per  ipfum  perceptis  et  habitis,  diftus  Edwardus  dicit  quod 
idem  Thomas  Comes  Devon,  feifitus  de  Manerio  de  Sutton-Courtenay  in 
Com'  Berc'  6Cc.  Idem  Thomas  nuper  Comes  Devon  per  quendam  Actum 
Parliamenti  di&i  nuper  Edvvardi  Regis  quarti  apud  Weftminft'  4  die  No- 
vembris  Anno  Regni  fui  primo  tento  editum  de  alta  proditione  attin&us 
fuit  per  quod  Manerium  prajdi&um  Regi  foris  fecit.  Et  dicit  quod  pras- 
di&us  Dominus  Rex,  nunc  per  Literas  fuas  Patentes  gerentes  datum  apud 
Weftminft.  26  O&obris  Anno  Regni  fui  primo,  et  irrotulatas  in  originalibus 
;de  eodem Arino  Rottlo  44,  ipfum  Edwardum  Courtenay  in  Comitem  Devonian 
■erexit  et  prsefecit,  cum  omnibus  ad  eandem  dignitatem  pertinentibus,  &  ei- 
dem conceffit  Manerium  de  Sutton-Courtenay  prcedicmm,  necnon  caftra  Ho- 

nores. 


referred  to  hi  the  foregoing  Hiflory.  27 

nores,  Burgos  &C  Maneria  de  Plymton,  &  Okehampton,  &C  Ty  verton,  &C 
omnia  alia  Maneria,  Stc.  quscunq;  qus  fuerunt  Thomas  Courtenay  nuper 
Comitis  Devon,  filii  Thorns;  Courtenay  quondam  Comitis  Devon,  St  Hs- 
redibus  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo  procreatis.  Et  dicit  ulterius  idem  Comes 
quod  per  quendam  Adum  in  Parliaments  didi  Domini  Regis  nunc  apud 
Weftminft'  dido  feptimo  die  Novembris  Ansio  Regni  fui  primo  inchoato 
&C  tento  ordinatum  ftabilitum  &  inaditatum  fuit  authoritate  ejufdem  Parlia- 
ment! interalia  qucd  prsdids  Liters  didi  Domini  Regis  nunc  Patentes,  qua- 
tum  datum  eft  prsdidi  z6  Odob.  eodem  Anno  primo  Regis  nunc  prsfato 
nunc  Comiti  cX  Hsredibus  fuis  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus  de  om- 
nibus Caftris  honoribus  St  hsreditamentis  in  didis  Literis  Patentibus  fpecifi- 
catis  efTent  ita  efficaces  St  tanti  vigoris  in  lege  eidem  Comiti  St  Hsredibus  fuis 
mafculis  de  corpore  exeuntibus  ac  Fuerunt  in  manu  Domini  Regis  tempore 
confedionis  prsfentium  aliquibus  Literie  Patentibus  per  dictum  Edwardum 
nuper  Regem  Anglis  quartum  &u  Richardum  tertium  nuper  de  fado  St  non 
de  jure  Regem  Anglic,  aut  eorum  alterum  confedis,  feu  aliqua  ordina- 
tione,  reftridione,  feu  provifione  in  contrarium  editis  nori  obftantibus  pro- 
ut  tenore  actus  prsdidi  inrotulo  in  membranis  hujus  Scaccrii  prsdido 
Anno  primo  Regis  nunc  videlicet  inter  Recorda  de  Ter.  Trinitatis  Rotulo 
ex  parte  alterius  Remem'  plenius  continetur.  Et  idem  Comes  pro  pleniori 

exoncratione  detulit  Breve  Regis  fub  magno  Sigillo  in  hsc  verba, * 

Henricus  Rex,  Stc.  Cum  nos  0.6  Odobris  Anno  Regni  noftri  primo  per 
Literas  noftras  Patentes  ftrenuum  St  infignem  militem,  Edwardum  Cour- 
tenay ex  nobili  profapia  Hugonis  Courtenay,  dudum  Comitis  Devon,  e£ 
Margarets  uxoris  ejus,  filis  Elizabeths  filis  Domini  Edwardi  Regis  An- 
glis piimi  progenitoris  noftri  defcendentem  et  ejufdem  Hugonis  Hsre- 
dum  mafculum  exiftentem  ipfum  Edwardum  in  Comitem  Devonis  erexi- 
mns,  Stc.  ut  fiipra  verbatim.  Tefte  Rege  dat.  a  8  Od.  Anno  Regni  no- 
ftri tertio. 

the  Letters  Patents  of  King  H.  S,  by  which  William  Courtenay  was 
made  an  Earl. 

REX,  Stc.  Nos  ne  a  majorum  noftrorum  laudatiffimis  moribus  difce- 
dere  videamur  noftri  effe  officii  putamus  probatiflimum  nobis  virum,  Qui 
ob  res  a  fe  clariflime  geftas  quam  maximus  de  nobis  promeruit  condignis 
honor um  faftigiis  attolli,  et  vere  Regiis  infigniri  muneribus,  ftrenuum  et  in-; 
fignem  loquimur  militem  Willielmum  Courtenay,  militem  praenobilis  Do- 
mins  Catharins  Amits  noftrs  filis  Domini  Edwardi  quondam  Regis  An- 
glis quarti  Avi  noftri  maritum  ac  filiurn  Edwardi  Courtenay,  nuper  Co- 
mitis Devon,  ex  nobili  profapia  Hugonis  Courtenay  nuper  Comitis  Devon, 
et  Margaretae  uxoris  ejus  filis  Elizabeths  filis  Domini  Edwardi  quondam 
Regis  Anglis  primi,  et  Progenitoris  noftri  defcendentem,  et  ejufdem  Hu- 
gonis Hsredem  mafculum  exiftentem.  Volentefq;  proinde  eundem  Wil- 
lielmum condignis  honoribus,  regalibufq;  prstmiis  ornare,  ampliare,  et  fub- 
limare,  de  gratia  noftra  fpeciali,  ac  ex  certa  fcientia,  et  mero  motu  noftris 
Ipfum  Willielmum  in  Comitem  Devon,  cum  omnibus  et  fingulis  pertinen- 
tiis  honoribus,  et  csteris  quibufcunq;  hujufmodi  ftatui  Comitis  pertinen- 
tibus,  five  fpedantibus  damus  et  concedimus,  ipfumq;  hujufmodi  nomine 
ftatu  ftilo  honoris  dignitatis,  per  Cinduram  gladii  infignimus  et  realiter  no- 
bilitamus  habendum  et  tenendum  nomen  ftatum,  ftilum,  titulum,  honoris 
et  dignitatis  Comitis  Devon  pra=didi,  cum  omnibus  et  fingulis  prasminen- 
tiis  honoribus  et  csteris  quibufcunq;  hujufmodi  ftatui  Comitis  Devon,  per- 
tinentibus  five  fpedantibus  prsfato  Willielmo,  et  Hxredibus  fuis  mafculis 
de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus  in  perpetuum.  His 


28  A  Colleffion  of  DEEDS,  &c. 

■  His  Teftibus,  &c.  Dat  per  manum  noftram  apud  WeftmintY  10  die 
Maii,  Anno  Regni  noftri  tertio,  per  ipfum  Regem,  et  de  dato  prcdido 
Authoritate  Parliamenti. 

The  Letters  'Patents  of  King  H.  8.  by  which  Henry  Courtenay,  Earl  of 
Devonlhire,  was  made  a  Marquefs  in  the  Seventeenth   Tear  of  the 

King's  Reign : After  the  reciting  the  Defcent  and  other  Things 

rehear  fed  in  the  'Patent  of  Creation  of  William  Earl  of  Devonshire 
before  recited  ■>  the  Patent  goes  on  and  fays -  - 

Nos  juxta  ftrenuum  et  infignem  prseclariffimum  confanguineum  noftrum 
Henricum  Courtenay  noftri  prrenobilis  Garterii  Militem  Comitem  Devon, 
Dominum  de  Okehampton,  et  de  Plympton,  intime  ponderantes,  Volen- 
tipfq;  proindc  ampliare,  fublimare,  de  gratia  noft**,  gCc.  eundem  Henricum 
Courtenay  Comitem  Devon,  confanguineum  noftrum  in  Marchionem  Exon, 
ereximus,  &c.  Et  eundem  per  gladii  Cin&uram  Cappe  Honoris  et  Circuit 
Aurei  impofiti  in  capite  realiter  inveftimus  habendum  et  tenendum  digni- 
tatem, cvc.  Marchionis  Exon  prasfato  Henrico  confanguineo  noftro,  et  Hs- 
redibus  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus  in  perpetuum.  Et  quia  decere 
nobis  vifum  eft  ut  tantis,  nomini  ftatui,  &c.  fufficientia  majorum  faculta- 
tum  correfpondeat  pro  eifdem  honorificentius  manu  tenendis  et  fupportan- 
dis,  dedimus  et  conceflimus  dido  Henrico  confanguineo  noftro  Marchion? 
Exon,  Dominium  et  Manerium  de  Dartington,  cum  Ecclefia  eidem  perti- 
nente,  cum  omnibus  pertinentibus  ficut  Henricus  nuper  Dux  Exon,  tenuit 
idem  Manerium,  &c.  Dat  per  manum  noftram  apud  Palatium  noftrum  de 
Brydewell,  1 8  die  Junii,  Anno  Regni  noftri  decimo  feptimo,  per  ipfum  Re- 
gem,  et  de  Dat  prasdid.  Authoritate  Parliamenti. 

The  Indictment  that  was  found  by  the  Grand  Jury  in  the  County  of  Surrey, 
againft  Henry  Courtenay,  Marquefs  of  Exeter,  and  Sir  Nicholas  Carew, 
by  which  it  appears  what  it  was  for  which  they  were  Tried  and 
Condemned. 

Surrey  ffi  ANNO  triceflimo  Henrici  O&avi  Henricus  Marchio  Exon 
proditorie  dicebat,  J  like  well  of  the  Proceedings  of  Car- 
dinal Pole:  Et  ulterius,  But  I  like  not  the  Proceedings 
of  this  Realm,  and  Itruft  to  fee  a  Change  of  the  World: 
Et  ulterius,  I  trufl  once  to  have  Osfair  Day  upon  thofe 
Knaves  which  rule  about  the  King:  Et  ulterius,  I  trufl 
to  give  them  a  Buffet  one  Day. 

Etquod  Nicholas  Carew  Miles,  malitiofe  et  proditorie  mur- 
muravit,  et  indignatus  fuit,  et  dicebat  hacc  verba  Angli- 
cana,  1 marvel  greatly  that  the  Indictment  againft  the 
Lord  Marquefs  was  fo  fecretly  handled,  and  to  what 
'Purpofe,  for  the  like  was  never  feen. 

per  Bagam  Selfionis  tent'  coram  Thoma 
Audley,  Cancellar'  et  aliis,  30  Hen.  8. 

Pat. 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory-  29 


A  Letter  written  by  the  Council  exfrejfing  their  Jealeufies  of  the  Lady 
Elizabeth :  Taken  out  of  Dr.  Burnet'j  id  Volume  of  the  Reformation, 
Collect.  314.  which  he  fmnd  in  Cotton  Libr.  Titus  B.  2. 

*  Mr.  Tope,  after  our  hearty  Commendations,  ye  fhal  underftand,  that 

*  amongfl  divers  others  Devilifh  Pra&ices  attempted  from  Time  to  Time 

*  by  Dudly  Afhton  and  other  Traitors  in  Trance,  for  the  Difturbance  of 
'  the  Quiet  of  the  Realm;  they  have  lately  fent  over  one  Cleyberdo,  who, 
«  if  the  Lord  Chancellor  be  not  deceived  in  the  Man,  was,  whilft  I  was 

*  Prefident  in  Wales,  indi&ed  of  a  Burglary,  and  fhould  have  been,  if  he 
c  had  not  efcaped  by  the  Means  of  certain  his  Complices,  who  took  him 

*  from  the  Sheriff's  Man,  as  well  for  the  faid  Burglary,  as  for  divers  other 

*  notable  Robberies,  and  other  Offences,  made  fure  enough  from  attempt- 

*  ing  this  Enterprize  now.  This  Man  being  fent  by  the  aforefaid  Traitors 
1  unto  the  extream  Parts  of  Effex  and  Suffolk,  where  naming  himfelf  to  be 

*  Earle  of  Devon/hire,  he  hath,  by  fpreading  Abroad  of  flanderous  Letters 

*  and  Proclamations,  abufed  the  Lady  Elizabeth's  Grace's  Name,  pronoun- 
«  cing  thereby,  as  much  as  in  him  lay,  to  ftir  up  the  King's  and  Queen's 
«  Majefties  Subjects  in  thofe  Parts  to  Rebellion,  as  by  the  Copies  of  the 
'  faid  Letters  and  Proclamations,  which  we- fend  unto  you  herewith,  may 

*  at  length  better  appear  unto  you.  And  albeit  the  People  there'  have 
'  fhewed  themfelves  fo  true  and  obedient  Subjects,  as  immediately  upon 

*  the  Underftanding  of  this  Enterprize,  they  did  of  themfelves,  and  with- 
1  out  any  Commandment,  apprehend  as  many  of  the  Attempters  of  this 
1  devilifh  Practice  as  they  could  come  by,  whereby  their  good  Will  and 

*  Truth  to  the  King  and  Queen's  Majefties  doth  well  appear :   Yet  be- 

*  caufe  this  Matter  is  fpread  already  Abroad,  and  that  peradventure  many 
1  Conftru&ions  and  Difcourfes  will  be  made  thereof,  we  have  thought  fit  to 

*  fignify  the  whole  Circumftances  of  the  Caufe  unto  you,  to  be  by  you 

*  opened  unto  the  Lady  Elizabeth's  Grace,  at  fuch  Time  as  ye  fhal  think 

*  convenient,  to  the  End  it  may  appear  unto  her,  how  little  thefe  Men 

*  ftick  by  Falfhood  and  Untruth  to  compafs  their  Purpofe,  not  letting  for 
'  that  Intent  to  abufe  the  Name  of  her  Grace  or  any  others ;  which  their 

*  Devices  neverthelefs  are,  God  be  thanked,  by  his  Goodnefs  difcovered 

*  from  Time  to  Time  to  their  Majefties  Prefervance,  and  Confufion  of  their 
'  Enemies.    And  fb  bid  you  heartily  well  to  fare. 

From  Eltham  the  30th  of  July,  1556. 

Tour  Loving  Friendst 
Nichol.  Eborac.  Cane. 

Arundel. 
Henry  Jernegan,  Thomas    Ely. 

R.    Rochefter. 

Pat.  7.  R.  2.  Part  1.  m  42.  &  4.  &  Pat.  8.  R.  2.  Part  2.  Rex,  «Cc.  Sciatis 
quod  nos  de  fidelitate  &T  circumfpefticne  dile&i  &  fidelis  confanguinei  no- 
ftri  Philippi  de  Courtenay  confidentes  conftituimus  ipfum  Philippum  locum 
noftrum  tenentem  in  terra  noftra  Hiberniae  a  tempore  quoin  ilia  terra  apph- 
cuerit  ufque  ad  finem  decern  Annorum,  ex  tarn  proxime  fequentium  cum  po- 
teftate  recipiendi  ad  pacem  Regis  omnes  Rebelles,6t  perdonandi  omnia  deli&a 
&  officiarios  removendi,  &c.    Dat  1  Julii,  per  ipfum  Regem. 

H  In 


3o  A  ColleQion  «?/DEEDS,  &c. 


In  Pat.  ii.  R.  2.  Part  2.  Rex  conceffit  Philippo  Courtenay  confanguineo 
fuo  cuftodiam  parcorum  de  Bovey-Tracy,  &  alkJrum  in  Com*  Devon.  Re- 
gi  forisfaftorum  quamdiu  in  rnanu  Regis  remaneant  ratione  forisfactura? 
praedictae,  quae  fuerunt  parcellae  poffeffionum  Roberti  de  Vere,  Marchio 
nis  Hiberniae. 

In  Pat.  ia.  R.  2.  Part  i.  Philippus  Courtenay  conftituitur  Senefchallus 
omnium  Maneriorum  &  Stannatorum  6t  Stannariorum  in  Com'  Cornubiae, 
&c, 

Orig.  14.  R.  2.  Rott.  32.  Rex  conceffit  Philippo  de  Courtenay  et  Annae 
uxoris  ejus  Dertemore  Foreftam,  et  Manerium  de  Bradnafh,  &c. 

In  22  R.  2.  Rott.  Pat.  Part  13.  m  7.  tW0,  a  Commiffion  is  directed,  Phi- 
lippo Courtenay  Chivaler,  et  Petro  Courtenay  ChWaler,  et  aliis  de  fupervt- 
dendis  Gurgitibus  in  Com'  Devon. 

In  Pat.  1.  H.  4.  Part  8.  m  14.  dorfo,  a  Commijjion  is  granted  to  him 
and  others-,  ad  inquirendum  in  Com'  Devon  de  fummis  denariorum  de  Ul- 
nagio  pannorum  debitis,  et  a  Rege  concelatis. 

In  Efch.  7  H.  4.  in  the  Inquijltion  after  his  Death,  Juratores  dicunt, 
quod  Philippus  Courtenay  Chivaler  fuit  ieifitus  in  Dominico  fuo,  et  de  feo- 
do  talliato  de  Maneriis  de  Powderham,  Honiton,  Morton,  Cheverfton,  ec 
quam  plurimis  aliis  ex  dono  Hugonis  Courtenay  Comitis  Devon,  et  quod 
diclus  Philippus  obiit  25)  Julii  Anno  7  H.  4.  et  quod  Richardus  Courtenay 
Clericus  eft  Filius  et  Hasres  propinquior. 

In  lib.  Extract.  Reliviorum  Hill,  fin'  0  H.  4.  fol.  371.  Richardus  Cour- 
tenay Clericus  filius  et  Haeres  Philippi  Courtenay  Chivaler  defun&i  tenuit 
Maner'  ct  Burg'  de  Moreton,  Cadleigh,  et  Honyton  in  Com'  Devon. 

Efch.  7  H.  5.  N°.  74.  which  Office  is  recited  and  ascertained  in  Efch. 
3  H  6.  NJ  yj.  Devon.  Rex  Efch.  Devon  falutem,  Cum  per  quandam 
inquifitionem  coram  Johanne  Copleftone  nuper  Efcheatore  Com'  Devon, 
Henrici  nuper  Patris  noftri  et  in  Cancellario  retornatam  compertum  eft, 
Quod  Willielmus  Courtenay  Chivaler  defun&us  tenuit  Manerium  de  Co- 
lumpe-Sacheville,  fibi  et  Hasredibus  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo  exeuntibus  in 
Com'  praedi&o  de  dono  et  feffamento  Richardi  Courtenay,  nuper  Epifcopi 
Norwicenfis,  quodqj  Philippus  Courtenay  filius  et  Haeres  Johannis  Cour- 
tenay Chivaler,  fratris  &  Hacredis  praedi&i  Richardi  Courtenay,  ad  tunc  in 
cuftodio  prxdicli  patris  noftri  exiftentis  fuit  confanguineus  2t  propinquior 
Hseres  ejuldem  Willielmi  Courtenay,  et  quia  non  fpecificatur  dicta  inquifi- 
tione,  utrum  Willielmus  obiit  fine  Haerede  mafculo  de  corpore  fuo  exeuntc 
nos  volentes  certiorari  de,  &c. 

Whereupon  an  Inquifition  is  taken,  Et  Juratores  dicunt,  quod  Williel- 
mus Courtenay  Chivaler  defunctus,  et  in  ditto  Brevi  nominatus  obiit  fine 
Haerede  mafculo  de  corpore  fuo  exeunte,  et  quod  Philippus  Courtenay  filius 
et  Haeres  Johannis  Courtenay  Chivaler,  fratris  et  Haercdis  Richardi  Cour- 
tenay, nuper  Epifcopi  Norwicenfis,  et  Gonfanguineus  et  Hasres  ejufderr* 
Willielmi  et  Richardi  Courtenay  propinquior,  et  aetatis  21  annorum  et 
amplius. 

In 


referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Hiflory.  $  i 


In  Efch.  3  H.  5.  N°  44.  Juratores  dicunt  quod  Richardus  Courtenay, 
Epilcopus  Norwicenfis,  obiit  feifitus  de  Maneriis  de  Powderham,  Plymp- 
ton,  Morton,  Honyton,  Alfington,  et  quam  plurimis  aliis,  qua;  habuit  ut 
filius  ot  Haeres  Philippi  de  Courtenay  Chivaler.  Qua;  data  fuerunt  Hu- 
goni  Courtenay,  nuper  Comiti  Devon  &  Margarets  uxori  ejus  pro  vitis 
corum,  remanere  inde  Petro  de  Courtenay  Militi  filio  fuo  cX  Haeredi- 
bus  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo,  fitc.  Et  quod  Hugo  &  Margareta  obierunt, 
&C  Petrus  obiit  fine  Haerede  mafculo,  St  quod  dictus  Richardus  Courtenay, 
obiit  die  Dominica  poft  feftum  Exaltationis  Crucis :  Et  quod  Fhilippus  Cour- 
tenay filius  et  Hseres  Johannis  Courtenay  Militis  fratris  prsedicti  Richardi 
eft  proximus  Haeres,  2t  eft  aetatis  11,  18  Martii  proximo  futuri. 

The  [aid  Philip  died  in  3  E.  -*•  for  after  his  Death  a  jury  findeth, 
3  E.  4.  N°  ap.  Quod  PbiJippus  Courtenay  Miles  &  Elizabetha  Uxor  ejus 
tenuerunt  conjunctim,  &  Haeredibus  eorum  mafculis,  Manerium  de  Pow- 
derham, Moreton,  Alphington,  and  eighteen  other  Manours*  Aid  they 
find>  that  certain  Feoffees  to  the  Ufe  of  Hugh  Courtenay,  Earl  of  Devon- 
shire, gave  thofe  Mannors,  Hugoni  de  Courtenay  nuper  Comiti  Devon  & 
Margareta;  uxori  ejus  pro  vitis  eorum  remanere  inde  Petro  de  Courtenay 
Militi  &  Hxredibus  mafculis  de  corpore  fuo  procreatis  remanere  inde  Phi- 
lippo  Courtenay,  nuper  de  Bickleigh  Militi,  &  Haeredibus  mafculis  de  cor- 
pore fuo  procreatis,  remanere  inde  rectis  Haeredibus  dicti  Hugonis.  Et  di- 
cunt quod  Hugo  cX  Margareta  obierunt,  &  Petrus  obiit  fine  Haerede  mafcu- 
lo :  Per  quod  Philippus  Courtenay  nuper  de  Bickleigh  intravit  &  obiit  fei- 
fitus poft  cujus  mortem  Philippus  Courtenay  in  Brevi  nominatus  ut  confan- 
guineus  8t  Hasres  dicti  Philippi  Courtenay  nuper  de  Bickleigh,  videlicet  fi- 
lius Johannis  frlii  ejufdem  Philippi  Courtenay  de  Bickleigh  intravit  6X  obiit 
feifitus  in  Dominico  fuo  ut  de  Feodo  talliato.  Et  dicunt  quod  Philippus 
Copleftone  fuit  feifitus  de  Manerio  de  Powderham,  St  feoffavit  dictum  Phi- 
lippum  &  Elizabetham  uxorem  ejus,  &t  Haeredes  mafculos  de  corpore  eo- 
rum procreatos  6t  fie  obiit,  £t  Elizabetha  eum  fuper  vixit,  oX  dicunt  quod 
dictus  Philippus  in  Brevi  nominatus  obiit  16  Decemb.  ultimo  praeterito,  St 
quod  Willielmus  Courtenay  Armiger  eft  ejus  filius  &  Haeres  propinquior, 
&t  eft  aetatis  35  Annorum. 

Elizabeth  his  Wife  furvived  him,  whom  he  made  his  Executrix,  as  aj>- 
feareth  by  a  'Plea  de  Elizabetha  quae  fuit  uxor  Philippi  Courtenay  Militis 
Executricc  Teftamenti  ejufdem  Philippi  exoneranda  de  compoto  ab  ea  pro 
praefato  Philippo  de  exitibus  Manerii  de  Northpole,  exa&o  prsetextu  per- 
donationis  Regis  eidem  Elizabeths  fa&ae  &  irrotulatae. 

In  Hill.  Rec.  8  E.  4.  Rot.  4.  Devon,  the  next  Tear  after  her  Bus- 
band's  Death,  (he  had  her  Dower  ajfigned,  and  in  Clauf  4.  E.  4.  m.  4, 
a  Writ  Cent  to  the  Sheriff e  of  Devon,  de  Maneriis  de  Yelton,  Thurleftone, 
Powderham  &t  Chiverfton,  6t  aliis  tern's  liberandis  EHzabethae  de  Courte- 
nay, nuper  uxori  Philippi  de  Courtenay,  nuper  defuncti  quae  ratione  mor- 
tis ejufdem  raptae  fuerunt  in  manum  Regis  quia  conjuncnm  Feoffata  fuit 
de  iifdem  cum  dido  Philippo  in  Feodo  talliato. 

In  lib.  Extract  Relivior'    fol.   3810.   Mich,   fines  6  E.  4.    A  Record 
faith  thus,  Willielmus  Courtenay  Armiger   filius  Hasres  Philippi  Courte- 
nay 


3 2  A  Colleaion  of  DEEDS,  &c. 

nay  militis  tenuit  de  Rege  in  Capite  Manerium  St  Burgum  de  Moreton, 
cum  pertinentiis  Manerium  de  Cadeleigh,  Manerium  &  Burgum  de  Hony- 
ton, '  &c.  ,     > 

By  an  Inqutfition  taken  at  Exeter,  ajO&Efch.  a  8  H.  8.  N<\  i.  Devon, 
it  is  founds  poft  mortem  Willielmi  Courtenay  Militis  qui  obiit  24  Novemb, 
ultimo  Willielmi  Courtenay,  Alius  &t  Hseres  Georgii  Courtenay  filii  &  Ha> 
redis  prsedi&i  Willielmi,  in  Brevi  nominatus  eft  ejus  confanguineus  et  pro- 
ximus  Hsres,  &  eft  setatis  6  annorum  &  amplius. 


FINIS. 


ERRATA. 


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